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IBM Personal Computer models Type IBM P/N Date announced Date withdrawn Bus No. of slots No. of bays Processor Clock speed (MHz) Stock onboard RAM (KB) Maximum onboard RAM (KB) FDD HDD Notes Ref(s). Personal Computer: 5150-001 August 1981: March 1983: ISA, 8-bit 5 2 Intel 8088: 4.77 16 KB 64 KB none none
The 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. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a team of engineers and designers at International Business Machines (IBM), directed by William C. Lowe and ...
IBM PC gets European launch at Which Computer Show. March 1983 US IBM XT released, similar to the original IBM PC but with a hard drive. It had a 10 MB hard disk, 128 KB of RAM, one floppy drive, mono monitor and a printer, all for $5000. US Compaq Portable released, the first IBM PC compatible machine released with an IBM PC compatible BIOS ...
The IBM Portable Personal Computer 5155 model 68 is an early portable computer developed by IBM after the success of the suitcase-size Compaq Portable. It was released in February 1984 and was quickly replaced by the IBM Convertible , only roughly two years after its debut.
An IBM PC 340. The PC 340, introduced in 1996, [2] was a budget model. It used the Pentium processor clocked at 100, 133 or 166 MHz. It had 4 ISA and 3 PCI expansion slots and four (2 external 5.25 inch, 1 external and 1 internal 3.5 inch) drive bays. It had 4 SIMM-72 RAM slots, and featured an IBM SurePath BIOS. The submodels were:
The PowerPC 601, developed by IBM, Motorola and Apple Computer, was released. This was the first generation of PowerPC processors. 1992 The last "luggable" computer of the Compaq Portable series, the Compaq Portable 486, was released. 1992 IBM ThinkPad 700C laptop created. It was lightweight compared to its predecessors. [2]
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First IBM release IBM Personal Computer: May 1982: PC DOS 1.1 Microsoft: Double-sided disks: Upgraded IBM Personal Computer: March 1983: PC DOS 2.0 Microsoft: Hard disk drive, subdirectories, device drivers: IBM Personal Computer XT: November 1983: PC DOS 2.1 Microsoft: Half-height disk drives, ROM cartridges: IBM PCjr: August 1984: PC DOS 3.0 ...