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>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
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Date: 18 Aug 1981 1406-EDT
From: Willie Lim <WLIM at MIT-XX>
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 at MIT-XX>
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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