{"id":111,"date":"2006-04-03T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2006-04-03T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2006-07-28T18:58:04","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T23:58:04","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-introducing-the-extraordinary-ibm-5110-computing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/111\/retro-scan-of-the-week-introducing-the-extraordinary-ibm-5110-computing-system","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">Retro Scan of the Week:<\/span> &#8220;Introducing the IBM 5110 Computing System&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"caption\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/ibm5110_large.jpg\" target=\"new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/ibm5110_small.jpg\" alt=\"Introducing the Extraordinary IBM 5110 Computing System\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption_text\">Watch out kids!  Here comes the <a href=\"http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/ibm\/history\/exhibits\/pc\/pc_4.html\" target=\"new\">IBM 5110<\/a> &#8212; the successor of IBM&#8217;s first &#8220;personal computer&#8221; (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/ibm\/history\/exhibits\/pc\/pc_2.html\" target=\"new\">5100<\/a>), and somewhat of a distant precursor to their <em>real<\/em> PC, the IBM PC (model <a href=\"http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/ibm\/history\/exhibits\/pc\/pc_1.html\" target=\"new\">5150<\/a>).  Despite its tiny screen, arcane interface, and outrageous price, the IBM 5110 never quite caught on.  Of course, it should be noted that this machine obviously wasn&#8217;t targeted for the home market. <\/p>\n<p>Only $18,000 (1978 dollars) for the system you see here.  Whew.. no wonder Apple was laughing at IBM back then.  By 1982, however, they wouldn&#8217;t be laughing quite as hard&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Trivia Fact:<\/strong> Did you know that the IBM 5110 will be used to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Titor\" target=\"new\">save the world<\/a> in 2036?  It&#8217;s true!)<\/p>\n<p><em>[Scan from Time Magazine, February 20th, 1978]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch out kids! Here comes the IBM 5110 &#8212; the successor of IBM&#8217;s first &#8220;personal computer&#8221; (the 5100), and somewhat of a distant precursor to their real PC, the IBM PC (model 5150). Despite its tiny screen, arcane interface, and outrageous price, the IBM 5110 never quite caught on. Of course, it should be noted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-retro-scan-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}