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Just noticed a Dell ad in the latest PC Magazine (August 9, 2005). It is
announcing the new Dell 5100.
This brought back some old memories. The first "personal" computer I did
software development for was called the 5100. It was made by IBM 5 or 6
years before they invented the current PC architecture in 1981. See:
http://oldcomputers.net/ibm5100.html
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/ibm/5100/
....or google for "IBM 5100".
The IBM 5100 had built-in (ROM) Basic as well as APL. It used cartridge
tapes for storage and had 32K of memory. The OS was stored in ROM.
- David Harper
Just noticed a Dell ad in the latest PC Magazine (August 9, 2005). It is
announcing the new Dell 5100.
This brought back some old memories. The first "personal" computer I did
software development for was called the 5100. It was made by IBM 5 or 6
years before they invented the current PC architecture in 1981. See:
http://oldcomputers.net/ibm5100.html
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/ibm/5100/
....or google for "IBM 5100".
The IBM 5100 had built-in (ROM) Basic as well as APL. It used cartridge
tapes for storage and had 32K of memory. The OS was stored in ROM.
- David Harper