Influence of the IBM PC on the personal computer market | Wikipedia audio article

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00:00:14 1 Before the IBM PC's introduction
00:02:44 2 The IBM PC
00:05:26 3 The use of MS-DOS on non-IBM PC compatible x86-based systems
00:10:31 3.1 Cloning the PC BIOS
00:11:04 3.2 Decline of the Intel 80186
00:11:52 4 Domination of the clones
00:12:03 4.1 "Is it PC compatible?"
00:19:43 4.2 Wave of inexpensive clones
00:23:22 4.3 Clones conquer the home
00:25:44 5 Systems launched shortly after the IBM PC
00:27:02 5.1 x86-based systems (using OEM-specific versions of MS-DOS)
00:32:36 5.2 Non-x86-based systems
00:35:12 5.2.1 Other non-x86-based systems available at the IBM PC's launch
00:36:44 6 See also



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Following the introduction of the IBM Personal Computer, or IBM PC, many other personal computer architectures became extinct within just a few years.