Computer History, Part II

1. How did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak meet? What particular talents did each one bring to Apple Computer? What helped make their machines, especially the Apple II, so successful?

2. Name some early personal computer companies that competed with Apple, along with a few of their machines. Were these companies appear to be financially successful during this time period (about 1977 to 1984)?

3. What was CP/M? Where did CP/M come from? How did an operating system called DOS end up on the IBM PC, instead of CP/M? Why did CP/M, which many people thought was superior to DOS, never catch on as strongly as DOS?

4. How was Compaq able to produce the first PC “clone”?

5. What factors caused IBM to lose control of the PC marketplace? List and explain three causes.