What Happened To IBM PCs? Why The Company Stopped Making Them (www.bgr.com)

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Y'all remember shareware Doom on an IBM 486DX?

Welp, my back hurts!

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Bill Gates mother was on a charity board with with the IBM CEO at the time, which is the only reason Microsoft got the contract IIRC, cause she used her connections to push for it

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