Do you ever sit at your 1981 vintage IBM PC and get the urge to pop onto that ... text-based glory as it would have looked in the early 1980s. (Thanks to [Stephen Walters] for the tip) ...

IBM was a computer juggernaut in the late 1970s ... and if you have any interest in computer history of the 1980s, you’ll definitely want to check it out. Estridge died in 1985, so he didn ...

IBM is far less powerful today than at the pinnacle of its success, it remains integral to the computer landscape.

The Raspberry Pi is already well-known for pushing the envelope in what makes a tiny and affordable computer. Now the ...

While mechanical keyboards are enjoying a renaissance recently, their original experience began in the 1980s. Think back to the IBM Model M and even Apple computers, where this type of keyboard ...

When a Chinese manufacturer takes over IBM's PC business in 2004, this is also a signal of the shifting balance of power in ...

By 1980 Apple has captured 50% of the personal computer market. In 1980 Microsoft is approached by IBM to develop BASIC for its personal computer project. The IBM PC is released in August ...

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the personal computer industry ... and even video game console maker Atari were releasing their own PC models. IBM, known previously for its huge mainframe ...

with up to four units able to attach to the IBM System/30 midrange computer for a total capacity of 2.3 GBs. 1980: The First Gigabyte-capacity Hard Disk The IBM 3380, introduced in 1980 ...

The IBM mainframe line that superseded System/360. Introduced in 1970, the System/370 added virtual memory and other enhancements. In the early 1980s, IBM added Extended Architecture (XA ...

1980 - IBM introduced the first 1GB hard drive ... setting a standard for desktop computer drives. It held 10MB at a cost of $1,895, or almost $4,500 today. 1988 - Prairie Tek released the ...