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DOCUMENTARY: Why and How IBM ended up creating the PC (and ended up choosing the 8088 CPU)
#IBM released the IBM PC 5150 in 1981. Internally, IBM went through massive hurdles to get a personal computer to the market to compete with the other microcomputers of the time. This documentary shows all of the happenings organisationally as well as the trade-offs and decisions that led up to IBM choosing the sluggish 8088 CPU.
Some of the main reference material:
BYTE Magazine, September 1990: https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1990-09/1990_09_BYTE_15-09_15th_Anniversary_Summit#page/n451/mode/2up
"Bill Gates, Microsoft and the IBM Personal Computer" - Infoworld Newsweekly, August 23rd 1982: https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=VDAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA19&pg=PA22&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=true
"Microsoft Announces 8086 Basic" - The Intelligent Machines Journal, Summer 1979: https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=FT4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
IBM Exhibits: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html
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By #IBM released the IBM PC 5150 in 1981. Internally, IBM went through massive hurdles to get a personal computer to the market to compete with the other microcomputers of the time. This documentary shows all of the happenings organisationally as well as the trade-offs and decisions that led up to IBM choosing the sluggish 8088 CPU.
Some of the main reference material:
BYTE Magazine, September 1990: https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1990-09/1990_09_BYTE_15-09_15th_Anniversary_Summit#page/n451/mode/2up
"Bill Gates, Microsoft and the IBM Personal Computer" - Infoworld Newsweekly, August 23rd 1982: https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=VDAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA19&pg=PA22&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=true
"Microsoft Announces 8086 Basic" - The Intelligent Machines Journal, Summer 1979: https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=FT4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
IBM Exhibits: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html