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Aucbvax.2791 fa.works utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!works Sat Aug 22 06:29:24 1981 WorkS Digest V1 #9 >From DUFFEY@MIT-AI Sat Aug 22 06:16:51 1981

WorkS Digest Sat, 22 Aug 1981 Volume 4 : Issue 9

Today's Topics: Workstations - IBM's Personal Computer ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 18 Aug 1981 1406-EDT From: Willie Lim <WLIM MIT-XX AT> Subject: IBM Personal Computer

For more details on the IBM new personal computer see a full page ad (page 16) in Monday's Wall Street Journal (8/17/81). There is a number one can call : 1-800-431-2670. But Rubin's mail to WorkS seems to have quite a good description of the system.

Willie

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Date: 18 Aug 1981 1415-EDT From: Willie Lim <WLIM MIT-XX AT> Subject: IBM new PC

There is a rumour that the S-100 bus is (or going to be) on the new IBM PC. Is this true?

Willie

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Date: 20 Aug 1981 (Thursday) 1737-EDT From: DREIFU at WHARTON-10 (Henry Dreifus) Subject: IBM Personal Computer

Would someone collect information on the IBM Personal Computer, and then send it out to the list? Here is all that I know about it:

Processor Class: 8086 (lets face it, its a display-writer) Up to 256 K memory

Either Floppy (avail now) or Winchester drives.

Can run DOS, a version of CP/M or IBM's own OS.

Will have EasyWriter & VisiCalc; not sure on Wordstar.

It is clearly going to be more powerful in the long run over 8080 class microprocessors.

For more info, they have an 800/431-2670 number for information pacquets.

Hank

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