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35 years ago today, IBM launched the IBM Personal Computer<\/em> — the first-ever IBM PC. While it was simply called the “IBM Personal Computer” back then, we now know it more commonly by its model number, 5150.<\/p>\n PCWorld recently asked me to do something to celebrate this anniversary, so just a few days ago, I took apart my personal IBM PC 5150<\/a> and documented the process on my workbench. And back in 2011, I wrote some other articles about the IBM PC on the occasion of the machine’s 30th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n In fact, I’ve done a lot of coverage of the IBM PC over the years, so I thought you guys might enjoy seeing a collection of all of them in one place. Here we go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n There may be more lurking out there, but that’s quite a bit of reading if you’re interested in the IBM PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 35 years ago today, IBM launched the IBM Personal Computer — the first-ever IBM PC. While it was simply called the “IBM Personal Computer” back then, we now know it more commonly by its model number, 5150. PCWorld recently asked me to do something to celebrate this anniversary, so just a few days ago, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21,10],"tags":[83,1394,88,132,133],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-news-current-events","category-computers","tag-anniversaries","tag-collections","tag-freelance-work","tag-ibm","tag-ibm-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","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=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Features<\/h3>\n
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I examine and take apart IBM’s first PC on my trusty workbench<\/li>\n
I spent a week with the IBM PC using it for modern work like word processing, graphics, and even Internet tasks<\/li>\n
Neat and unusual trivia, accessories, cultural moments surrounding the IBM PC<\/li>\n
Exactly what it sounds like — the best IBM PC games that ran in DOS.<\/li>\n
Wherein I compared the IBM PC (among other computers) to modern cost-equivalents when adjusted for inflation<\/li>\n
I took apart an IBM PC AT-era (1984) Model M keyboard, which set the standard for all PC keyboards<\/li>\nIBM PC Retro Scans of the Week<\/h3>\n
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IBM PC-Related VC&G<\/em> Posts<\/h3>\n
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