25: On PC Clones & The End of the Road for IBM’s Personal Computer Business
IBM quickly lost control of the market it had helped create, going from industry-leader to quietly exiting the personal computer business in just a couple of decades.
24: Later IBM PC Models
The first IBM PC kicked off what would be a line of computers that would be sold through the 1980s. This week, Quinn and Stephen hit the high points of this beige wave.
23: IBM's Search for an Operating System
With its PC built, IBM needed to find an operating system that would run on it. Its choice would change the computer industry forever.
22: Building the Personal Computer
The IBM Personal Computer was developed in a shockingly short period of time. This time, Quinn and Stephen discuss the machine's hardware as well as some of the company's earlier attempts at personal computers.
21: The International Business Machines Corporation
This season on Flashback, Quinn and Stephen are covering the rise — and fall — of IBM's PC business, but first: some background on the enormous company that Apple and so many others lived in the shadow of back in the 80s.