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by royjacobs 1948 days ago
The BIOS used in the original Compaq machines is the classic example of this.
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comprev 1948 days ago
Exactly the example I was thinking of. It was a turning point for Microsoft in the David vs Goliath (IBM) story. Now their software could run on IBM-compatible hardware opening the floodgates for PC manufacturers
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