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<a class="fancybox" rel="6e7632850ffed4a393a53d2873a677ed" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/055/509/for_gallery_v2/a31fda12.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/055/509/large_v3/a31fda12.jpg" alt="A31fda12" /></a></div></div>1981 – IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0. <br /><br />The computer had shrunk from being a room-clogging behemoth to a relatively dainty machine that could fit on desks in homes and schools. So, IBM’s introduction of its Personal Computer (PC) on August 12, 1981, didn’t exactly signal a technical revolution. But that didn't stop Big Blue’s PC from bursting onto the scene. <br />Their new product sold 136,000 units in its first year and a half of release, propelling the company’s stock on an upward climb that peaked later in the decade. IBM had seemingly served notice to the computer industry: the granddaddy of business computing was making a break from the boardroom and looking to conquer America’s homes. Not as widely noticed was the fact that IBM’s new machine was a pastiche of other company’s components, including a processing chip courtesy of Intel and an operating system developed by a thirty-two person concern called Microsoft.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html">http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html</a>This Day in US Military History: PC DAY EXTRA2015-08-12T08:48:23-04:001SG Private RallyPoint Member883644<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-55509"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="ea75d75ba2dc8a529b3242be70a6f628" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/055/509/for_gallery_v2/a31fda12.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/055/509/large_v3/a31fda12.jpg" alt="A31fda12" /></a></div></div>1981 – IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0. <br /><br />The computer had shrunk from being a room-clogging behemoth to a relatively dainty machine that could fit on desks in homes and schools. So, IBM’s introduction of its Personal Computer (PC) on August 12, 1981, didn’t exactly signal a technical revolution. But that didn't stop Big Blue’s PC from bursting onto the scene. <br />Their new product sold 136,000 units in its first year and a half of release, propelling the company’s stock on an upward climb that peaked later in the decade. IBM had seemingly served notice to the computer industry: the granddaddy of business computing was making a break from the boardroom and looking to conquer America’s homes. Not as widely noticed was the fact that IBM’s new machine was a pastiche of other company’s components, including a processing chip courtesy of Intel and an operating system developed by a thirty-two person concern called Microsoft.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html">http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html</a>This Day in US Military History: PC DAY EXTRA2015-08-12T08:48:23-04:002015-08-12T08:48:23-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member883646<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Haha ... Great. <br />My first oops command was "del tree" <br />Whoops!!!Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 12 at 2015 8:50 AM2015-08-12T08:50:10-04:002015-08-12T08:50:10-04:00SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.883649<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>And the beginning of all our computer security problems :)Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made Aug 12 at 2015 8:51 AM2015-08-12T08:51:08-04:002015-08-12T08:51:08-04:00CW3 Private RallyPoint Member883740<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great byte of history, thanks for sharing.Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 12 at 2015 9:36 AM2015-08-12T09:36:29-04:002015-08-12T09:36:29-04:00SSgt Alex Robinson883791<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This invention is one of the reasons Hilary is having problems right now.Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Aug 12 at 2015 9:50 AM2015-08-12T09:50:26-04:002015-08-12T09:50:26-04:00SSgt Alex Robinson883796<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have had CQ duty on the time change several times. What a pain!Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Aug 12 at 2015 9:51 AM2015-08-12T09:51:12-04:002015-08-12T09:51:12-04:00SSgt Alex Robinson883800<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for sharing. As much as I know about history I still need a refresherResponse by SSgt Alex Robinson made Aug 12 at 2015 9:52 AM2015-08-12T09:52:02-04:002015-08-12T09:52:02-04:00SSgt Alex Robinson883811<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There must be a better way to secure this type of data. Cmon we deserve better!Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Aug 12 at 2015 9:55 AM2015-08-12T09:55:50-04:002015-08-12T09:55:50-04:00SSgt Alex Robinson883815<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I Know there is a better way to secure this type of data. Our country deserves better!Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Aug 12 at 2015 9:57 AM2015-08-12T09:57:03-04:002015-08-12T09:57:03-04:00LCpl Mark Lefler883816<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>likeResponse by LCpl Mark Lefler made Aug 12 at 2015 9:57 AM2015-08-12T09:57:34-04:002015-08-12T09:57:34-04:00PO1 John Miller886250<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />I wouldn't say Microsoft "developed" MS-DOS! :)Response by PO1 John Miller made Aug 13 at 2015 7:12 AM2015-08-13T07:12:58-04:002015-08-13T07:12:58-04:00SSG John Erny887448<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have an IBM 5150 I just found in the storage closet exactly like the one in the picture above! It has the printer also. It belongs to the gov. entity I work for so it must be sold at auction. It looks very clean, I bet it still works.Response by SSG John Erny made Aug 13 at 2015 3:10 PM2015-08-13T15:10:32-04:002015-08-13T15:10:32-04:002015-08-12T08:48:23-04:00