IBM PC (5150)
ID: IBM-PC-5150
RELEASED 1981
PRICE
DISCONTINUED 1987
UNITS SOLD Unknown
I/O PORTS
ISA 8-bitCassetteKeyboard
System Analysis
The original. Created by a skunkworks team in Boca Raton. It legitimized the "Personal Computer" for business.
Processor
4.77 MHzIntel 8088
8-bit external bus.
Audio Subsystem
1Speaker
Beeper.
Memory
DIP16 KB
Expandable to 640 KB
Storage
160 KB - 360 KB5.25" Floppy
Graphics Architecture
CGA / MDA
Palette: 16 colors (text)
- 320x200 (4c)
- 640x200 (2c)
Hardware Tricks
- ▹ CGA Snow
Did You Know?
- ? Microsoft licensed BASIC to IBM for this machine.
- ? Time Magazine Man of the Year 1982: The Computer.