We’ve read a number of histories of the IBM PC and lived through that time, too. But we enjoyed [Gareth Edwards’] perspective in a post entitled The Misfit who Built the IBM PC. The titular ...
Just over 43 years ago, the dawn of a new era started when IBM launched the first true personal computer, the 5150 which I ...
IBM, known previously for its huge mainframe computers meant for large corporations, decided to get in on this new market and launch a PC of its own. Inside of designing its first PC completely on ...
But that early adopter number changed when IBM introduced its first PC in 1981. Although the first IBM 8088 PC cost $1585, the interest in this PC was strong. Indeed, the IBM PC powered the PC ...
IBM's Deep Blue system achieved its first victory over a world chess champion on February 10, 1996, when it won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Despite this initial loss ...