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| | On August 12th, 1981, IBM announced its first PC. That makes today the thirtieth anniversary of the platform that's sometimes been called the PC clone, IBM PC compatible, or Wintel...but is most often simply called the PC. We started our celebration on Thursday with Benj Edwards' look at PC oddities such as Bill Gates's donkey-avoidance...
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| | The Jaguar of 80s computers Ah, the Commodore Amiga. Much (maybe too much) has been written about this range of computers that failed to beat IBM and Apple for dominance in the home market in the 80s and 90s. Bad management decisions abounded, the design wasn't open to third parties, and there were a ton of makers vying for the #1 spot back then - still, we don't see a lot of Atari ST or MSX revival online like we do for the Amiga.
| | www.observationalhazard.com
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