BASICS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS 5
companies also made PCs using various other processors. However, when the IBM PC became
a great success, many manufacturers started making similar PCs and software companies also
had the inclination to develop software for IBM PC compatible PCs. at is how the PC revo-
lution came about – and we know now, that it is not IBM that makes most of the PCs in the
world now – various other manufacturers do, but the x86 processor still forms the core of all
these PCs. With more and more people using PCs, standardization of software and hardware
came about slowly. is has made the world of computing more ordered and comfor
table, and
compatibility issues for hardware and software are much, much less than in the early ...