IBM s’est tourné vers Microsoft pour concevoir l’OS de son 5150. Cette image est tirée du "Seattle Business Journal" en date du 19 octobre 1981, soit juste après que le contrat ait été ...

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 ...

L'IBM 5150 est composé dans sa version de base d'un microprocesseur Intel 8088 cadencé à 4,77 MHz et dispose d'une mémoire vive de 16 Ko.

This indicated a later revision of the Model 5150. Alas, our IBM PC was not an “original” original, an OG 1981 PC. It had been assembled a few years after. Best guess: 1984.

This indicated a later revision of the Model 5150. Alas, our IBM PC was not an “original” original, an OG 1981 PC. It had been assembled a few years after. Best guess: 1984.

The IBM Model 5150 was designed for business, school and home use. At the time, it set buyers back about $1,265 - without a monitor, serial or parallel ports or hard disk.

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 fo… ...

Getting Area 5150 running on an emulator wasn’t enough for [GloriousCow], though, so a deep dive into exactly what’s happening on the bus of an original IBM Model 5150 was in order.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. TechSpot: History of the Personal Computer, Part 3: IBM PC Model 5150 Julio Franco · Oct 1 ...

Day 3 started with me rifling through my garage, looking for a 4164C RAM chip to replace the bad one in the 5150. Fortunately, I found a host of them in an ITT Xtra, a 1984 IBM PC XT clone.

The 5150, though, holds a special place in his heart. As a young teenager in the early 80s, Klein saved his paper-route money to buy one of the original IBM 5150s for $2,700, with the help of his dad.