Happy 30th Birthday IBM-PC 5150

[RJBJR]

Unveiled August 12th, 1981.

I didn't get a 5150 until 1999 when you couldn't give them away.

 

[DOS lives on!!]

We've came a LONG way. In fact, a little too much, IBM doesn't make home computers anymore. Anyway, happy birthday 5150!

 

[Fire-Flare]

I half regret parting out mine, would have been awesome to fire it up today and have some fun.

 

[basman74]

I half regret parting out mine, would have been awesome to fire it up today and have some fun.

Agreed - to hear the distinctive sounds of those full-height 5" floppy drives and great clicky keyboard alone would make the experience worthwhile..

Happy Birthday, IBM Model 5150 - oh what a legacy!

Cheers Valentin

 

[lyonadmiral]

I concur, Happy Birthday 5150. We're the same age!

 

[Great Hierophant]

I wonder if you set up an IBM PC on a sidewalk with a monitor and keyboard and joystick and a DOS disk and a game disk (but no manuals), and asked every willing passerby off the street to try the game running, how many people would likely be able to run a game? No hard drives allowed and the game requires no special tricks to run but is not a booter. Give each participant 10 minutes to try to complete the task.

 

[DOS lives on!!]

Barely any of them. They'd just stare at it and say, "Where's the mouse?"

 

[Marrr]

Yes, I remembered this anniversary too, and celebrated it by visiting the local Museum of Technology.

 

[lyonadmiral]

Another Question: Where's your 5150?

Another Question: Where's your 5150?

Mine is sitting prominently in my living room next to the big screen TV.

 

[Fire-Flare]

Barely any of them. They'd just stare at it and say, "Where's the mouse?"

"In the garbage, took me forever to scrub its pee out from under the drive bays."

 

[Erik]

Unveiled August 12th, 1981.

Did y'all catch the article in Wired? :D

 

[DOS lives on!!]

That's pretty neat. Microsoft Decathalon, reminds me of my old Microsoft typing tutor games I have for my Apple //c.

 

[RJBJR]

Did y'all catch the article in Wired? :D

That's a keeper, Wired went to the right guy <g>

 

[Tor]

Did y'all catch the article in Wired? :D

From the article:

Klein’s 5150 made him a more capable thinker. My Air made me a faster consumer of media.

 

[canuck46]

I still have my three - ,One Black/Green monitor.One with Color Monitor and Vid Card and one parts machine plus manuals.....Im not sure why, but I got em....On display in my computer room.

 

[Chuck(G)]

When the 5150 came out, I was torn between it and the NEC APC. All in all, the NEC APC was probably a better deal for a user, but for a developer, the open architecture was a big plus.