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IBM took an early lead in production of non-PC compatible machines when it introduced the PS/2 series of computers with MicroChannel as an attempt to recapture
by mikewarot 3y ago
IBM took an early lead in production of non-PC compatible machines when it introduced the PS/2 series of computers with MicroChannel as an attempt to recapture the monopoly on general purpose computing.
It didn't go well for IBM.
- lproven 3y ago> IBM took an early lead in production of non-PC compatible machines when it introduced the PS/2 series of computers Kinda sorta, ish. I loved the PS/2 range. I still own 2 of them, a top-spec Model 80 and a Model 55SX. But they were PC compatibles. They ran DOS, Windows, OS/2, and NT 3.x no problem at all. They were highly compatible... just with a totally different expansion bus. If one said that a modern PC with PCI-e slots was not compatible with a decade-old PC because the old box had PCI and the new one has no PCI only PCI Express, I think most people would unhesitatingly say that was wrong.