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25: On PC Clones & The End of the Road for IBM’s Personal Computer Business

2022-01-0638:49

IBM quickly lost control of the market it had helped create, going from industry-leader to quietly exiting the personal computer business in just a couple of decades.

24: Later IBM PC Models

2021-12-0326:06

The first IBM PC kicked off what would be a line of computers that would be sold through the 1980s. This week, Quinn and Stephen hit the high points of this beige wave.

23: IBM's Search for an Operating System

2021-11-2326:06

With its PC built, IBM needed to find an operating system that would run on it. Its choice would change the computer industry forever.

22: Building the Personal Computer

2021-11-0428:19

The IBM Personal Computer was developed in a shockingly short period of time. This time, Quinn and Stephen discuss the machine's hardware as well as some of the company's earlier attempts at personal computers.

21: The International Business Machines Corporation

2021-10-2145:06

This season on Flashback, Quinn and Stephen are covering the rise — and fall — of IBM's PC business, but first: some background on the enormous company that Apple and so many others lived in the shadow of back in the 80s.

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