<snip> Selling for as little as $1,565, the PC used an Intel 4.77 megahertz processor and Microsoft's Disk Operating System. The machine offered memory capacities from 16K to 256K and either one or two diskette drives. An expanded system for business with color graphics, two diskette drives and a printer cost about $4,500. <snip> Full height, 160K 5.25" floppy. My first PC was a Heathkit H-100 with dual 8088/8085 so you could use CP/M, since there was so little software for the Z-DOS 1.0 OS. It came with dual 360K drives and my printer had true descenders, too and 192K of system RAM and 64K of video RAM expandable to 192K (at about $100/64K, if you installed it yourself). Ah, yes the good old days...4.77 MHz and considering it fast! Misty eyed, James Spinti jspinti at dartdist dot com 952-368-3278 ext. 396 952-368-3255 (fax) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <chrome at real-time.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:11 PM Subject: [TCLUG] IBM history > if this doesn't make your eyes glaze over, you *are* a geek. :) > > http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/reference/faq_0000000011.html > > fascinating stuff. :) > Carl Soderstrom. > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > (952) 943-8700 > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >