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Forty years ago IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150,. IBM was a latecomer to the home computer market. Apple II, the Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80, and the Commodore PET (short ...

Even though consumer electronics and mobile handsets have long since eclipsed it, the PC can rightfully take credit for creating the modern electronics industry as we know it. IBM introduced the 5150 ...

The IBM Personal Computer—specifically the 5150 model—was the first example of the standardized “IBM PC compatible” standard that came to define modern computing.

Happy birthday to the IBM PC! 39 years ago today the IBM 5150 either reinvented personal computing or ruined it depending on your point of view.

As obsolete as the original IBM Model 5150 PC may appear, it’s pretty much the proverbial giant’s shoulders upon which we all stand today. That makes the machine worth celebrating, so much so ...

August 12, 2002 From bits to boom: IBM PC turns 20 special coverage IBM wasn't the first company to sell a personal computer when it introduced the 5150 in August 1981.

Its hard to argue that had it not been for VisiCalc, IBM might not have entered the market at the time they did in 1981. They contributed greatly to the birth of the market for personal computers ...

(Video embedded, below) As luck would have it, [Oli] owns a 40-year-old IBM PC 5150 as well as the matching IBM 5151 monitor, so it was a simple matter to implement the effect in 8088 assembler to ...

Read the Charter Issue of PC Magazine From 1982 Four decades ago, no one knew exactly where technology would take us. We just knew the IBM PC was here to change everything.

John Opel, who served as IBM CEO from 1981 to 1985, passed away at the age of 86 last week, IBM confirmed Monday.

The IBM PC was a milestone in personal computing introduced on August 12, 1981. The IBM PC did not come with a hard disk, but one was provided with the Expansion Unit which also provided 8 more ...