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How Did IBM Create the Personal Computer

Dr. Dave Bradley • TEDxBocaRaton

In the 1970's IBM was the big, bad computer giant that built huge mainframes with all their own hardware and software. Yet in 1981 it introduced an open, personal machine priced for everyone, using commercial, off the shelf components. How did they go from Big to Small?

In the 1970's IBM was the big, bad computer giant that built huge mainframes with all their own hardware and software. Yet in 1981 it introduced an open, personal machine priced for everyone, using commercial, off the shelf components. How did they go from Big to Small?

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