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.

Jul 31, 2023 · The IBM PC 5150 was a personal computer introduced by IBM. It wasn’t the first personal computer but it was a highly successful model thanks to the high-quality construction and expandability. When was IBM PC 5150 invented?

The 5150 "PC" wasn't IBM's first attempt at a compact, stand alone computer, although it is by far their most successful. In 1975, the model 5100 was an entirely self-contained, portable computer system - probably the first ever.

There just weren’t many applications to compel the average consumer, student or business executive to own one. That started to change in August 1981 with the introduction of the IBM 5150 Personal Computer. The IBM PC could connect to a television and enabled users to process text and play games.

It’s August 12, 1981, and IBM has just released the foundation for the PCs we know and love today – the very first PC, the IBM PC 5150. In this feature, we chat to IBM about how the PC was first created, and also take apart an original specimen.

Aug 12, 2021 · PC Labs, in the distant past, may have had a wild party inside its relic Model 5150 for the IBM PC’s 20th or 25th anniversary. One of the floppy drives had been removed, and was sitting...

Aug 12, 2016 · 35 years ago (today), IBM launched the most influential commercial computer system of all time, the IBM PC 5150. Over the past three and a half decades, architectural descendants of this single...

On August 12, 1981, IBM rented out a ballroom at the elegant Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and introduced its landmark 5150 personal computer. Looking at the beige box today, nothing seems...

May 2, 2003 · The first revision BIOS (11/08/82) has all of the features of the 10/27/82 IBM PC 5150 BIOS. This version was used on the 64/256K motherboards. The second revision BIOS (01/10/86) added support for the new IBM Extended keyboard and 80 track floppy drives.

Marketed as one of the first personal computers, the IBM 5150 consisted of a system unit, a keyboard, a color/graphics capability and options including a display, a printer, up to two diskette drives and more, as described by the IBM Archives.