Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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We are all familiar with the PC, one of the longest lived micro computer platform. However sat at your modem machine, you might not released it started life as an 8bit micro in the early 80s, and has been built on top of 40+ years years of development. So here is the potted history of the PC trying to cover all the big mile stones in its very long life.

This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com)

00:00 - Intro
00:18- Why IBM creates the PC
09:40 - ISA Cards (A word from our sponsor)
11:21 - The clone wars
16:28 - The PC Jr, and Tandy
19:31 - AT
22:42 - Early Sound
24:11- IDE
29:04 - A lot happens
35:53 - Memory
36:49 - 386 and Protected mode
44:07 - IBM loses the market
45:18 - 486
51:49 - Sound cards
54:44 - Doom
57:14 - Pentium
01:02:33 - Multimedia
01:07:36 - Floating Point
01:15:49 - USB
01:19:41 - 3D Cards
01:25:24 - Sata
01:28:28 - ATX
01:30:56 - AGP & PCIe
01:35:47 - Itanium
01:44:02 - UEFI
01:50:40 - Laptops
01:55:19 - Thanks