#IBMcompatible wasn't de facto standard for many years because of it's unique components, outstanding #IBMDOS, or impressive performance.
https://youtu.be/-WwWfAKsS4w

Let's forget that only four decades earlier they've made giant profits with #IBM405 #tabulators in every #Nazi #concentrationcamp, at least for a moment. Then all #antifascists have to #NeverAgain, again and #NeverForget why that corporation is on the #BDS list.
https://IBMandtheholocaust.com/

Unfortunately, the irony of #PC5150 parallels with the movie #Charade are only easy to spot for #Hollywood #copyright layers and computer #geeks with a soft spot for #history.
https://youtu.be/VhGNhwOtbVs
DOCUMENTARY: Why and How IBM ended up creating the PC (and ended up choosing the 8088 CPU)

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I can hardly believe I finally clicked "Publish" on this - the next installment of "Jerry's Story", my in-progress biography of Jerry Weinberg:

The Rise of the Tabulators - https://swalchemist.wordpress.com/2024/03/02/the-rise-of-the-tabulators/

#jerryweinberg #biography #tabulators #IBM607

The Rise of the Tabulators

In this installment of “Jerry’s Story,” we’ll get some background on the first IBM machine that Jerry Weinberg learned how to operate, even if it still wasn’t the first computer he prog…

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