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How the IBM PC Changed the World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the 25th-anniversary-special dept.

Sabah Arif writes "On August 12, 1981, IBM released the IBM PC 5150. In less than two years, IBM had created a computer that would not only change IBM, but the entire world, mostly because it did not follow IBM tradition. It used an outside microprocessor (instead of the nascent IBM 801), operating system and software. Low End Mac recounts the birth of the IBM PC 5150."

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  1. I bet it seemed insane at the time by davidwr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did someone say 5150?

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    1. Re:I bet it seemed insane at the time by RickBauls · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Damn, all out of moderator points... SOMEONE MOD THIS FUNNY!

      Really, I thought it was hilarious :)