Flashback

About Flashback

Not all tech products succeed once on the market, and some are killed off with little warning. Flashback looked back at failed tech products to see what we can learn by studying their demises. Hosted by Quinn Nelson and Stephen Hackett.

Publisher

Relay

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 Feb 2020

Latest episode

6 Jan 2022

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Jan 2022

   25: On PC Clones & The End of the Road for IBM’s Personal Computer Business

   IBM quickly lost control of the market it had helped create, going from industry-leader to quietly exiting the personal computer business in just a couple of decades.

2. 

   3 Dec 2021

   24: Later IBM PC Models

   The first IBM PC kicked off what would be a line of computers that would be sold through the 1980s. This week, Quinn and Stephen hit the high points of this beige wave.

3. 

   23 Nov 2021

   23: IBM's Search for an Operating System

   With its PC built, IBM needed to find an operating system that would run on it. Its choice would change the computer industry forever.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

155 ratings

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