What makes a PC? Thoughts on computing platforms, standards, and compatibility

James Sumner

doi:10.1109/MAHC.2007.30

What makes a PC? Thoughts on computing platforms, standards, and compatibility

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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. © 2007 IEEE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-88
Number of pages	1
Journal	IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2007.30
Publication status	Published - Apr 2007

Keywords

Apple computers
Compatibility
History
IBM computers
Macintosh
Microcomputing
Operating systems (computers)
PC
Personal computing
Standards

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What makes a PC? Thoughts on computing platforms, standards, and compatibility

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