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The PC that finally defeated IBM
Part 3: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-how-ibm-got-removed-from-the-pc
Sidequest: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-the-company-that-cloned-bios
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As IBM does a victory lap over the PC market one company figures a legal way to beat them at their own game.
Source:
Open: How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing - Rod Canion
Credits:
Research and Writing: LowSpecAlex
Voice over: LowSpecAlex
Editing: LowSpecAlex
3D animation: Windy, Divye
Art: Maiku no Koe
Spanish Translation, Audio editing and QA: Henrique von Buren
Thumbnail design: Maiku no Koe
VA director and sourcing: Jesús Hernández/Dubbing Home
Special VA guest: ​⁠ @RealLifeLore @MarySpender
Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator
Stock Footage from Getty
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Відео

Who really invented the PC?
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Get 40% an annual Nebula subscription, or a full lifetime membership for a limited time: go.nebula.tv/lowspecgamer Sidequest: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-how-do-you-market-a-product-that-does-not-exist Part 2: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-the-pc-defeated-the-biggest-tech-company As one man pitches a crazy idea inside IBM, the wheels of destiny start turning for many. Source: Blue Magic: The ...
Microsoft’s secret war
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Get 40% off your Nebula subscription: go.nebula.tv/lowspecgamer SideQuest on Microsoft's involvement in Sega's 3D consoles: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-microsofts-first-console-was-not-the-one-you-thought The desire of one man to take over everything turns into an internal fight for the next big project for Microsoft. F4mi video: ua-cam.com/video/EAPuTZFw6sA/v-deo.html Credits: Research and W...
ARM's Secret Weapon (History of ARM Part 2)
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Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/lowspecgamer SideQuest, What happened to Acorn Computers?: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-what-happened-to-acorn-acomputers As a computer legend rally to save the most important invention of their company from bankruptcy they bet it all on one crazy gamble. Sources: archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2015/04...
How Amateurs created the world’s most popular Processor (History of ARM Part 1)
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Get Nebula with a discount: go.nebula.tv/lowspecgamer SideQuest, how the BBC Micro failed in the US: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-how-the-bbc-micro-failed-in-america As a brand new UK computer company goes on the hunt for talent, they find themselves on the road to creating one of the most popular microprocessors ever made. Sources: archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2015/04/102...
How Stock Fraud almost destroyed the Gaming Industry
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Sidequest, the Rise and Fall of the Sierra Network: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sierra-network Previous video: ua-cam.com/video/rNOS-tU_hEY/v-deo.html As legendary game company Sierra rises to the top of the food chain, they pick up the attention of an unlikely person that would set their destiny forever. Social media: lowspec_gamer thelowspe...
How ET ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ruined a Gaming Icon
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Sidequest, Making the Cover for : nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-making-the-cover-for-soft-porn As a couple of University sweethearts go out to make games they end up creating one of PC Gamings most iconic developers. But one bad decisions will almost end the dream. Social media: lowspec_gamer thelowspecgamer Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator Stock Foot...
Steve Jobs’ most Impulsive Decision
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Sidequest, The most mysterious iPod ever made: nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-the-great-ipod-mystery As Apple tries to find his way in the word again an impulsive decision by Steve Jobs turns into an adventure for a group of engineers that would define the future of handheld technology forever. 0:00 Intro 0:33 The fall and return of Jobs 1:11 The iMac 2:10 Napster and the MP3 revolution 3:35 The...
Logitech’s Worst Nightmare
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SideQuest: The secret story of the Touch Screen: nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-the-secret-story-of-the-touch-screen As an Italian inventor tries to pull his life back together, he finds myself mixed up in a commercial and technological war that would change laptops forever. Previous video about Federico Faggin: ua-cam.com/video/P1aqtfXUCEk/v-deo.html #touchpad #synaptics Big thanks to Matt for...
How Sony ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ruined the PlayStation
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SideQuest - The fight for the PlayStation's controller: nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-the-fight-for-the-playstations-controller The real story behind the origins of the PlayStation is one of internal fights, personal missions and industry clash that would take three unlikely heroes into the adventure of a lifetime. The Fight for the PlayStation controller: nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-the-fi...
Nintendo’s Luckiest Accident
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SideQuest - The secret origins of Mr. Game and Watch: nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-the-unexpected-origins-of-mr-game-and-watch #Game&Watch #nintendo #gameandwatch Economic crisis strikes. As Nintendo holds on a thread an unexpected idea might save the whole company. 0:00 Intro 0:27 The origin of the Ultra Hand 2:56 Train of destiny 6:22 Convincing Sharp 7:46 Launch 8:52 Adapting Donkey Kong C...
How Nintendo accidentally ruined the Virtual Boy
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SideQuest - The failed 3D Headset that created modern Nintendo: nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-the-failed-3d-headset-that-created-modern-nintendo Get my new class in Nebula: nebulaclasses.com/lowspecgamer The Virtual Boy was supposed to be a radically different product. What happened? #virtualboy #nintendo 0:00 Intro 0:38 Unexpected origins 2:46 The COMDEX fail 4:12 Pitching to Game Companies 8...
The first LowSpec Processor
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SideQuest - Bill Gate´s biggest business mistake ever: nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-bill-gates-biggest-business-mistake-ever For years, an ongoing battle is fought by a group of Engineers to make a product that their industry thought impossible: a processor so cheap it could change the world. But to make it happen they would have to struggle in ways they could have never expected. #6502 #mos6...
Intel’s worst Nightmare
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SideQuest - The 16-Bit Zilog processor that never was: nebula.app/videos/lowspecgamer-the-16bit-zilog-processor-that-never-was The inventor of the microprocessor goes rouge leaves Intel to create his dream product. #Zilog #z80 #FedericoFaggin 0:00 Intro 0:25 The invention of the Microprocessor 3:37 Birth of Zilog 6:41 The legendary Z80 10:05 Copycat traps 12:49 Exxon strikes Events slightly adj...
The fight that made computers cheaper
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The fight that made computers cheaper
Nintendo’s most impulsive decision
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Nintendo’s most impulsive decision
A new LowSpec
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A new LowSpec
Nintendo's Cheating Console
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Nintendo's Cheating Console
Nintendo's Secret Betrayal
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Nintendo's Secret Betrayal
The Game Boy that won by accident
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The Game Boy that won by accident
How the Game Boy ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ruined Nintendo
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How the Game Boy ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ruined Nintendo

