In 1981, IBM launched the PC. By making it an open standard, they changed computing forever. Six years later, they announced the release of the IBM PS/2. A attempt to take back full control of the market they had created.

The plan should have succeeded. One Company stood in their way: Compaq.

On 19th Feb I'll be giving talk looking at the rise of Compaq, and how they stood up to - and beat - IBM. computerconservationsociety.or… #computing #history