July 1985 · Computer or hardware
Leading Edge Model D (1985)
A Korean-built (Daewoo) PC clone that undercut IBM pricing and sold 100,000 units in its first year.
Video, disk controller, clock and ports were on the motherboard, leaving four free slots in a case half the size of the IBM PC.
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Facts
- Date
- July 1985
- Kind
- Computer or hardware
- Maker or publisher
- Leading Edge Products
- CPU
- Intel 8088
- CPU speed
- 4.77 MHz (later 7.16 MHz)
- RAM installed
- 256 KB
- Storage
- Dual 360 KB floppies or 10-30 MB hard disk
- Display
- Monochrome monitor included
- OS shipped
- MS-DOS 2.11
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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