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The 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. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a team of engineers and designers at International Business Machines (IBM), directed by William C. Lowe and ...
The original IBM Personal Computer, with monitor and keyboard. The 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.
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It's difficult to imagine life today without computers, but the personal computer was barely a reality just 33 years ago. On August 12th, 1981, IBM introduced their first PC model, also known as ...
Debut year: 1981 Price: $1,565 Price adjusted for inflation: $5,677 You can still scrounge up the O.G. IBM PC on eBay for $400-$1,300 if you’re looking to get back to basics with the first ...
The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.
Mark E. Dean (born March 2, 1957) [1] is an American inventor and computer engineer. He developed the ISA bus with his partner Dennis Moeller, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer processor chip. [2] He holds three of nine PC patents for being the co-creator of the IBM personal computer released in 1981. [3]
In 1981, IBM launched its PC and famously estimated that it would only sell 241,683 units over a five-year period. Instead, it sold about 3 million in that time and hundreds of millions over a decade.