On 1/27/23 11:59, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
As everyone knows in the mid 80's companies making home/small business computers fell under huge pressure to produce IBM compatibles or face going out of business. IBM totally dominated the enitre computer market (PC, Mini, Mainframe) then. There were exceptions of course. 8-bit home computers that were cheap survived, early high-end workstations, desktop publishing machines, etc. Look up the marketing info you will see what I mean.
I seem to recall that IBM got it's butt kicked in the PC market. The clones owned the show. I can't say that any one of them dominated though Dell, Micron(?) and Compaq did quite well. Most small businesses grabbed a PC clone., same with the home machines. I don't recall many people owning anything more than a clone. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