• DocumentCode
    1090957
  • Title

    What Makes a PC? Thoughts on Computing Platforms, Standards, and Compatibility

  • Author

    Sumner, James

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Manchester, Manchester
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    88
  • Lastpage
    88
  • Abstract
    Addressing computing platforms as negotiable constellations of producer and user norms, not rigid standards, we can broaden the historiography of personal computing geographically and culturally.
  • Keywords
    Advertising; Concrete; Hardware; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Microprocessors; Operating systems; Rail transportation; Software standards; Stress; Macintosh; PC; compatibility; microcomputing; personal computing; standards;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2007.30
  • Filename
    4287223
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1090957