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| | IBM PC 5150 |
 | | IBM PC-5150 is the computer, which caused the death of CP/M computers. | | | The very first PC’s had only 16 KB RAM and no floppy disk units, they used cassettes to load and store programs (notice that the commands to handle the cassette drives were present in the operating system all the way up to MS-DOS 5!). | | | Because of the name and the fame of IBM, it became a standard and IBM ran the business computer market up to the end of the 80's. |
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http://home1.gte.net/vze1re4o/pc_5150.html
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| | IBM PC 5150 (later) |
| | The PC was sold in a number of configurations beginning with the basic model which had no floppy drives and only 16k of Random Access Memory: This is the memory the computer uses to store the programs that you load from the floppy disk. | | | The IBM PC (Personal Computer) model #5150, was conceived by a team of IBM engineers sent to Boca Raton, Florida in early 1980. | | | The PC came with Microsoft Cassette BASIC built in and will default to it if during boot up it does not detect an operating system on floppy. |
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http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/comp/ibmpc83.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Business Chinese firm buys IBM PC business |
| | IBM, a pioneer of the personal computer business, is selling its PC hardware division to China's number one computer maker Lenovo. | | | Back in 1981 the IBM PC hit the market: the first "personal computer" aimed squarely at businesses which - till then - had seen computers as massive central machines to be tapped into where necessary. | | | IBM, in terms of market power the Microsoft of its day, failed to spot that hardware would become simply a commodity - a problem which has also hit other once-dominant vendors such as Hewlett-Packard. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4077579.stm
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| | IBM PC |
| | The IBM PC rapidly dominated the personal computing industry, despite some wacky marketing decisions by IBM such as licensing the Charlie Chaplin "Little Tramp" character as their advertising mascot, and the disastrous introduction of the PC's "little brother", the IBM PCjr. | | | The original IBM PC is the grandfather of today's most popular computers, which until recently were known as "IBM Compatibles" (now more frequently referred to as "x86 architecture" or "Windows PCs"). | | | Today, the original IBM PC bus is known as the "ISA", or Industry Standard Architecture, bus. |
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http://www.computercloset.org/IBMPC.htm
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| | IBM PC AT |
| | The IBM PC-AT was the first upgrade from the basic PC architecture introduced in 1981 (the XT expanded storage options, but not the processor, bus, chipset, etc.) The first ATs were released with a conservative 6 MHz processor which was quickly upgraded to 8 MHz. | | | The IBM PC AT was IBM's second generation PC (if you consider the XT an extension of the original PC). | | | Hi, I have an IBM 5170, and need a 5 1/4 BIOS setup floppy for it (the batteries died, and the original disk is no longer around). |
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http://www.vintage-computer.com/ibmpcat.shtml
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| | IBM PC |
| | The IBM PC was introduced in 1981 to much fanfare in the computer industry. | | | The PC was developed in an astoundingly short time by a "skunkworks" project at IBM's Boca Raton FL facility. | | | IBM, being the biggest computer company of all time to that point, helped legitimize the PC revolution by participating in it. |
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http://www.vintage-computer.com/ibm_pc.shtml
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| | The IBM PC |
| | The IBM PC The IBM PC We got one of the first IBM PC's (the "original IBM PC") in 1982. | | | We went up one evening and sat with 9-10 other families, while this kid showed us how to unbox our new computer, open up the case to install the floppy drive, hook everything up, and load the software. | | | Having worked with, and sold, million-dollar computers for 15 years, the idea I could personally buy one and put it in my house was too much to pass up. |
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http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5705/pc.html
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| | Online NewsHour: IBM Sells PC Business to Chinese Company -- December 9, 2004 |
| | Under Sam Pomasano's leadership, IBM has been driving towards enterprise, business needs, it means services; it means software enterprise software to help companies work more efficiently with their partners, and mainframe computers and large computer systems, but not PC's. | | | Margaret Warner discusses IBM's sale of its personal computer business to one of China's top PC makers with a technology expert and a China analyst. | | | TED SCHADLER: Well, IBM getting out of the PC business that it launched in 1981, it's because the business is no longer central or core to IBM's strategy. |
