
The IBM 5150: A Time Capsule of Innovation
How a beige box sold in 1981 - the IBM 5150 - rewired business, birthed an industry of clones, handed Microsoft the keys, and quietly seeded the technical conventions that still run the world today.

How a beige box sold in 1981 - the IBM 5150 - rewired business, birthed an industry of clones, handed Microsoft the keys, and quietly seeded the technical conventions that still run the world today.

How the NeXT Computer - a bold, developer-first machine conceived by Steve Jobs - introduced software ideas and tools (NeXTSTEP, Objective‑C, Interface Builder, Display PostScript) that directly seeded the World Wide Web, macOS, iOS and modern software development.