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IBM PC, (IBM Personal Computer, PC) the progenitor of the PC compatible hardware platform. The original IBM version was model number 5150 with Intel 8088 running at 4.77 MHz and 16 or 64 Kibibyte of RAM, introduced on August 12, 1981. Pricing started at US$1,565 (equivalent to $4,080 in 2015) for a configuration with 16 K RAM, Color Graphics Adapter, and no disk drives. Most 5150s had one or two 5.25-inch floppy disk drives, either single-sided double-density (SSDD) or double-sided double-density (DSDD). The XT with 256 K RAM (expandable up to 640 K) and built-in hard drive followed in 1983, the AT with 80286 processor @ 8 MHz in 1984, and PS/2 in 1987, with the follow-on of the IBM PC series until 2000, along with 32-bit x86 compatibles. The term "IBM PC compatible" is not commonly used any more because most current mainstream desktop and laptop computers are based on the PC architecture with x86-64 processor and IBM no longer making PCs

=Project Chess= In July 1980, William C. Lowe assembles the members of "Project Chess", known as the "Dirty Dozen", the twelve engineers chosen to design and build a prototype personal computer, in Boca Raton, Florida. Don Estridge is project manager, Jack Sams heads the software effort.
 * David Bradley - Inventor of Control-Alt-Delete
 * Mark Dean
 * Patty McHugh - Mother of the Motherboard

=Timeline=

=Operating Systems=
 * MS-DOS
 * IBM PC DOS from Wikipedia
 * CP/M-86 from Wikipedia
 * DR-DOS from Wikipedia
 * OS/2 from Wikipedia
 * UCSD p-System from Wikipedia
 * Windows
 * Unix
 * Linux

=See also=
 * Macintosh
 * 8086
 * x86
 * x86-64

=Manuals=
 * IBM (1981). IBM 5150 Technical Reference 6025005. First Edition, pdf
 * IBM (1983). IBM XT Technical Reference. pdf revised 1986 edition as pdf
 * IBM (1984). IBM AT Technical Reference 1502492. pdf
 * Dave Williams (1992). Programmer's Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC. Shareware Version
 * IBM (1996). Using Your Personal Computer PC 365 with Pentium Pro Processor. 3rd 1997 edition as pdf
 * IBM (1997). PC 300 Technical Information Manual. (Types 6562 amd 6592), pdf

=Forum Posts=
 * Chess programs for IBM PC by Udo Sprute, rgc, February 20, 1993
 * La máquina preservadora 3. Programas para PC by Luis a, Meca Foro, August 08, 2013 (Spanish)

=External Links=

PC

 * IBM Personal Computer from Wikipedia
 * IBM Personal Computer XT from Wikipedia
 * IBM Personal Computer/AT from Wikipedia
 * IBM Personal System/2 from Wikipedia
 * IBM Personal Computers For the Office, Home, Classroom from The Computer History Museum
 * IBM PCjr: The Easy One for Everyone from The Computer History Museum
 * IBM 5150 Personal Computer from The Old Computer Museum
 * IBM Archives: IBM Personal Computer
 * IBM PC from Computer History Exhibits Photo Tour created January 2000 by Gio Wiederhold
 * Chronology of IBM Personal Computers
 * What a Legacy: The Origin of the IBM PC
 * IBM PC is 30 years-old - Is PC era over? | MadMikesAmerica by Holte Ender, August 11, 2011
 * Siegeszug der Wenigkönner by Frank Patalong, Spiegel Online, August 12, 2011 (German)

Compatibles

 * IBM PC compatible from Wikipedia
 * Influence of the IBM PC on the personal computer market from Wikipedia
 * Sperry PC with models | Hagley Digital Archives
 * Tandy 2000 from Wikipedia

DOS

 * Timeline of x86 DOS operating systems from Wikipedia
 * Comparison of x86 DOS operating systems from Wikipedia

Graphics Adapter

 * IBM Monochrome Display Adapter from Wikipedia (MDA)
 * Color Graphics Adapter from Wikipedia (CGA)
 * Hercules Graphics Card from Wikipedia
 * Enhanced Graphics Adapter from Wikipedia (EGA)
 * Video Graphics Array from Wikipedia (VGA)
 * Super Video Graphics Array from Wikipedia (SVGA)

Keyboard

 * IBM PC keyboard from Wikipedia
 * Model M keyboard from Wikipedia

=References=

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