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @LaurentLaSalle
    @LaurentLaSalle 7 годин тому

    I go on Nebula. I'm logged in. I search for "sidequest". None of your videos shows up. This is a problem.

  • @karmatical5837
    @karmatical5837 22 години тому

    6:43 I JUST NEED 10.000.000 DOLLARS DO IT

  • @cmmartti
    @cmmartti 2 дні тому

    Why do you transpose the sounds of J and Y? Look it up, you have it backwards. Many languages use the Y sound for J (English is not one of them), but I am not aware of any that use the J sound for Y (you did this a lot in the Game Boy Pocket video).

  • @krim7
    @krim7 3 дні тому

    Great video

  • @gnuemacs1166
    @gnuemacs1166 4 дні тому

    People confuse Indians with Mexicans, they think they are being invaded by Mexicans, in fact there are millions more Indians, it’s just that most people can’t distinguish, they just see colour, even Indians get confused, this way they have the southern border narrative as a distraction

  • @Upanddown9999
    @Upanddown9999 4 дні тому

    yay, finally someone telling the story correctly <3

  • @TheCreator919
    @TheCreator919 5 днів тому

    Didn’t this guy use to make tutorials vow to run games on low end systems? Fell off hard

  • @eldadd
    @eldadd 7 днів тому

    Early Sierra quests pretty much taught me English reading and writing, and typing. I actually owe them a lot.

  • @repairestore
    @repairestore 8 днів тому

    what kind of english is this?

  • @GungaLaGunga
    @GungaLaGunga 9 днів тому

    Steve Jobs did do anything. He just was good at marketing advertising and convincing people they need to spend 4 times more $ for the same machine. ANd humans love to be ripped off. All the same 0's. Oh and he stole the work of open source and used it to build a closed tyrannical system, so incidious, people wouldn't care the the humans that made the Apple were labor slaves, in such dispair, they throw themselves off the roof of the factory to end it. Pretended that he invented the mouse. An engineer at Xerox invented the mouse in the 1960s. Steve Jobs was a cruel psychopath. And thats what humans reward.

  • @Sora-Miko
    @Sora-Miko 10 днів тому

    FIND ME THE DRIVE JOHN! LOL XD

  • @aleksanderdalz19
    @aleksanderdalz19 10 днів тому

    12:48 POLAND MENTIONED - WROCLAW !!!

  • @mzshmkn
    @mzshmkn 11 днів тому

    this was such an interesting story

  • @tipalash3722
    @tipalash3722 11 днів тому

    i knew that i heard this voice before. I used to watch your videos when I had a crappy computer, your videos helped me play games that i could never before. altho the experience of the game was bad, to say the least, it helped me make some good memories.

  • @nacosiren
    @nacosiren 12 днів тому

    Is that thumbnail both a Mario but also a JOJO reference!? Il Vento D’oro!

