All modern Intel and AMD PCs can trace their roots to a single system: the IBM Personal Computer. Originally released in August 1981, this computer became so popular and long-lived that ...

The sooner it stops pretending to be a 1981 IBM PC, the better it will be for everyone. Editorial standards. Show Comments. Related. Sony is still giving away free 55-inch 4K ...

Go to updated and illustrated post. 1981: IBM introduces the 5150 personal computer. It will sweep away the competition and effectively have the field to itself, for a while. Before 1980, IBM made ...

Call me crazy, but I want one of these. Once a year I fire up my PowerBook 100, and every so often we get the C64 going for some old fashioned joystick fun. Neither of those things are ...

It's difficult to imagine life today without computers, but the personal computer was barely a reality just 33 years ago. On August 12th, 1981, IBM introduced their first PC model, also known as ...

The IBM PC, Commodore 64 and the ZX81 were among personal computers to hit the shelves in 1981. The first IBM PC had a 4.7Mhz processor and the cheapest model had 16K of memory. Disk drives were ...

Sources: Microsoft and CNET News.com staff research Two-plus decades have brought major changes to the PC industry. Here's a glimpse at some of the significant events: 1981 * IBM announces the ...

The video above was captured from a 1981 IBM PC. How is that possible? The answer’s a bit tricky. Ten years ago, programmer Jim Leonard created 8088 Corruption to run full-motion color video.

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Photo: IBM 5150 PC. This article first appeared on Wired.com Aug. 12, 2008. See Also:- April 7, 1964: IBM Bets Big on System/360. Happy 30th Birthday to the Portable PC; How Apple Is Winning the ...