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  • Sure, these “side-efforts” eventually became entire enterprises (leading to the founding of Apple and Microsoft, and to the formation of an entire PC-compatible computer industry), but they all strarted out as “works of passion” underwritten by other, steadier work.

    Does Silicon Valley Face an Innovation Crisis? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Ultimate Compatibility When a company advertises a computer as being “IBM PC-compatible,” the best way to test its claim is to try to load an IBM release of PC-DOS, CP/M-86, or the UCSD p-system.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • If it were up to me, I'd have a device that could use electronic ink or full color depending on whether you were reading a book or doing something else, something that could fit in your pocket but still be used with a decent-sized keyboard when you want to type at length, and something PC-compatible.

    whyPad? James F. McGrath 2010

  • The old computer that I've plugged into our sanctuary sound board is a generic Windows PC-compatible clone that was formerly used by our office administrator until June 2006.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Steve Caldwell 2007

  • The PC-compatible World Wind program is available free here.

    See the moon in 3D 2005

  • The PC-compatible World Wind program is available free here.

    See the moon in 3D 2005

  • Choose one with a fast microprocessor IBM PC-compatible Pentium 100—or better—or Apple PowerPC.

    The RVer’s Bible Kim Baker 1997

  • Choose one with a fast microprocessor IBM PC-compatible Pentium 100—or better—or Apple PowerPC.

    The RVer’s Bible Kim Baker 1997

  • Choose one with a fast microprocessor IBM PC-compatible Pentium 100—or better—or Apple PowerPC.

    The RVer’s Bible Kim Baker 1997

  • Choose one with a fast microprocessor IBM PC-compatible Pentium 100—or better—or Apple PowerPC.

    The RVer’s Bible Kim Baker 1997

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