In the late 80's IBM came out with the PS/2 computer that had proprietary things like the MicroChannel bus that didn't catch on, but things like PS/2 ports that

In the late 80's IBM came out with the PS/2 computer that had proprietary things like the MicroChannel bus that didn't catch on, but things like PS/2 ports that lived on for a long time. When the early 90's were here, IBM was losing billions of dollars a year, companies like Dell and Compaq were selling more and more PC's while IBM continued to sell less and less. There were spinoffs and re-organizations, IBM still made some things like the MWave soundcard/modem, but they couldn't really compete with all the small startups making new peripherals and components. IBM was still manufacturing things in the USA, they were and old and slow and kludgy company...