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1981 – IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0.
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.
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.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html
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.
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.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html
Posted 9 y ago
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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.
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I Know there is a better way to secure this type of data. Our country deserves better!
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There must be a better way to secure this type of data. Cmon we deserve better!
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Thanks for sharing. As much as I know about history I still need a refresher
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This invention is one of the reasons Hilary is having problems right now.
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