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Compaq Computers: Rod Canion (2019)

2019-03-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·39m 21s ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Compaq Computers: Rod Canion (2019)
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About this episode

In 1981, engineer Rod Canion left Texas Instruments and co-founded Compaq, which created the first IBM-compatible personal computer. This opened the door to an entire industry of PCs that could run the same software. PLUS for our postscript “How You Built That,” we check back in with Danica Lause, w