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- Dinosaur Sighting: The IBM PC Jr. does 123 and more
- The IBM PC Jr. is an important artifact in the history of the modern personal computer. The PC Jr. was IBM's attempt to enter the SOHO market. In 1983, the largest computer company in the world was looking to tap a fast growing segment that it had not foreseen as...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., IBM PC, IBM Corp., IBM PC Jr., Desktops, Productivity, Hardware, Mark Kaelin, Dinosaur sighting, personal computers, off topic, classics rock
- Image galleries 2008-07-09
- 25 year old technology that still impacts us today
- A couple of weeks ago, I noted the the25th anniversary of the venerable IBM PC. The IBM PC wasnÂ’t theonly major piece of technology that debuted in 1981. 1981 was a pretty big yearfor introducing technology that still impacts us today. Naturally theintroduction of the IBM PC also subjected us...
- Tags: computer, IBM Corp., IBM PC, PC, Smartmodem, Xerox PARC
- Blog posts 2006-08-31
- IBM Personal Computer running DOS 1.0 (IBM PC celebrates 25th anniversary)
- Did you know?Did you know that some people say that IBM helped to build Hitler's empire? As they say IBM provided Hitler's regime with Jew-registering-computer. And everyone knew.Anniversaries are nice. All the memories come back!!!
- Tags: anniversary, computer, DOS, DOS 1.0, hardware, history, hitler, ibm, IBM Corp., IBM PC, PC, Phil_Schaffer, reich
- Discussion threads 2006-08-18
- IBM PC celebrates 25th anniversary
- Introduced on August 12th, 1981, the IBM Personal Computer PC celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2006. Erik Klein, vintage computer collector and Webmaster of Vintage-Computer.com, takes you on a tour of IBM's venerable desktop.Erik has graciously allowed us to republish his photos and descriptions. You can find a much...
- Tags: desktop, Erik Klein, IBM Corp., IBM PC, image, PC, photograph, tour, Web, Web site, Webmaster
- Image galleries 2006-08-16
- Relive past glory with a few retro gaming hacks
- Video game players, no matter how long they have been playing, have games in their past that invoke pleasant feelings of nostalgia. Combine those feelings with a hacker's mentality and you'll find people who have figured out how to get old games to play on newer machines. In this chapter...
- Tags: Games, Desktops, Playing, game, Retro Gaming Hacks, feeling, nostalgia, Dreamcast, O'Reilly Media Inc., glory, mentality, IBM PC, video game, hacker, PC, IBM Corp., Apple Computer Inc., video, Web site, Web, computer
- Download resources 2005-12-16
- IBM PC CAMERA ERROR
- I am using an IBM PC Camera I've had it for a few years. I uninstalled it, and since doing that I installed SP2. Now when I plug it back in I get the following: "Class Not Reistered. ...
- Tags: camera, IBM Corp., IBM PC, whywaynec99mm@..., windows
- Q&A 2005-12-04
- what is a good utilitiy to erase a hard drive?
- Upgrading laptops with new ones, new to erase hard drive on the old ones which is the best utility to use? where data on the old ones will not be recovered.http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbanan open source linux boot floppy that will completely and totally destroy data.not fast.but a complete wipe of all data.The...
- Tags: hard drive
- Q&A 2005-09-19
- IBM PC Server 330 Machine type 8640.
- I have an older server that has a integrated scsi controller on the planar board. This controller has gone bad, I have a scsi card to put into the server. My question is how do I disable the integrated scsi controller on the planar board?Thank You for your help.ShawnYou'll have...
- Tags: hardware, IBM Corp., IBM PC, IBM PC Server, SCSI, sdaly@...
- Q&A 2005-08-24
- Lenovo completes buy of IBM's PC business
- China's Lenovo Group has completed its $1.75 billion purchase of IBM's PC division. Based on both companies' 2003 sales figures, the joint venture will have an annual sales volume of 11.9 million units and revenue of $12 billion, increasing Lenovo's current PC business fourfold. This makes Lenovo the world's third-largest...
