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IBM, IBM clone and PC
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IBM, IBM clone and PC
Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 4:16 am
Posted by sekirt
(1447 messages posted)
The term PC (personal computer) could apply to any brand of small computer, even
the MAC.
Years ago, you either had an IBM or an IBM 100%
compatible computer (clone) and it was that fact that
distinguished it from a MAC. (And of course that they
weren't interchangable due to operating system and
mechanical differences).
How/what/where/when/why did PC evolve as
the "name" of preference for the IBM class of
computers?
sekirt
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Something to read...
Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 7:43 am
Posted by Carl D
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http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm
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re: Something to read...
Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 11:43 am
Posted by sekirt
(1447 messages posted)
Thanks, Carl, interesting bit of computer history.
However, I did not see an explanation of why it
shifted from people calling them CLONES to now
being called PCs.
sekirt
On Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 7:43 am, Carl D wrote:
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>http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm
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