The IBM PCjr (pronounced "PC junior") was a home computer produced and marketed by IBM from March 1984 to May 1985, intended as a lower-cost variant of...
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Model 5150 (IBM PC) in 1981. IBM released four different versions of the Microsoft BASIC interpreter, licensed from Microsoft for the PC and PCjr. They are...
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Tandy Graphics Adapter (section PCjr graphics)
standard for the Tandy 1000 series of IBM PC compatibles, which has compatibility with the video subsystem of the IBM PCjr but became a standard in its own...
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Designed in Japan, it was based on the technology of the IBM PCjr and was designated the IBM 5511. It was targeted in the Australasian market towards...
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personal computers that marked IBM's return to the home market in 1990, five years after the IBM PCjr. It was replaced by the IBM Aptiva in September 1994....
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King's Quest I (section IBM PC self-booting releases)
adventure game developed by Sierra On-Line and published originally for the IBM PCjr in 1984 and later for several other systems between 1984 and 1989. The...
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The original IBM Personal Computer and IBM PCjr included support for storing data and programs on compact cassette tape. It was common for home computers...
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developer of Windmill games. In 1984, Digger was converted to run on IBM PCjr and IBM JX. Features of Digger are similar to those in the arcade games Mr...
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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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half-height floppy drives and the new IBM PCjr. In 1983, Compaq released the Compaq Portable, the first 100% IBM PC compatible and licensed their own OEM...
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adventure game that Sierra and IBM wished to market in order to attract consumers to IBM's lower-cost home computer, the IBM PCjr. AGI was capable of running...
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game was ported to the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit computers, MSX, IBM PC, and IBM PCjr. Juno First presents a set number of enemies per level, but they...
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State Command Modules and were not directly mapped to the system bus) and IBM PCjr (where the cartridge was mapped into BIOS space). Some arcade system boards...
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faster and more reliable digital transmission. 1983: IBM PCjr. IBM announces the widely anticipated PCjr., an attempt to enter the home computing marketplace...
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VIC-20, Commodore 64, and IBM PC (as a self-booting disk). A cartridge version was a 1984 launch title for the IBM PCjr, announced in late 1983. The...
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Alley Cat (video game) (category IBM software)
reach his love, Felicia. A port for the IBM PC as a self-booting disk and the IBM PCjr were published in 1984 by IBM. These use four-color CGA graphics. Alley...
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The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was released in 1984 as the fourth model in the IBM Personal Computer line,...
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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,...
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interrupts. The IBM PCjr using the Video Gate Array graphics chip supported a 'vertical retrace interrupt' implemented as IRQ5. Later in 1984, IBM introduced...
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"fast RAM" if it was available. IBM PCjr Video memory Shared memory, in general, other than graphics PC Magazine Definition for SMA IBM PCjr information...
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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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BIOS (redirect from IBM PC BIOS)
additional advantage of ROM on some early PC systems (notably including the IBM PCjr) was that ROM was faster than main system RAM. (On modern systems, the...
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arcade video games, and home computers (TI-99/4A, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, IBM PCjr, Tomy Tutor, Master System, Game Gear, Tandy 1000), competing with the...
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well as support for RGB (4-color CGA graphics) and composite monitors and IBM PCjr. The new simulator expanded the scenery coverage to include a model of...
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instructions—1983. IBM 5155: IBM Portable—1984 IBM 4860: IBM PCjr—1984 IBM 5170: IBM Personal Computer/AT—1984 IBM 5140: IBM Convertible—1986 IBM 5281: IBM 3270 PC...
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until IBM moved into the "personal computing" market in 1981."". Lowendmac.com. 25 September 2006. Retrieved 2013-04-09. "IBM PCjr". "IBM PCjr". "Commodore...
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maker of TRS-80 computers, said about the new IBM PCjr: "I'm sure a lot of people will be coming out with PCjr look-alikes. The market is big." While preparing...
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(VIC-20, TI-99/4A, IBM PC) Super Storm (TI-99/4A) port of Slime Track & Field (IBM PC) Typo Attack (Apple II, C64, VIC-20, IBM PC, IBM PCjr) Vanguard (Apple...
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role-playing video game published by IBM for the IBM PCjr in 1984. It was written by Marshal Linder and Scott Edwards, two IBM employees, and marketed as an...
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on the IBM PC as "atrocious" upon seeing the completed game running for the first time. Adventure in Serenia was a launch title for the IBM PCjr, announced...
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