We’ve read a number of histories of the IBM PC and lived through that time, too. But we enjoyed [Gareth Edwards’] perspective in a post entitled The Misfit who Built the IBM PC. The titular character ...
IBM has reached a definitive agreement to sell its PC division to China-based computer vendor Lenovo Group in a deal that will effectively create a $12 billion PC company that will compete against ...
ARMONK, N.Y.--Harry Nicol shaved off most of his hair, and Bob Moffat is getting fitted for a kilt. Both men, top executives of IBM's Personal Systems Group, promised the antics as a reward for ...
It wasn’t long ago I was nostalgic about an old computer I saw back in the 1980s from HP. It was sort of an early attempt at a PC, although price-wise it was only in reach for professionals. HP wasn’t ...
From the birth of the PC to the first smartphone, Boca Raton shaped the digital age. Now, D-Wave is moving into IBM's old labs to build the future.
Y'see, without that clock, the computer wouldn't boot. You're a bit later in the progression, then; the IBM PC had no clock battery and you had to manually set the clock on boot. There were a number ...
Bob Moffat, IBM's general manager, Personal and Printing Systems Group, said IBM will "stay focused on its strategy" in the face of a brutal market for PCs. IBM's Personal and Printing Systems Group ...
Mention the name Radio Shack, and one thinks of the now-defunct retailer that sold electronics hobbyist kits and parts for the DIYers for many years. However, the retailer made a foray into the then ...