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To build personal computers, companies like atari, tandy, commodore, apple began to see them as a public market. it was seeping into the public consciousness. >> personal computers have become the business of at least 25 companies, with radio shack and commodore grabbing three quarters of the market. this personal computer costs about $1,400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and required a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american thought computer, they thought ibm. it made these mainframe computers th...

>> personal computers have become the business of at least 25 companies, with radio shack and commodore grabbing three quarters of the market. this personal computer costs about $1,400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and required a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american thought computer, they thought ibm. it made these mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america. and in technology, it was "the" most powerful company that had ever...

Commodore grabbing three quarters of the market. this personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and required a unit the size of a large refrigerator. when the average american thought computer they thought ibm. >> it made these mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america. and in technology, it was "the" most powerful company that had ever existed in technology. >> because of this activity in personal computers it started to make i...

Commodore grabbing three quarters of the market. this personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and required a unit the size of a large refrigerator. when the average american thought computer they thought ibm. >> it made these mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america. and in technology, it was "the" most powerful company that had ever existed in technology. >> because of this activity in personal computers it started to make i...

>> this personal computer costs about $1400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance just five years ago would have cost $75,000 and involve a unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american thought computer they thought ibm. it made mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america and in technology, it was the most powerful company that had ever existed in technology. >> because of this activity in personal computers, it started to make ibm look like it was somewhere behind the eight ball....