IBM PC 5153 Monitor
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. Users had the option of choosing the 11 1/2 in. Monochrome Display or the 12 1/2 inch Color Display which was used with the IBM Color/Graphics Moditor Adapter. The Color Display lets you use 16 colors for text and up to four colors for graphics. The number of available colors incerases to 16 for graphics when the display is attached to an IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA). 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: Description
content: This is a second example of this model of microcomputer - for the first see the parts of 2007.0096.01.
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: 2007.0096.02.2
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0096.02.2
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: 11 1/2 in x 15 in x 16 in; 29.21 cm x 38.1 cm x 40.64 cm