23: IBM's Search for an Operating System

Update: 2021-11-23

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

Links and Show Notes:

The Computer Chronicles - Gary Kildall's Death - YouTube

The Gary Kildall Legacy

The complete history of the IBM PC, part one: The deal of the century | Ars Technica

The complete history of the IBM PC, part two: The DOS empire strikes | Ars Technica

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

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24: Later IBM PC Models

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23: IBM's Search for an Operating System

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22: Building the Personal Computer

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21: The International Business Machines Corporation

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20: Windows Vista

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19: The Apple Lisa

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18: The Google Graveyard Draft

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17: The Palm Foleo

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16: ROKR: The iTunes Phone

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15: The Motorola RAZR

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14: OS/2

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13: The CrunchPad

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12: The Amazon Fire Phone

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11: The Nexus Q

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10: Pebble

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9: The Apple III

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8: The Microsoft Kin

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7: AOL Instant Messenger

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6: The Be Computer Company

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23: IBM's Search for an Operating System

Quinn Nelson and Stephen Hackett

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Links and Show Notes:

The Computer Chronicles - Gary Kildall's Death - YouTube

The Gary Kildall Legacy

The complete history of the IBM PC, part one: The deal of the century | Ars Technica

The complete history of the IBM PC, part two: The DOS empire strikes | Ars Technica

23: IBM's Search for an Operating System

Quinn Nelson and Stephen Hackett

23: IBM's Search for an Operating System