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20 years of the P. C. : Has software been held back by hardware limitations, or have hardware developments been held back by shortcomings in software??”
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Peter Patterson Co314 21/11/2000 "20 years of the P. C. : Has software been held back by hardware limitations, or have hardware developments been held back by shortcomings in software??" Within twenty years the Personal Computer has developed at an astonishing rate. Both hardware and software have progressed beyond the expectation from twenty years ago. The two classes are so dependent on each other, as one can not function without the other, that developments in one have affected and forced developments in the other. Though if two classes are so dependent on each other then for one to improve in design, development and function then the other must follow. This unfortunately means that if one is going slower in development then it will hold the other one back as a consequence. From 1980 the first P. C. was properly marketed by Seattle Computer Products. In 1981 the first IBM PC was on sale...
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