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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.

Oct 26, 2022

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.

Aug 04, 2021

 Related Tags: computers, windows, ibm pc, clones, ibm, compaq, hewlett-packard, pc, Industry Standard Architecture, ISA, Micro Channel Architecture, MCA, VESA, Extended Industry Standard Architecture, EISA, Peripheral Component Interconnect, PCI, NuBus, plug and play, pc clones

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