He tried it with two different hardware setups: a 40 MHz 386 PC from 1993, and the (in)famous IBM PCjr from 1984. A standard GPS module serves as an accurate time reference; these units can often ...

However, the key product was the Compaq Deskpro from 1986, which was the first PC based on the 386 processor, outpacing IBM. Today's PCs are more similar to the Deskpro than to the original IBM PC ...

The 386 brought a 32-bit mode of operation and ... See 286. The original PC launched by IBM in 1981 used Intel's 16-bit 8088 CPU. This chip family was designed so that the installed base of ...

However, by the time IBM announced the PC AT model in 1984, other vendors had succeeded at cloning, and the PC market began to explode. See AT. In 1986, Compaq ushered in the first Intel 386-based ...