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IBM PC debuted August 12th, 29 years ago
The technical specs for the original IBM PC seem laughable today, of course: its 16k of standard memory, upgradable to 256k; its two 160k floppy drives (and of course no hard drive); its optional color monitor; and of course its $1,565 base price tag, which accounting for inflation would be over $3,600 today.
Birth of the IBM PC (1980-1981)
Announcement press release (1981)
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We owned this, my dads office gave him one, the shitty thing was since it had no hard drive one floppy had the Operating...
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I want that keyboard!
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Whilst it may have been a revolution then, the same canot be said for today’s PCs. Incredibly, nearly three decades...
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