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IBM PC compatible, an Uncommon card
An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer and its successors.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
IBM PC compatible quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the IBM PC compatible card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
IBM itself no longer sells personal computers, having sold its ______ to Lenovo in 2005.
Answer
division. IBM itself no longer sells personal computers, having sold its division to Lenovo in 2005. From the IBM PC compatible article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Facial recognition system. Facial recognition system 91 · Artistic gymnastics 87 · IBM PC compatible 82 · Mary Somerville 77 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Like the original IBM PC, an IBM PC–compatible computer uses an x86-based central processing unit, sourced either from Intel or a second source like AMD, Cyrix or other vendors such as Texas Instruments, Fujitsu, OKI, Mitsubishi or NEC, and is capable of using interchangeable commodity hardware such as expansion cards.
- Initially such computers were referred to as PC clones, IBM clones or IBM PC clones, but the term "IBM PC compatible" is now a historical description only.
- IBM itself no longer sells personal computers, having sold its division to Lenovo in 2005.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The IBM PC compatible article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get IBM PC compatible
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below IBM PC compatible in the power ranking, all domains together.
- CarpetUncommon · Arts · ATK 84 DEF 89
- Bobby LabonteUncommon · Society · ATK 93 DEF 80
- Mary SomervilleUncommon · Science · ATK 77 DEF 96
- Alex CarpenterUncommon · Society · ATK 82 DEF 91
- CatilineUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 98
- PuppetryUncommon · Nature · ATK 81 DEF 92
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, IBM PC compatible (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tiziano Garuti ( 1000Bit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
