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Slot Wars

The battle to replace the standard expansion slot in the IBM PC reflected an effort by two sides of the PC world to gain control. Spoiler: The clone-makers won.

Plug and Pray

Why an early design decision around the IBM PC created the need for an innovation called plug and play—something we very much take for granted today.
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