{"id":792,"date":"2011-08-12T10:52:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T15:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2016-08-12T11:50:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T16:50:08","slug":"ibm-pc-30th-annivesary-extravaganza-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/792\/ibm-pc-30th-annivesary-extravaganza-2","title":{"rendered":"IBM PC 30th Anniversary Extravaganza"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you haven’t heard by now, the IBM PC platforms turned 30 years old today. On August 12th, 1981, IBM announced its new PC, the 5150, at a press conference in New York. It was a big deal then, and it’s an even bigger deal now. For the last 30 years, most of us have been using computers descended from a standard set in motion 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

To celebrate this momentous anniversary, I’ve put together a few articles for PC World and Technologizer. The first is titled, “Can You Do Real Work With the 30-Year-Old IBM 5150?<\/a><\/strong>” A few weeks ago, I locked myself in a room with a vintage IBM PC 5150 to see if I could use it for real, modern computing work. That article spells out the results.<\/p>\n

The second is something more predictable: IBM PC Oddities<\/a><\/strong> over at Technologizer. It’s the latest in my Oddities series of interesting and bizarre trivia slideshows for that site. If you’ve ever used a PC, you should enjoy it.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the stuff at VC&G<\/em>. I just posted a few thoughts on the IBM PC’s anniversary<\/a> and an essay on history’s treatment of the IBM PC<\/a>, and on Monday I posted a new Retro Scan of the Week that features a 1982 IBM PC ad<\/a>. In turn, that Retro Scan post lists previous Retro Scan entries that deal with the PC.<\/p>\n

Happy Birthday, IBM PC!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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