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Compaq Computers: Rod Canion

2017-05-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·38m 25s ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Compaq Computers: Rod Canion
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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 in our postscript “How You Built That,” how frustrated renter Melanie Colón cr