Title :
What Makes a PC? Thoughts on Computing Platforms, Standards, and Compatibility
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Manchester, Manchester
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;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2007.30
