IBM PC 5161 Expansion Unit
date: label: Date made
content: 1981
name: label: maker
content: IBM
notes: label: Description
content: The IBM PC was a milestone in personal computing introduced on August 12, 1981. The IBM PC did not come with a hard disk, but one was provided with the Expansion Unit which also provided eight more expansion slots. This particular Expansion Unit has slots for peripherals. The computer was discontinued on April 2, 1987.
label: Description
content: For a general discussion of the history of the machine, see 2007.0096.01.3.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0096.01.4
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0096.01.4
label: accession number
content: 2007.0096
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer Peripheral
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 19 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 49.53 cm x 41.91 cm