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Author : emabolo
27 February 2026, 9:56 pm
In August 1981, IBM announced a new personal computer at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. With 16K of RAM, a single floppy drive, and a starting price of $1,565, it was designed squarely for business users. The operating system — MS-DOS, which Microsoft had acquired from a small Seattle company for $50,000 just two weeks before the announcement — was a tool for accountants, not adventurers. Nobody in that hotel ballroom was thinking about games.
Read MoreAuthor : emabolo
16 October 2021, 8:18 am
I published the first part of this article precisely two years ago, it took a lot to complete the second part, but finally, it's here. I hope you will enjoy it!
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Amiga
Commodore 64
MS-DOS
Windows 9x