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The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC

Don Estridge broke all of Big Blue's rules to create the home computer. The company would never forgive him for it.

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Matt Chew about 1 year ago

"red rosettes cast pink shadows in the pale morning light" that's poetry and a perfect description of loyalty and team leadership !

Mark Laurence about 1 year ago

This was an incredible piece of writing. Very rare to have such an ostensibly dry piece of history fleshed out so colourfully and in such a human-centric way. Thoroughly enjoyed, thank you Gareth.

@davidschwaderer.001 about 1 year ago

The PC was supposed to be announced in July, 1981. The announcement was delayed a month because the System 24 Datamaster was announced that month.

Kate Lee about 1 year ago

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@davidschwaderer.001 about 1 year ago

@kate_1767 In June 1981, I was an *outside* advisor to the IBM PC Strategic Planning Group. The entire PC organization had about 100 people when I stared working with them. Two years later, there were 10,000 folks in the IBM PC group.

I was later selected to be one of two Chief Programmers for OS/2 but had to withdraw literally at the last second because of my wife's cancer scare.

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Stuart Brady about 1 year ago

Surely “Bill Sydnes”, not “Bill Snydes”?

Fascinating to read what happened to the PCjr.

Some may be interested to note that the PC AT shipped with a 286 in 1984. The PS/2, launching with a 286 six months *after* the Compaq Deskpro, must have caused quite a lot of stunned silence, especially to anyone familiar with the advantages of the 386’s memory addressing (and the flaws in the 286’s in relation to programmability).

Kate Lee about 1 year ago

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