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec04/ibm_12-9.html
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| | USATODAY.com - Analysts: IBM selling PC business makes sense |
| | IBM is considering pulling out of the personal computer business it founded — a sign of a big change in the way companies buy computers and a shift of power in the PC industry. | | | PCs used to be a crucial part of any big, corporate technology purchase because they were expensive and proprietary. | | | An IBM deal could give it the foothold it needs. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-12-06-ibm_x.htm
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| | IBM PC |
| | IBM PC Advertisment [CMHC] with software, keyboard [Gio] | | | The interface specifications were open, and allowed other manufacturers to make compatible hardware and software components, without the risk of design changes making their products obsolete. | | | Later hardware attached to PCs included communication gear, the mouse, and an ever-increasing complement of storage and input-output hardware. |
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http://www-db.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-3-IBMPC.htm
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| | IBM PC Announcement 1981 |
| | IBM employees, external authors, professional programmers to hobbyists, can submit programs for consideration." [Audience: DEC's had that for 15 years] Rumors that we hear, not from IBM, that are not confirmed, are that they have reserved a goodly number of machines for internal use, so there will be machines around that people can play with. | | | The other thing is that they released another press release that "IBM to publish user generated programs for personal computers". | | | < Thoughts on the 20th Anniversary of the IBM PC A Taxonomy of Computer Systems and Different Topologies: Standalone to P2P > |
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http://www.bricklin.com/ibmpcannouncement1981.htm
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| | The IBM PC: 1981 to ... |
| | The PC is being joined by many other computing devices but it retains its importance as the place where one can experiment and innovate because of the richness of the environment. | | | While there were variations on the PC that emulated more traditional computing devices and terminals the general purpose PC thrived. | | | As we've seen, attempts to focus on one aspect of the PC to the exclusion of others as in so-called Internet Appliances and Network Computers have largely failed. |
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http://www.frankston.com/public/ESSAYS/ThePCFrom1981To.asp
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| | The IBM PC turns 20 CNET News.com |
| | Apple Computer welcomed IBM to the fledgling industry in 1981, but it turned out to be an invitation for IBM to become synonymous with the PC and relegate Apple to a niche player. | | | Twenty years after helping change the direction of computing, participants in the project to develop the first IBM PC say they were concerned less about making history than about making deadline. | | | David Bradley, one of the engineers who worked on IBM's first PC, says the rapid consumer adoption of the PC took IBM by surprise. |
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http://news.com.com/2009-1040-271341.html
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| | IBM's ThinkPad Tablet PC - Engadget |
| | The digitizer in the IBM Transnote, was an active digitizer. | | | The IBM 9103 is a color version of the monochrome 730TE. | | | We've always been very clear in drawing a distinction between "Tablet PCs" which run on Microsoft's software, and the wider category of "tablet PCs" and pen-based tablet computers that "Tablet PCs" are a subset of. |
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http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/16/ibms-thinkpad-tablet-pc
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| | IBM Sells PC Business to Lenovo |
| | Lenovo was founded in 1984, three years after IBM introduced the personal computer. | | | A medium range computer was installed at the Shenyang Blowers Works, the first IBM machine installed in the country since the founding of the People's Republic of China. | | | In turn, Lenovo said it would supply IBM all the desktop and laptop PCs it needs when selling computers to its small and medium business clients. |
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3444981
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| | USATODAY.com - It's official: IBM sells PC unit to Chinese company |
| | Major centers will be in Beijing and Raleigh, N.C., where Lenovo and IBM's PC businesses are currently based. | | | The bargain PC maker might also use IBM's expertise to break into the growing high-end Chinese market, says Simon Yates at Forrester Research. | | | • Lenovo gets access to IBM's huge customer base and can use IBM's logo for up to five years. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-12-07-china-ibm-8pm_x.htm
