IBM introduced the PC, or Personal Computer, on August 12, 1981. At the time of its introduction, most computers were still processing 8 bits of information per clock cycle. IBM revolutionized the ...

the IBM PC-XT. One of the two big hardware improvements in the IBM PC-XT was an increase in expansion slots from five in the original IBM PC to eight in the new PC. This allowed for owners to add ...

Evertop is a portable PC that emulates an IBM XT with an 80186 processor and 1MB RAM. It can run DOS, Minix, and some other old 1980s operating systems. It also runs Windows up to version 3.0 ...

Developer ericjenott says the system is designed to emulate an IBM XT computer with an 80186 processor and 1MB of RAM, although the actual processor is an ESP32 microcontroller. The display is a ...

IBM continued to guide the PC market by example with its XT and AT machines through 1984, but after that, the clones began to pull ahead. With that in mind, let's take a look at seven notable ...

he tested the client on a real 1984 vintage IBM 5155 Portable PC. This semi-portable PC/XT model sports a 4.77 MHz 8088 CPU, 640 kB of RAM and a CGA video card with a built-in monochrome monitor.

On this day, August 12 in 1981, the biggest shake-up in the history of computing took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City: The IBM Personal Computer model 5150 was released.