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  1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 14:26:50 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾 Anatoly Shashkin💾

    Happy 40th anniversary to the announcement of IBM's famous flop, the IBM PCjr! 🎉🎂🎈🍾🥂

    In conversation about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    • SHODAN :nonbinary: (shodan@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 14:40:33 UTC SHODAN :nonbinary: SHODAN :nonbinary:
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      @dosnostalgic Was there ever a world where this was successful given how much better and cheaper home computers were for things like games and multimedia at the time?

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    • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 14:40:33 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾 Anatoly Shashkin💾
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      • SHODAN :nonbinary:

      @SHODAN I mean, in a way it was. After Tandy picked it up.

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    • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 14:47:15 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾 Anatoly Shashkin💾
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      • SHODAN :nonbinary:

      @SHODAN Yes, some things about it were a little too late, while others were a bit early. It was still a costly IBM machine with proprietary architecture with what turned out to be a very limited market appeal.

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    • SHODAN :nonbinary: (shodan@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 14:47:16 UTC SHODAN :nonbinary: SHODAN :nonbinary:
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      @dosnostalgic Very true, just seems a hard sell given the home computers on sale at the time. I suppose there had to be a breakthrough moment when those systems started to become serious competitors to Commodore and such.

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    • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 15:19:33 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾 Anatoly Shashkin💾
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      • Sylvhem

      @Sylvhem They are neat, but kind of a pain to use today because of their unique architecture.

      In conversation about a year ago permalink
    • Sylvhem (sylvhem@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 15:19:35 UTC Sylvhem Sylvhem
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      @dosnostalgic It may have been a flop, but I really wish I had one.

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    • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 15:47:48 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾 Anatoly Shashkin💾
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      The Oldskool PC - The IBM PCjr, Part 1: The road to hell is paved with good intentions
      https://youtu.be/lL6Fu8uDr3Y?si=C6fV4eIhSPFT4kqL

      In conversation about a year ago permalink

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      1. The IBM PCjr, Part 1: The road to hell is paved with good intentions
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        On the 40th anniversary of the IBM PCjr, we revisit the machine regarded as one of the biggest flops in the computer industry. The media would like you to b...

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