The IBM Personal Computer XT (model 5160, often shortened to PC/XT) is the second computer in the IBM Personal Computer line, released on March 8, 1983...
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Computer line, following the IBM PC/XT and its IBM Portable PC variant. It was designed around the Intel 80286 microprocessor. IBM did not specify an expanded...
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The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, spanned multiple models in its first generation (including the PCjr, the Portable PC, the XT, the...
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IBM PC–compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software...
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identical to the IBM PC XT, the 3270 contains additional components that, in combination with software, can emulate the behavior of an IBM 3270 terminal...
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Industry Standard Architecture (redirect from XT bus architecture)
8-bit bus of the 8088-based IBM PC, including the IBM PC/XT as well as IBM PC compatibles. Originally referred to as the PC bus (8-bit) or AT bus (16-bit)...
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PS/2 is IBM's second generation of personal computers. Released in 1987, it officially replaced the IBM PC, XT, AT, and PC Convertible in IBM's lineup...
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The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the...
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Scancode (section PC compatibles)
the "XT" ("set 1") scancodes, based on the 83-key keyboard used by the IBM PC XT and earlier. These mostly consist of a single byte; the low 7 bits identify...
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Power supply unit (computer) (redirect from PC Power Supplies)
digital circuitry that it can begin to operate. Original IBM power supplies for the PC (model 5150), XT and AT included a line-voltage power switch that extended...
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BIOS (redirect from PC/XT BIOS)
multitasking operating systems such as OS/2. The BIOS of the original IBM PC and XT had no interactive user interface. Error codes or messages were displayed...
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feature relative to an IBM 3270 PC—was that it could execute S/370 instructions locally. The XT/370 was an IBM Personal Computer XT (System Unit 5160) with...
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a System/3. IBM later used the same approach for its 1983 introduction of the XT/370 model of the IBM PC, which was a standard IBM PC XT with the addition...
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IBM PC DOS (an acronym for IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System), also known as PC DOS or IBM DOS, is a discontinued disk operating system for the...
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the Model 30's Industry Standard Architecture bus previously used in IBM's PC/XT. The Model 30 is the most entry-level in the PS/2 lineup, with the dual-floppy-drive...
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History of personal computers (redirect from History of the PC)
standard PC architecture and use components not dissimilar to those found in mainstream business machines. Towards the end of the 1980s, IBM PC XT clones...
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The keyboard for IBM PC-compatible computers is standardized. However, during the more than 30 years of PC architecture being frequently updated, many...
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XT may refer to: XT Mobile Network, a Telecom New Zealand mobile network IBM PC/XT, a personal computer XT bus architecture Crosstalk, an electrical interference...
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the ROMs of the original PC and XT and of early models in the PS/2 line. It supports loading and saving programs only to the IBM cassette tape interface...
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was quickly replaced by the IBM Convertible, only roughly two years after its debut. The Portable was basically a PC/XT motherboard, transplanted into...
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these machines a cost-effective alternative to larger and more complex IBM PC/XT and PC/AT-type systems, which require multiple add-in cards, often purchased...
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of the factory-installed 8250 UART was a common upgrade for owners of IBM PC, XT, and compatible computers when high-speed modems became available. Above...
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PCjr may actually run slightly faster on the PCjr than on an IBM PC or XT. Unlike the IBM PC, which required a separate video card, the PCjr display hardware...
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available for the PC XT, and no upgraded video hardware was offered by IBM until the EGA, which followed the introduction of the IBM Personal Computer/AT...
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ES PEVM (category IBM PC compatibles)
was a Soviet clone of the IBM PC in the 1980s. The ES PEVM models lineup also included analogues of IBM PC XT, IBM PC AT, IBM XT/370. The computers and software...
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CP/M-86 (redirect from CP/M-86 for the IBM PC/XT/AT)
November 1979, but was delayed repeatedly. When IBM contacted other companies to obtain components for the IBM PC, the as-yet unreleased CP/M-86 was its first...
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motherboard also has four PC ISA slots, two of which are inline with Zorro II slots for use with the A2088 bridgeboard, which adds IBM PC XT compatibility to the...
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The IBM PC Convertible (model 5140) is a laptop computer made by IBM, first sold in April 1986. The Convertible was IBM's first laptop-style computer...
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The Personal Computer Series, or PC Series, was IBM's follow-up to the Personal System/2 and PS/ValuePoint. Announced in October 1994 and withdrawn in...
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