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| | China's Lenovo to buy IBM's PC business InfoWorld News 2004-12-07 By Martyn Williams and Paul Kallender, IDG News ... |
| | However, few details were known about the nature of the deal and its possible affect on IBM's existing PC customers until the announcement on Wednesday. | | | Of these, about 10,000 are current IBM employees, of which about 4,000 are based in China. | | | The Business Value of HP-UX 11i: HP-UX 11i vs. IBM AIX - In this white paper, analyst Thomas Pisello, author of “IT Value Chain Management: Maximizing the ROI from IT Investments,” demonstrates how open systems UNIX solutions can provide substantial... |
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/12/07/HNlenovoibm_1.html
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| | CRN Breaking News Lenovo To Acquire IBM PC Division |
| | IBM-branded PCs and ThinkPads will be continue to be sold through existing IBM channels, including about 7,000 IBM PC business partners in the United States. | | | Stephen M. Ward Jr., currently IBM senior vice president and general manager of IBM's Personal Systems Group, will serve as the CEO of Lenovo following completion of the deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2005. | | | The sale is a "logical extension of IBM's strategy" to focus on more high-value, high-margin products and services, Loughridge said. |
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http://crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=55300276
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| | IBM Redbooks PC DOS 7 Technical Update |
| | IBM PC DOS 7 has been designed for all types of users who need | | | The program developer should be competent on the IBM Personal | | | This book is a technical reference, upgraded from IBM DOS 5.02 and |
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http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/gg244459.html
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| | IBM sells PC business to China's Lenovo - Tech News & Reviews - MSNBC.com |
| | It also extends IBM’s long-running transition from leader and innovator in computer hardware to a dominant force in computer services, software and consulting. | | | NEW YORK - Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group said Wednesday it will take over IBM’s personal computer business, creating the world’s third-largest PC maker in a $1.75 billion deal that announces China’s ambitions to become a key player in the global industry. | | | “The IBM brand will gain great recognition in China, the world’s fastest growing economy and the world’s fastest growing market for PCs,” said John Joyce, IBM senior vice president and group executive of IBM Global Services. |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6666170
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| | PC History |
| | Representative of the designs supplanted by the IBM PC, this machine was sold as a complete system including a video terminal and printer. | | | This site, which documents the history of pre-IBM PCs, is a tribute to the work of Stan Veit, a pioneer of personal computing. | | | Note: we will not publish arguments about which computer was the best. |
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http://www.pc-history.org
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| | San Jose IBM PC Club Home Page |
| | SETI@homeis a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). | | | The PC Club's server downloads and analyzes radio telescope data whenever it is not busy serving your mail and web pages. | | | Learn how you can contribute unused CPU cycles from your computer to SETI@home. |
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http://www.sjpc.org
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| | Tablet PC Buzz.com - Forum |
| | If IBM comes out with a Tablet right now, it'll be an IBM design, not a Lenovo design, with IBM support/warranty, such as it is. | | | He said the IBM is due out May 15. | | | WE are trying to decide what tablet to purchase for students 5-12 grade and met with a leasing agent who had just gotten the IBM tablet from them that morning. |
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http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24084
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| | IBM sells PC group to Lenovo CNET News.com |
| | Separately, one senior IBM executive explained part of Big Blue's motivation for the transaction. | | | "Today's announcement further strengthens IBM's ability to capture the highest-value opportunities in a rapidly changing information technology industry," said Sam Palmisano, IBM chairman and chief executive officer. | | | High Impact Inventor sees the spiral as a design that could transform PC computing, aeronautics and our drinking water. |
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http://news.com.com/IBM+sells+PC+group+to+Lenovo/2100-1042_3-5482284.html
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| | The IBM PC's Page |
| | What I mean are the now so-called out-dated, obsolete IBM PC, PC XT, PC AT and PS/2 series of computers. | | | THE site to find information on every IBM computer ever made! | | | Check out this excellent page on the PS/2 computers |
