Happy Anniversary
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:46 pm
Computer firm IBM made technological history on 12 August 1981 with the announcement of a personal computer - the IBM 5150. Costing $1,565, the 5150 had just 16K of memory - scarcely more than a couple of modest e-mails worth. The machine was not the first attempt to popularise computing but it soon came to define the global standard.

Link to IBM archinves page covering the PCs history
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_1.html

Link to IBM archinves page covering the PCs history
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_1.html