OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat Happened To IBM PCs? Why The Company Stopped Making Themwww.bgr.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months agoDang. I remember when “IBM Compatible” was normal terminology.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoOr “clone” Lots of early PCs were termed “IBM clones”.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThe fact that we even call them PCs is mainly down to the IBM PC (they didn’t invent the term but I think they popularised it)
Dang. I remember when “IBM Compatible” was normal terminology.
Or “clone”
Lots of early PCs were termed “IBM clones”.
The fact that we even call them PCs is mainly down to the IBM PC (they didn’t invent the term but I think they popularised it)