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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.
In September 1992, IBM completed the spin-off of their various non-mainframe and non-midrange, personal computer manufacturing divisions, combining them into an autonomous wholly owned subsidiary known as the IBM Personal Computer Company (IBM PC Co.).
An open standard fuels a market revolution. In the next decade, IBM introduced personal computers that increased processing speed tenfold over its original PC, increased the instruction execution rate by 100, grew system memory from 16 kilobytes to 16 megabytes, and boosted system storage by a factor of 10,000.
Jun 30, 2017 · The original IBM PC 5150, with a printer, introduced in August 1981. This wasn't really the first IBM personal computer, however... (read part one of the story to find out more).
Jul 21, 2021 · The IBM PC, introduced in August 1981, helped reassure corporate customers that personal computing was serious. Mark Richards/Computer History Museum. On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria ...
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.
The System/360 replaced all five of IBM’s existing computer product lines with one strictly compatible family, using a new architecture that pioneered the 8-bit byte still in use on computers today.
