Template:Did you know nominations/Xebec Corporation

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 11:04, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Xebec Corporation

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• ... that Xebec Corporation's partnership with IBM was both their greatest achievement and their eventual downfall? Source: "Stung by the loss of a major contract with the International Business Machines Corporation, the Xebec Corporation today reported a big third-quarter loss. Xebec, which is based in Carson City, Nev., has been best known as the producer of the hard-disk-drive controller used in the now-discontinued I.B.M. PC-XT personal computer."
  • ALT1: ... that Xebec Corporation supplied the disk controller that went into IBM's PC XT, their first personal computer with a hard drive? Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Upgrading_and_Repairing_PCs/gXaRdKyD4PsC?gbpv=1&bsq=xebec
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ethics (Abelard)

Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 09:15, 21 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Xebec Corporation; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook facts both check out to supplied sources. No textual issues in article. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:04, 9 March 2024 (UTC)