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We'll, they did adopt ISA and extentions, but not MCA in the PS/2s.
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 08:31 Crawford Robert C (Contractor) <
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> I sort of agree, but I think underneath we still disag
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> I also have to wonder if MS-DOS would've taken off at all if IBM had kept it.
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IBM has a track record of shooting themselves in the foot. Consider what they
lost on the first day "The Cloud" was
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1984? You mean when Apple announced a system that was less open the IBM's? Are
you sure that it isn't Apple who is "Big Br
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I also have to wonder if MS-DOS would've taken off at all if IBM had kept it.
In the 20th century I remember a lot of companies, Mic
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I sort of agree, but I think underneath we stil
