That’s what led [Jozef Bogin] to create the KeybJr, a piece of hardware that allows one to use any AT, XT, or PS/2 keyboard with the IBM PCjr. The PCjr’s oddball keyboard can be a bit of a ...

An IBM PCjr ad from the 1980s, with its "Add options that haven't been invented yet" tag ringing truer than ever in 2023. VIEW GALLERY - 2 IMAGES.

The IBM PCjr was laid to rest after being slain by the Commodore 64 and Apple IIe. Known for its dual cartridge ports and undersized overlay keyboard, the PCjr helped pioneer home computing and ...

International Business Machines Corp. announced late Tuesday that the IBM PCjr computer is dead, just 14 months after it began shipping it. IBM will halt production on the low-end model, designed p… ...

I was thinking of the IBM PCjr. ( Get a full-size print of this classic PCjr ad for just $11.99 at Adaholic .) The PCjr was a crippled version of the IBM PC, then the market leader.

That never happened, but machines based on the standards set by the full-fledged IBM PC–not the PCjr–did come to dominate the home market. The Land Before Hard Drives.

In the late spring of 1984, he brought us a novelty named the IBM PCjr. This was IBM’s first foray into the home computer market, an attempt to wrest some of that precious market share away from ...

Seeing this IBM joystick again really brings back memories. But it can be used on a modern system thanks to this USB conversion project. This particular model had a connector which is foreign to us… ...

Software engineer Michael Brutman's personal website is hosted on an IBM PCjr (pronounced PC junior), a machine that launched way back in March of 1984. Brutman's 39-year-old ...

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publications will produce Peanut, a magazine for owners of IBM PCjr computers, in Duluth. The first issue will be about 300 pages, the company's executive vice president ...

I have an IBM PCjr that worked when it went into the attic. The attic was cleaned out and now this is going too.If anyone lives anywhere near Elkins Park PA ...

Few products in the history of marketing came into being with more fanfare that the IBM PCjr home computer. Introduced in November 1983, the Peanut, as it was known throughout the industry, was ...