This semi-portable PC/XT model sports a 4.77 MHz 8088 CPU, 640 kB of RAM and a CGA video card with a built-in monochrome monitor. An NE2000 ISA network card, running in 8-bit mode, enables the ...

The IBM 5100 Portable Computer, as depicted in a 1970s Scientific American ad. BY Harry McCracken History records August 12, 1981 as the day IBM changed the computer industry forever by unveiling ...

This semi-portable PC/XT model sports a 4.77 MHz 8088 CPU, 640 kB of RAM and a CGA video card with a built-in monochrome monitor. An NE2000 ISA network card, running in 8-bit mode, enables the ...

But the IBM PC wasn't IBM's first personal computer. Six years earlier, Big Blue unleashed a machine called the IBM 5100. It wasn't just personal. It was also portable -- at least by the standards ...

The IBM PC-XT had a lot more expansion slots compared to the first IBM PC that launched in 1981, but it was not as big of a leap in other hardware specs. It also had a rival PC in the Compaq Portable.

IBM has revamped its ultraportable ThinkPad X30 notebook computer, enhancing wireless access and extending battery life to eight hours. The new ThinkPad X30, appearing Thursday, combines a number ...

As Compaq's Portable machines continued to sell briskly, the firm dipped into the desktop PC clone market with the DeskPro, an IBM PC XT compatible unit that shipped in three models with varying ...

Meng developed the client on Windows 11, but owns an 1984 IBM 5155 Portable PC which allowed him to test the software on real hardware.The 5155 uses an Intel 8088 4.77MHz CPU with 640KB of memory ...

IBM believes clamshells are for mollusks, not notebooks. The Armonk, N.Y.-based computer maker is working to redefine what people view as a notebook computer by moving away from traditional forms ...