MISC
IBM
Microsoft
Other PCs
100

Osbourne released a second computer.  What was it called?

The Executive

100

Failed to obtain an OS from _______.  

Gary Kildall

100

What year did IBM announce their first PC?

1981

100

Adam Osbourne and Lee Felsenstein created the first _________ computer.

portable

200

After he started working with the MAC team Jobs ignored the ____________ team and refused to give them any credit even though their machine was the only one earning money for Apple.

Apple II

200

Chose to use _____ architecture for the PC.  This allowed others to copy their design.

Open

200

Gates pushed IBM to use a __-Bit OS.

16

200

In January 1984, Apple introduced the _______.

MAC

300

What OS did Gary Kildall create?

CP/M

300

IBM realized it would not be able to sell the PC through it's salesforce. Where did they start selling it?

ComputerLand

300

After working on software for the MAC Microsoft developed the _________ os for IBM compatible computers.

Windows

300

The MAC was an initial failure, what was the new Apple computer before the MAC that was also a failure?

LISA

400

With the advent of the ______ market, the choice of a personal computer was becoming a matter of price and company reputation

Clone

400

After VisiCalc, IBM offered _______ 1,2,3 as it's spreadsheet.

Lotus

400

To avoid a lawsuit from Kildall IBM offered users a choice of OS.  They could purchase PC-DOS for $___ or CP/M for $_____

40 240

400

IBM's second personal computer was called?

PCJr

500

He stripped Jobs of his management role at Apple.

John Sculley

500

What was the one in-house piece of software IBM developed for the PC?

ROM-BIOS

500

Purchased an OS from __________ after IBM failed to obtain rights to CP/M.

Tim Patterson

500

3 former TI employees started ________ computers.

Compaq

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