- Tags: ibm, IBM Corp., IBM PC, it management, lenovo, Lenovo Group Ltd., mergers, pc, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2005-05-02
- Lenovo to expand beyond China
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Desktops, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM Corp., IBM PC, IBM PC unit, PC
- Technical articles 2005-01-06
- Lenovo poised to take over IBM's PC biz
- Lenovo poised to take over IBM's PC bizarticle rootLenovo poised to take over IBM's PC bizLenovo Group Ltd., China's largest PC manufacturer, may announce as early as today that it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for up to $2 billion, according to a source familiar with the situation....
- Tags: biz, IBM Corp., IBM PC, IBM PC biz, Lenovo Group Ltd., Newsletter Editor, PC
- Discussion threads 2004-12-07
- Lenovo poised to take over IBM's PC biz
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ReutersHONG KONG--China's largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd., could announce as early as Tuesday that it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for up to $2...
- Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Mergers & Acquisitions, Notebooks, IBM PC, Dell Computer Corp., IBM Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., PC, computer
- Technical articles 2004-12-07
- A dinosaur (Easter) egg
- In late 2000, IBM announced that it was reversing its once legendary devotion to exclusively proprietary products and would invest $1 billion in open source software—a move many described as a first for Big Blue. But that's not the case.Almost 20 years earlier, when IBM threw its immense weight into...
- Tags: IBM Corp., IBM PC, Jay Garmon, PC, Purple Book
- Technical articles 2004-02-10
- Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.
- The PC Jr. was IBM's attempt to tap into the budding home personal computer market of 1983. While the PC Jr. had many positives with regard to the general home user, it also had several limitations that doomed it in the marketplace. I bought my PC Jr. in 1985 from...
- Tags: Mark Kaelin, TechRepublic Inc., PC, IBM PC, IBM Corp., Desktops, Hardware, Cracking open, ibm pc jr, off topic, classics rock, vintage computers
- Image galleries 2008-08-06
- Dinosaur Sighting: Microsoft Flight Simulator for the IBM PC Jr.
- One of the first "killer" game applications for what was the nascent personal computer gaming market in 1983, was Microsoft Flight Simulator. While the graphics weren't spectacular by today's standards, they were graphics which were a change from what had come before. With the IBM PC Jr. up and running,...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., IBM PC, Microsoft Corp., Graphics, IBM Corp., Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware, Mark Kaelin, Off topic, dinosaur sighting, flight simulator, computer games, geekend
- Image galleries 2008-08-22
- Cracking open the IBM PC Jr. and waxing nostalgic
- In a fit of nostalgia, Mark Kaelin cracked open an IBM PC Jr. -- find out what he discovered. by Mark Kaelin
- Tags: pc, ibm pc, ibm corp., desktops, hardware, mark kaelin
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
Additional Resources
- IBM (widget)
- The IBM widget gives you access to various IBM functions and information. For example: IBM news, the latest special offers from IBM, contact information for IBM employees (and for customers we recognize, their account rep. information as well). In addition, you can search IBM's Web site and also get IBM...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Web Site Development, Investment, Financial Accounting, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-03-29
- Looking back at the IBM PS/2
- If there was ever an Edsel of the PC industry, it was the IBM PS/2 line. Originally designed to destroy the clone business, the PS/2 wound up derailing IBM instead. Here's a look back. by John Sheesley
- Tags: PC, Bus, IBM Corp., MicroChannel Architecture, Desktops, Hardware, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Opportunities for Better Business with Insight, IBM & Lenovo
- In late 2004, Chinese computer maker Lenovo acquired IBM’s Personal Computing Division, transforming Lenovo from the eighth- to the third-largest PC manufacturer in the world. In this webcast, Steve Mungall, Vice President of U.S. Business Partner Sales, discusses Lenovo’s acquisition and what it means for PC users and resellers. Insight,...
- Tags: Insight Direct, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM Corp., Digital Media, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Webcasts 2005-03-31
- Need Help booting from the CD on my IBM thinkcentre pc
- I am trying to figure out how to change the order of the booting sequence on this IBM. It is trying to connect to the domain got pc from garage sale and I just want to reinstall Windows XP. I cannot figure out how to change the boot...
- Tags: thinkcentre, booting sequence, ibm, windows, BIOS, budwenkin@..., IBM Corp., IBM ThinkCentre, Microsoft Windows XP, CD, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-11-08
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