- IBM introduced its PC in 1981 with a folksy advertising campaign aimed at the general public. Yet, the IBM PC had its most profound impact in the corporate world.
- IBM PC DOS Version 1.1 No software was supplied bundled with the IBM PC, but a number of applications were available from IBM at launch, including
- The models of IBM's first-generation Personal Computer (PC) series have names: IBM PC, IBM PC XT, IBM PC AT, Convertible and Portable.
- The year is 1980 and IBM representatives meet in secret with Bill Gates to talk about an operating system for a hush-hush new personal computer, the IBM PC.
- The IBM PC Model 5150 was originally introduced in August 1981. Price at Introduction: $1,995.00. Standard Memory: 16k bytes .
- In February of 1978 IBM began working on its first microcomputer—and it still wasn't the IBM PC. It was a machine called the System/23 Datamaster.
- The high quality (and very noisy) keyboard is the same as the IBM Datamaster, a business computer released earlier in the same year as the "PC".
- One of the original marketing photos for the IBM 5150, the landmark personal computer that ushered in the PC revolution IBM.
- Thus, the expensive modification of the IBM PC was created for business (where, by the way, it became quite widespread), and cheaper for the home.
- The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform.