IBM Personal Computer - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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.
The IBM PC
WEBThere just weren’t many applications to compel the average consumer, student or business executive to own one. That started to change in August 1981 with the introduction of the IBM 5150 Personal Computer. The IBM PC could connect to a television and enabled users to process text and play games.
List of IBM Personal Computer models - Wikipedia
WEBThe IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, spanned multiple models in its first generation (including the PCjr, the Portable PC, the XT, the AT, the Convertible, and the /370 systems, among others), from 1981 to 1987.
Influence of the IBM PC on the personal computer market
WEBBefore the IBM PC was introduced, the personal computer market was dominated by systems using the 6502 and Z80 8-bit microprocessors, such as the TRS 80, PET, and Apple II, which used proprietary operating systems, [2] and by computers running CP/M. [3] After IBM introduced the IBM PC, it was not until 1984 that IBM PC and clones became the dominant computers. [4]
40 Years Later: What Was it Like to Use an IBM PC in 1981? - How-To Geek
WEBAug 12, 2021 · Forty years ago today---on August 12, 1981 ---IBM introduced the very first IBM Personal Computer, also known as the IBM PC (Model 5150). It sold well and set standards that are still with us today. Here's what it was like to buy and use one in the early 1980s. Purchasing Your IBM PC. ComputerLand.
The Golden Age of IBM PCs - PCMag
WEBAug 11, 2021 · IBM Personal Computer (1981) CPU: 4.77MHz Intel 8088. RAM: 16K-256K (640K with expansion card) Price: $1,565-$4,500 (about $4,700-$13,450 today) IBM …
How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market
WEBJul 21, 2021 · The IBM PC, introduced in August 1981, helped reassure corporate customers that personal computing was serious. Mark Richards/Computer History Museum. On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC.
IBM's Invention of the First Personal Computer - ThoughtCo
WEBMay 11, 2019 · In July of 1980, IBM representatives met for the first time with Microsoft's Bill Gates to talk about writing an operating system for IBM's new hush-hush "personal" computer. IBM had been observing the growing personal computer market for some time.
Personal computer (PC) | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBIBM Corporation, the world’s dominant computer maker, did not enter the new market until 1981, when it introduced the IBM Personal Computer, or IBM PC.The IBM PC was …
The PS/2 | IBM
WEBIn the early 1980s, personal computer ownership was the sole realm of tinkerers and hobbyists. Then came the model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC. Introduced in August 1981, it was the company’s first true mass-market computer, and more than 750,000 machines were sold within two years — far exceeding internal expectations and ...