Columbia closely modeled the IBM PC and produced the first "compatible" PC Compaq Computer Corp. announced its first IBM PC compatible a few months...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible
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By Andrew Pollack The International Business Machines Corporation, once slow to recognize that computers were getting smaller, is apparently determined not to make the same mistake in the emerging personal computer market. Read about the IBM XT...
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www.darron.net/firstibm.html
www.darron.net/firstibm.html
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The first IBM PC ran on a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor. The PC came equipped with 16 kilobytes of memory, expandable to 256k. The PC came with one or...
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inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa031599.htm
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On August 12 1981, IBM executives held a press conference in New York to introduce a momentous new computer - the IBM Personal Computer. The first IBM PC ran on a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor.
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inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blibm.htm
inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blibm.htm
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The little-known IBM 5100 portable computer was released in 1975, six years before the Model 5150 even though the later is often regarded as the first IBM-PC.
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www.cedmagic.com/history/ibm-pc-5100.html
www.cedmagic.com/history/ibm-pc-5100.html
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He set up a task force that developed the proposal for the first IBM PC. Early studies had concluded that there were not enough applications to justify acceptance on a broad basis and the task force was fighting the idea that things couldn't be done quickly in IBM.
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www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.htm...
www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html
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So while now is certainly an appropriate moment to salute the legendary IBM PC on its 20th birthday, it's also a good time to take a brief look back at some...
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www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_1.html
www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_1.html
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August 12, 1981 marks the birth of the IBM PC, the computer that single-handedly turned personal computing to the business market. The only way to do this, according to William Lowe, was to skirt the IBM bureaucracy. He had two proposals. The first was to buy a microcomputer company outright (he mentioned Atari by name);
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lowendmac.com/orchard/06/ibm-pc-5150-origin.html
lowendmac.com/orchard/06/ibm-pc-5150-origin.html
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But keep in mind, the Lisa, the first PC with a mouse, had already failed. Many computer industry insiders dismissed the mouse as a toy, This was why IBM, in their first PC ads, ran as far in the other direction as they could, associating their PC, improbably enough, with the quaint antics of Charlie Chaplin [slide].
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www.duke.edu/~tlove/mac.htm
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