ibm – wastedmonkeys http://wastedmonkeys.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:34:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Story of the personal computer http://wastedmonkeys.com/story-of-the-personal-computer/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:34:06 +0000 http://wastedmonkeys.wordpress.com/?p=482 “Triumph of the nerds” – A documentary by Robert Cringley tells the story of the personal computer and how the industry evolved. Unsurprisingly it mentions Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve jobs and Steve Wozniak (Apple) and IBM, but there are some not-so-well-known figures that contributed significantly to the fledgling industry of the 1970s and 80s.

See the whole documentary here

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