Der Fehler, der ESCOM zerstörte | Deutschlands PC-Imperium fiel in Sekunden

ESCOM was the formidable competitor of Vobis, rising from a small music shop to a European PC retail powerhouse in just ten years. With its sleek black PCs and aggressive pricing, the German company conquered the market and became a serious rival to the established computer giants. But one fateful decision would not only destroy ESCOM itself, but also drag a legendary computer brand down with it. The story begins in 1972 in Darmstadt, when the young Manfred Schmitt opened his first music shop and later built a small empire of music stores and music schools. When the first computer-controlled synthesizers appeared, Schmitt recognized the trend and transformed his company into "Schmitt Computersysteme"—perfectly timed for the Commodore 64 boom of the 1980s. Learn the complete story of ESCOM's spectacular rise, its bitter battle against Vobis, and the dramatic fall of a German computer empire that destroyed itself with a single fatal decision in this video. Tell us in this video. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sources: 1. Wikipedia - Escom AG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EscomAG 2. DeWiki - Escom https://dewiki.de/Lexikon/Escom 3. PC Games Hardware - The end of Escom https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Retros... 4th Generation Amiga - Escom's $14 Million Commodore buyout https://www.generationamiga.com/2025/... 5. UPI Archives - German computer firm Escom goes bankrupt https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/... 6. Almost Forgotten (4): ESCOM – Computer from Orgelschmitt https://www.digisaurier.de/fast-verge...