August 12, 1981 · Computer or hardware
IBM PC (5150) (1981)
Base model with 16 KB. The 640K memory ceiling starts here.
IBM's open architecture and Microsoft-supplied PC DOS made it the basis of the PC compatible industry.
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Facts
- Date
- August 12, 1981
- Kind
- Computer or hardware
- Maker or publisher
- IBM
- CPU
- Intel 8088
- CPU speed
- 4.77 MHz
- RAM installed
- 16 KB
- RAM maximum
- 256 KB
- OS shipped
- PC DOS 1.0
- Expansion slots
- 5
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Related
- Intel 8088 (uses, 1979)
- IBM PC XT (successor, 1983)
- PC DOS 1.0 (ran on, 1981)
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