IBM PC 5150 Microcomputer Processor
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 micropocessor was a high-speed, 16 bit Intel 8088 and five expansion slots. The IBM PC did not come with a hard disk, but one was provided with the Expansion Unit (which also provided 8 more expansion slots). Storage was provided by one or two disk drives. It was discontinued on April 2, 1987.
label: Description
content: This is a second example of this model of microcomputer - for the first see the parts of 2007.0096.01.
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: 2007.0096.02.1
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0096.02.1
label: accession number
content: 2007.0096
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer
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