  • @AbdullahALSHRIQI
    @AbdullahALSHRIQI 12 днів тому

    قصص عالم الكومبيوتر شي حلو

  • @MateoThePro
    @MateoThePro 13 днів тому

    Bro no hate but this is just stupid

  • @maxheadrom3088
    @maxheadrom3088 13 днів тому

    Acorn was chosen because on the Yellow Pages, Acorn came before Apple.

  • @maxheadrom3088
    @maxheadrom3088 13 днів тому

    Their mission was to beat Clive Sinclair and win the race to become the supplier of the BBC Micro! Also ... amateurs ... well, they did build the first electronic computer in History - the Colossus.

  • @askjeevescosby2928
    @askjeevescosby2928 14 днів тому

    I love firewire. Collecting old macs it is great to just hook one mac to another to install operating systems and moving files.

  • @subieasunayuuki
    @subieasunayuuki 14 днів тому

    Even stronger than the fabled IBM5100?? The organization might be interested

  • @hayes9611
    @hayes9611 14 днів тому

    Awesome videos man

  • @MrDingle360
    @MrDingle360 14 днів тому

    i indeed have a synaptics product

  • @IntelliPocalypse
    @IntelliPocalypse 15 днів тому

    Back in the 70s you could sell your car to start a business. Now you have to sell the car, mortgage the house, and have a parent with a lot of money, and you still need a loan

  • @mirage809
    @mirage809 17 днів тому

    Couldn't figure out how somebody ended up somewhere, books a flight, finds the person and just asks them. This is the kind of documentary making that I love.

  • @SatongiFilms
    @SatongiFilms 17 днів тому

    apple shoulda went banckrupt in 1997

  • @afmo500
    @afmo500 19 днів тому

    Anyone know which game the song at 4:06 is from? It's familiar but I just can't place it

  • @afmo500
    @afmo500 19 днів тому

    Thought, 'oh, I haven't heard of Sophie Wilson, you don't really hear about women involved in early computing much, I'll Google her' ...Ohhh.

  • @Goldmight
    @Goldmight 19 днів тому

    in a way nintendo switch is basically the gameboy advance successor that project iris was meant to be.

  • @deenaxic9134
    @deenaxic9134 20 днів тому

    This video is a lie. The 70s was an inside job. Hippies don't melt steel beams.

  • @benmiller200
    @benmiller200 21 день тому

    Alot of creators complain and blame the algorithm. It's encouraging to see a adapt attitude. Also I've watched a number of your lore videos and they are on par with bobbybroccolli, asianometry, rare earth, tom scott, or technology connections. In story telling and entertainment value. Keep going! I could name alot more, they and you would deserve it. But I think my point was well made.

  • @flaviopereiradeoliveira2928
    @flaviopereiradeoliveira2928 21 день тому

    Great! Fantastic history,

  • @yersejam
    @yersejam 22 дні тому

    Interesting story, guess you how you become monopoly with simply superior product. I mean i dropped a laptop i bought in 2007 to swimming pool same year. Salvaged the parts and bloody touchpad survived. Kudos.

  • @gsestream
    @gsestream 22 дні тому

    or high spec lol

  • @justind901
    @justind901 23 дні тому

    And the American launch. $299. 😂

  • @RicardoBanffy
    @RicardoBanffy 23 дні тому

    What's the terminal that appears at 17:46? It looks like an IBM 2260, but the keyboard has too many keys. It's also not the sucessor, the 2265. Any clues? The font that appears right after looks a lot like the one on the 3270 series.

  • @bdp2868
    @bdp2868 23 дні тому

    Totally get it but, i believe you can focus your target in reviews of performance in games , not that much in tweaking the "untweakable" :) Love your style to describe, and analize perfomance. I believe you can do it mate :). Gaming is more alive than ever! i totally support you!

  • @bdp2868
    @bdp2868 23 дні тому

    Hi dear. I understand the change of path in your videos, trying to cover more in deep story, fun facts, and pc and videogame trivia. But i advice you to reconsider, the channel is called "lowspecgamer" . This should be your target. I remember the video were you explained why decided to change as "low spec gaming isnt relevant anymore". Nothing far from true, as the low spec is more alive than ever, with the sucess of the Mini Pcs and ryzen / intel igpus!! Im an owner of those myself and enjoy checking if x game fun and how it runs with my portable configuration. Its a crowded space , i get it, and it requires more effort and being outstanding to gain visibility, but i truly believe your videos were special. An yway, good luck with the channel, im seeing its a bit "abandoned". Hope you revive it! Regards.

  • @Funnyperson-jz3ut
    @Funnyperson-jz3ut 23 дні тому

    I mean yeah they did steal it, but they did change it up a bit so it wasn't EXACTLY the same