IBM Personal Computer | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-13

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00:01:46 1 History
00:01:55 1.1 Rumors
00:03:52 1.2 Competitors
00:07:52 1.3 Predecessors
00:13:03 1.4 Project Chess
00:18:08 1.5 Open standards
00:25:39 1.6 Debut
00:28:52 1.6.1 The Little Tramp
00:30:19 1.7 Third-party products
00:34:34 1.8 Reaction
00:40:01 1.9 Success
00:48:36 1.10 Domination
00:54:14 2 IBM PC as standard
00:55:11 3 Third-party distribution
00:56:11 4 Models
00:57:26 4.1 Original PC
01:04:25 4.2 XT
01:06:33 4.3 XT/370
01:07:52 4.4 PCjr
01:08:51 4.5 Portable
01:10:18 4.6 AT
01:13:05 4.7 AT/370
01:13:31 4.8 Convertible
01:15:22 4.9 Next-generation IBM PS/2
01:16:42 5 Technology
01:16:52 5.1 Electronics
01:21:08 5.2 Peripheral integrated circuits
01:24:10 5.3 Joystick port
01:24:59 5.4 Keyboard
01:30:38 5.5 Character set
01:31:41 5.6 Storage media
01:31:50 5.6.1 Cassette tape
01:35:07 5.6.2 Floppy diskettes
01:39:16 5.6.3 Fixed disks
01:41:11 5.6.4 OS support
01:43:04 5.7 BIOS
01:45:25 5.8 Video output
01:48:22 5.9 Serial port addresses and interrupts
01:49:36 5.10 Printer port
01:50:41 6 Reception
01:54:40 7 Longevity
01:56:02 8 Collectability
01:56:47 9 See also



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The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981. It was created by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Florida.
The generic term "personal computer" ("PC") was in use years before 1981, applied as early as 1972 to the Xerox PARC's Alto, but because of the success of the IBM Personal Computer, the term "PC" came to also mean more specifically a desktop microcomputer compatible with IBM's Personal Computer branded products. Since the machine was based on open architecture, within a short time of its introduction, third-party suppliers of peripheral devices, expansion cards, and software proliferated; the influence of the IBM PC on the personal computer market was substantial in standardizing a platform for personal computers. "IBM compatible" became an important criterion for sales growth; after the 1980s, only the Apple Macintosh family kept a significant share of the microcomputer market without compatibility with the IBM personal computer.