> They could do nothing about the IBM PC Except for doing what the engineering guy had proposed - selling an IBM PC compatible machine. PC clones became a huge

> They could do nothing about the IBM PC Except for doing what the engineering guy had proposed - selling an IBM PC compatible machine. PC clones became a huge industry in the mid '80s. The first Compaq was sold in 1982, the first Dell in 1985. It looks like Vector missed out on this very lucrative market because of the rift between its engineering and management.