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http://alienc.netcentre.ca/gallante/ibmcpu
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| | The Riddle of the IBM PC |
| | Let me give you one more hint--since the graphics were pushed to a corner of the screen that means that the computer was failing to perform its basic function, that of calculation. | | | See if this story brings back the memories of the early days of the IBM PC and DOS. | | | Jeff took a sip of his drink, and started speaking, "Long back, I developed a graphics game program for DOS machines. |
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http://kanadepro.com/programmingfiction
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| | IBM PC |
| | Click here to view comments about other IBM computers. | | | This particular PC has two 5¼" 360K floppy drives, one from Big Blue, and the other from some third party. | | | The green screen monitor has no on/off switch, since it draws its power from the PC supply. |
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http://obsoletecomputermuseum.org/ibmpc
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| | InformationWeek IBM Sells PC Business IBM Discloses Details Of PC Business Sale December 8, 2004 |
| | The deal "strengthens IBM's ability to capture the highest-value opportunities in a rapidly changing information technology industry," IBM chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano said in a statement. | | | "I'm not so concerned that IBM doesn't make the PCs, as long as they can ease our selection and procurement of the right systems," says Ken Andre, CIO at packaging company Greif Inc. Greif recently placed a major order with IBM for PCs and servers. | | | PC Business Sale Could Cost IBM, Some Analysts Say |
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55300401
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| | OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum |
| | The 5160 was replaced with the PC XT S (20 MB Hard disk, slim size floppy disk unit, 640 KB RAM), then with the PC XT 286. | | | The IBM PC XT is the successor of the IBM PC. | | | In addiditon to the removal of the cassette port, the XT also had eight 8-bit ISA expansion slots VS the PC's five. |
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http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=286
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| | Lenovo - Accessories - Services, ThinkPlus Services, overview |
| | The PC Price Per Seat Plan by IBM is a cost-effective, comprehensive and integrated solution designed to take work and problems off your desk. | | | PC Tracking and Loss Control by Absolute Software, Inc. | | | For small and medium and large enterprise businesses IBM has the resources and expertise to help you safely and economically dispose of your IBM and non-IBM IT equipment, including the resale of marketable assets or the disposal of assets without market value. |
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http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/accessories/services
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| | IBM-PC Programs |
| | A siteswap simulation program for the PC (DOS) platform by Patrik Hedmalm, path@algonet.se. | | | Either way, most nice features of the program are disabled. | | | This can juggle any siteswap of up to 9 balls, and lets you toggle between the normal and Mills Mess version in real time. |
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http://www.juggling.org/programs/ibm-pc
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| | Interfacing to the IBM-PC Parallel Printer Port |
| | Zhahai Stewart's IBM Parallel Port FAQ/Tutorial version 0.96 | | | Peter H. Anderson's Use of a PC Printer Port for Control and Data Acquisition | | | Kris Heidenstrom's PC Parallel Port Mini-FAQ covers the essentials of standard and bidirectional PC parallel ports. |
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http://wwwhomes.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/par
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| | IBM PC Convertible |
| | IBM's first laptop computer, was called the PC Convertible because with a few add-on modules, it could become a primary desktop machine. | | | IBM's entry into laptop computers legitimized the fledgling IBM-compatible laptop market which had largely been pioneered by Toshiba. | | | PC Convertible Monitor, Serial/Parallel Module, Display Module, Printer Module, Carrying Case, Operating System, Manual |
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http://www.computercloset.org/IBMPCConvertible.htm
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| | Lenovo Training Solutions: e-Learning Courses for Business Partners |
| | Sales Courses (For IBM and Lenovo Business Partners only) | | | How to Sell the IBM Secure Wireless Networking Solution for Cisco | | | Solution Provider Series: Come vendere le soluzioni wireless IBM e trarne profitto |
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http://www.pc.ibm.com/training/course_catalog_online.html
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