Computers came with a bewildering and sometimes befuddling array of keyboards. Since the IBM Selectric was the king of typewriters, we assumed the IBM PC keyboard would be spectacular, but it wasn ...

But there’s one thing we’re sure of: if you find yourself reading the original POST code for the PC-XT motherboard just to get a keyboard working ... mid-80s vintage IBM Model 5160 using ...

PC keyboards also work on the Mac. Since the IBM PC debuted in 1981, there have been four standard keyboard layouts, each one rearranging commonly used keys that annoy users to this day.

A 101-key keyboard (U.S. layout) from IBM that superseded the PC/XT and AT keyboards. Introduced in 1985 as the Model M and standard on IBM's PS/2 computer, the Enhanced keyboard was used for more ...

While today’s computers all but fit in your pocket, this wasn’t always the case. For those who lived during the 1970s, 1980s, ...

Only the keyboard and the system unit itself were new designs from IBM. So why did IBM choose the Intel 8088 processor to be in its first PC? There's actually some debate on this subject.

The IBM PC used the Intel 8088 microprocessor ... bulky three-piece unit (CPU, monochrome CRT, and keyboard) with 16K-256K memory, and storage on removable 5-¼” floppy discs.

With its windowed software environment, graphical programming language, and no-moving-parts keyboard ... applications and it didn’t follow the IBM PC standard, which was rapidly becoming ...

which were offered pre-assembled with a monitor and keyboard. The IBM PC, however, wasn't released for another four years in 1981. The "1977 Trinity" phrase was purportedly coined and popularized ...

IBM was, and is, an American business phenomenon ... unit and eh let's see you need a monitor or display and a keyboard. OK a PC, except it's not, there's something missing.

But that early adopter number changed when IBM introduced its first PC in 1981. Although the first IBM 8088 PC cost $1585, the interest in this PC was strong. Indeed, the IBM PC powered the PC ...