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I seem to be someone who buys things on the off chance that they will be useful at some point down the road. Thile there are many times when it doesn't feel like this pays off, some of the ...
The IBM 5150 not only kicked off the PC industry, it propelled a company from nowhere to dominate the tech industry.
The original IBM 5150, the personal computer made its debut at a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on August 12, 1981. The IBM 5150 not only kicked off the PC industry, it propelled a company from nowhere to become the dominant force of the tech industry - Microsoft.
For more, read the story by CNET News' Jay Green on the launch of the IBM 5150 and ZDNet's blog on the birthday of MS-DOS by Adrian Kingley-Hughes.
Plus, look back at the early days of the PC with Ed Bott's My life before Windows and Jason Perlow's 1991's PC technology was unbelievable.
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Captions by CNET News' Jay Greene and ZDNet's Andy Smith
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Caption by: Andy Smith
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