DocumentCode
1516304
Title
Personal computers: 1986 Produced hordes of clones 80386-based pcs approached the power of workstations new laptops look for their market copy protection vanished, desktop publishing flourished
Author
Voelcker, John
Volume
24
Issue
1
fYear
1987
Firstpage
32
Lastpage
35
Abstract
For personal computers, 1986 might be called the year of the clones. The output of IBM-compatible PCs touched off a round of competition that sent prices plummeting to well under $1000.
Keywords
Cloning; Graphics; Microcomputers; Random access memory; Software; Standards;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.1987.6448055
Filename
6448055
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