IBM Personal Computer - Wikipedia
WEBThe IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard.
The IBM PC
WEBThe IBM PC could connect to a television and enabled users to process text and play games. It streamlined business operations, spurred the development of the software industry and vaulted computing into the mainstream.
The complete history of the IBM PC, part one: The deal of the …
WEBJun 30, 2017 · In February of 1978 IBM began working on its first microcomputer—and it still wasn't the IBM PC. It was a machine called the System/23 Datamaster.
The Golden Age of IBM PCs - PCMag
WEBAug 11, 2021 · Over the next decade, the IBM PC platform rose to near-absolute dominance. All the while, IBM itself lost market share to clone makers like Compaq, Dell, and, well, dozens more.
40 Years Later: What Was it Like to Use an IBM PC in 1981? - How-To Geek
WEBAug 12, 2021 · Forty years ago today---on August 12, 1981 ---IBM introduced the very first IBM Personal Computer, also known as the IBM PC (Model 5150). It sold well and set standards that are still with us today. Here's what it was like to …
The PS/2 | IBM
WEBIn the early 1980s, personal computer ownership was the sole realm of tinkerers and hobbyists. Then came the model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC. Introduced in August 1981, it was the company’s first true mass-market computer, and more than 750,000 machines were sold within two years — far exceeding internal expectations and ...
Project Chess: The Story Behind the Original IBM PC - PCMag
WEBOn August 12, 1981, IBM introduced the IBM Personal Computer. This wasn't the first PC, but it did create the standards that in many ways have dominated personal computing for most of the...
40 Years Later: Read PCMag's First Impressions of the IBM PC
WEBAugust 12, 2021. On the 40th anniversary of the IBM PC, we look back at PC Magazine’s first issue— February-March 1982 —which featured a review of the computer written by Jim Edlin and David...
The IBM PC - CHM Revolution
WEBIBM introduced its PC in 1981 with a folksy advertising campaign aimed at the general public. Yet, the IBM PC had its most profound impact in the corporate world. Companies bought PCs in bulk, revolutionizing the role of computers in the office—and introducing the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS DOS) to a vast user community.
Inside the IBM PC 5150: The first-ever IBM PC - PCWorld
WEBAug 12, 2016 · 35 years ago (today), IBM launched the most influential commercial computer system of all time, the IBM PC 5150. Over the past three and a half decades, architectural descendants of this...
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