Subj : Re: what are you dialing in with?
To   : Nightfox
From : Spectre
Date : Thu Jun 13 2024 18:32:00

 Ni> I've wondered if building your own PC would even be a thing now if Amiga
 Ni> or another computer brand came out on top.  It was mainly the open
 Ni> architecture of the IBM that allowed that to happen.  Also, it sounds like
 Ni> it almost didn't happen initially - I heard IBM initially tried to sue
 Ni> when the first clone maker reverse-engineered their BIOS to make a clone.

IBM wasn't the first to have open architecture though.  You got the Apple II,
not that it was ever cut out for the long haul. And before Apple went
completely spastic, you had NUBUS in the MacII/Quadra era.  You could've
ended up with them instead.

The little I can find on any law suits relates to the PC... and it does
relate to BIOS.  The whole system was put out as open architecture/design,
save for the contents of the BIOS.  Looks like typical IBM protecting
software. There was no pursuit of any clean versions.

Spec


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