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 ...

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 ...

That was the position [Anders Nielsen] found himself in as work progresses on his “PC-XT from Scratch” project, which seeks to build a working mid-80s vintage IBM Model 5160 using as many ...

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.

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 ...

It could have been the original IBM PC which rolled out in 1981 or a PC AT, which debuted in 1984. It even might have been a PC XT, which IBM introduced in 1983. I've looked at images of all ...

An 83-key keyboard introduced with the IBM PC in 1981 and the PC XT in 1983. The keyboard introduced the dual-function keypad that switches between numeric entry and cursor movement, which became ...

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.

"The original [IBM Personal Computer] and [IBM Personal Computer XT] keyboard uses the same connector, but a different protocol," The Register continues. "If you can find an early 1980s keyboard ...