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Jnc: +How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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+How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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+XT/370

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Correct cat

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+cat

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better word

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Add sale

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A passable start

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Jnc moved page IBM PC to IBM-compatible PC: More accurate name

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#REDIRECT [[IBM-compatible PC]]

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		+	* [https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-ibm-pc-won-then-lost-the-personal-computer-market How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market]

	[[Category: IBM PCs]]		[[Category: IBM PCs]]

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 * [[IBM 5150]]
 * [[IBM XT]] - Formally, the IBM 5160
 * [[IBM AT]] - Formally, the IBM 5170

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 The '''IBM PC''' is the name for a ground-breaking series of [[personal computer]]s produced by [[International Business Machines|IBM]].
-They instantly became a huge sales success, since they combined reasonable hardware with the authority of the 'IBM' name. A desire on the part of other manufacturers to 'get in on' that market led to the development of the first [[IBM-compatible PC]], which would run any and all software which ran on the IBM PC, by [[Compaq]].
+They instantly became a huge sales success, since they combined reasonable [[hardware]] with the authority of the 'IBM' name. A desire on the part of other manufacturers to 'get in on' that market led to the development of the first [[IBM-compatible PC]], which would run any and all [[software]] which ran on the IBM PC, by [[Compaq]].
 The first several models in the line are:
 * [[IBM 5150]]
-* [[IBM 5160]] - XT
+* [[IBM XT]] - Formally, the IBM 5160
-* [[IBM 5170]] - AT
+* [[IBM AT]] - Formally, the IBM 5170
 IBM finally exited the personal computer market in 2005, selling their PC business to [[Lenovo]].
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+[[Category: IBM PCs]]

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 * [[IBM 5170]] - AT
-IBM finally exited the personal computer business in 2005, selling their PC business to [[Lenovo]].
+IBM finally exited the personal computer market in 2005, selling their PC business to [[Lenovo]].
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−	The '''IBM PC''' is the name for a ground-breaking series of [[personal computer]]s produced by [[IBM]].	+	The '''IBM PC''' is the name for a ground-breaking series of [[personal computer]]s produced by [[International Business Machines\|IBM]].

	They instantly became a huge sales success, since they combined reasonable hardware with the authority of the 'IBM' name. A desire on the part of other manufacturers to 'get in on' that market led to the development of the first [[IBM-compatible PC]], which would run any and all software which ran on the IBM PC, by [[Compaq]].		They instantly became a huge sales success, since they combined reasonable hardware with the authority of the 'IBM' name. A desire on the part of other manufacturers to 'get in on' that market led to the development of the first [[IBM-compatible PC]], which would run any and all software which ran on the IBM PC, by [[Compaq]].

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[IBM-compatible PC]]	+	The '''IBM PC''' is the name for a ground-breaking series of [[personal computer]]s produced by [[IBM]].
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		+	They instantly became a huge sales success, since they combined reasonable hardware with the authority of the 'IBM' name. A desire on the part of other manufacturers to 'get in on' that market led to the development of the first [[IBM-compatible PC]], which would run any and all software which ran on the IBM PC, by [[Compaq]].
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		+	The first several models in the line are:
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		+	* [[IBM 5150]]
		+	* [[IBM 5160]] - XT
		+	* [[IBM 5170]] - AT
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