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Historical reflections
The IBM PC: From Beige Box to Industry Standard
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/6796/121511_CACMpg35_The-IBM-PC.large.jpg?1324071108&1324071107 "IBM PC/XT")
The IBM PC/XT circa 1983.
Credit: Accretion Disc / Flickr
Looking back at three decades of PC platform evolution.
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