-----Original Message-----
 From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
 [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Brian Mahoney
 Sent: 24 January 2004 23:00
 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
 Subject: Re: Who was first?
 Might have been a tie.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible says that Columbia came up
 with an IBM clone in early 1982.