BBC Computer Literacy Project

Micro Live 2: Impact of IBM on Computers (11x7)

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IBM, known as Big Blue, is the largest computer company in the world, ten times the size of its nearest rival. Its first personal computer was so successful that it set a technical standard. Forty other manufacturers now use IBM standards in designing their machines. Ian McNaught-Davis finds out if, now they are embracing Big Blue's standards, the 40 Dwarves can get out of its clutches.