Timeline for What were the real competitors to the early IBM PC?
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| Apr 28, 2019 at 23:22 | comment | added | Anthony X | @BruceAbbott Unique in that it was an IBM offering at an attractive price with the right mix of available features and software for small businesses. It was also the first business-class computer to be advertised on TV (so far as I recall). It was definitely the first IBM product to ever be advertised on TV (I still recall the ad with the guy imitating Charlie Chaplin). | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 23:15 | history | edited | Anthony X | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2019 at 22:59 | comment | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | @BruceAbbott At the low end it was not unique and did not sell. It sold at the high end (of the available product line) - dual floppy, 256K RAM and the most important feature: IBM on the cover. That was a machine nominally as powerful as the typical CP/M and early 16-bit competitors (except for the ones that already had hard drives, of course) and was a way for small departments to get their own computers without the IT department (== mainframe) complaining too much - after all, it was IBM equipment. Small businesses were probably slower to adopt until Lotus 1-2-3 and other new software. | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 22:02 | comment | added | Bruce Abbott | A 'unique product' with 8 bit CPU, 64k RAM, cassette tape interface, composite video output and BASIC in ROM? | |
| Apr 28, 2019 at 18:45 | history | answered | Anthony X | CC BY-SA 4.0 |