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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
This Day in 1981, IBM....
2008-04-24
IBM introduced the PC computer! Wasn't shipped till September

IBM Personal Computer (PC)

  • Model: 5150


  • Released: September 1981


  • Price: US $3000


  • CPU: Intel 8088, 4.77MHz


  • RAM: 16K, 640K max


  • Display: 80 X 24 text


  • Storage: optional 160KB 5.25-inch disk drives


  • Ports: cassette & keyboard only internal expansion slots


  • OS: IBM PC-DOS Version 1.0
    • Posted by:Sherry

    #5  Real women used to program in FORTH. heh
    Posted by: lotp   2008-04-24 21:24  

    #4  Real men can program in 16k.
    Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-04-24 20:46  

    #3  Followed by the jazzy PC-XT, then the snazzy PC-AT, and then the rip roaring son of a gun, the 286. I think that was the first time I had a computer with a hard drive, that didn't boot from a floppy.
    Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-04-24 20:43  

    #2  (I forget the name)

    CP/M, maybe?
    Posted by: SteveS   2008-04-24 20:34  

    #1  OS: IBM PC-DOS Version 1.0 or
    Xenix
    or
    UCSD Pascal
    or
    a multi-user dos that previous home computers used
    (I forget the name)

    The deal is IBM-DOS was $50 the others $1k or more.

    Posted by: 3dc   2008-04-24 19:13  

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