IBM PC turns 30 today!
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Wow! I actually worked on one of those first IBM PCs!
Two floppy drives, no hard drive, 64 KB of RAM expandable to 256 KB...
Then the first XT came out with a 10 MB hard drive. That was a lot of storage! I could't fill it up!
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Two floppy drives, no hard drive, 64 KB of RAM expandable to 256 KB...
Then the first XT came out with a 10 MB hard drive. That was a lot of storage! I could't fill it up!
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Wow! If I were to were stack all the varoius mainframes, mid-range computers, servers, desktops, laptops, networking and security devices I've worked with or purchased since I started my IT career in '81...I could walk to the moon. My how the world has changed with the mass-market appeal of the IBM PC.
Happy Birthday! Now, if only we could manufacture our stuff here and not in China.
Happy Birthday! Now, if only we could manufacture our stuff here and not in China.
Same here.
It was actually a Bulgarian clone of it - Pravets.
Fun times...
You picked the right time to start an IT career...
Diogen.
I interviewed for that IBM operation in Boca when I was getting my masters. Took the job with HP instead and worked on the losing side of the computer revolution (HP 9826/35/45, HP86, HP150 and the original Vectra)
Ha-ha! I think you actully would have to stack all computers ever made to get to the moon
Ha-ha! I think you actully would have to stack all computers ever made to get to the moon
I'm sure the world makes enough computer garbage to get their each year.
I never worked on PC Jr (only on PC, XT, AT, 386S, 386, 486, etc.
<deleted incorrect info> Big deal was made when someone got wind (& snaps, IIRC) of huge numbers of brand new Jrs being bulldozed into landfill.
Look here for story and picture of chiclet keyboard.
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