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Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Remembering the IBM PC

IBM PC 5150
The Register's continuing "This Old Box" series this week looks back at the IBM Personal Computer:
The original IBM Personal Computer came with a version of Microsoft BASIC in ROM. The system was offered with either a CGA or MDA graphic card. The CGA graphics card could plug into a standard television, while the MDA plugged into a monochrome display.
My heavily-modified IBM PC is currently in my garage, waiting for the day when it will once again come to life in glorious CGA, 640KB RAM, MS-DOS 6.22, 32GB expansion HD.
|| Andrew, 4:37 PM || ||

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