The original IBM 5150 personal computer, developed in Boca Raton, Fla., had the original... IBM's first computer, PC's inspiration, turns 20 Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

The beige box that changed the world will celebrate its 20th birthday tonight. The icing on the cake should read: You weren't first, but your impact was revolutionary. The original IBM PC was ...

On this day, August 12 in 1981, the biggest shake-up in the history of computing took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City: The IBM Personal Computer model 5150 was released. There ...

Aug. 12, 1981: IBM Gets Personal With 5150 PC IBM introduces the 5150 personal computer. It will sweep away the competition and effectively have the field to itself, for a while.

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the IBM 5150 PC, the company's first personal computer. PM got to speak with two of the original team members on what it felt like to witness the computer ...

The original IBM Personal Computer (PC) (Model 5150) came standard with 16k of RAM (9x16kbit chips, soldered), expandable to 64k of RAM on the system board (3 more banks of sockets) and 540k total ...

"IBM didn't invent the personal computer but they don't know that," Cringley titles his blog post. "This sin shall not go unpunished. Among his milestones IBM's VP of Innovation completely forgets ...

To see just how far we've come, we looked at the very first PC, the IBM Personal Computer Model 5150 from 1981, and compared it with several of its spiritual successors—a popular IBM PS/2 from ...

"The original [IBM Personal Computer] and [IBM Personal Computer XT] keyboard uses the same connector, but a different protocol," The Register continues.