Mastodawn

💻🤔 Oh, the 12-minute saga of PC compatibility! Apparently, if your device can't time travel back to 1981 and run IBM 5150 software, you're doing it wrong. Who knew the secret to modern tech was being able to impress a computer museum? 🙄🔧
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What is a PC compatible?

Wikipedia says “An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models”. But what does this actually mean? The obvious literal interpretation is for a device to be PC compatible, all software originally written for the IBM 5150 must run on it. Is this a reasonable definition? Is it one that any modern hardware can meet?

Matthew Garrett's Blog

Hacker News Jan 21

What Is a PC Compatible?

https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/what-is-a-pc-compatible/

#HackerNews #WhatIsAPCCompatible #PCCompatibility #TechExplained #ComputerHistory #CodonBlog

What is a PC compatible?

Wikipedia says “An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models”. But what does this actually mean? The obvious literal interpretation is for a device to be PC compatible, all software originally written for the IBM 5150 must run on it. Is this a reasonable definition? Is it one that any modern hardware can meet?

Matthew Garrett's Blog