Cracking open the IBM PC jr

[TroyW]

Anyone else seen this:

http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13636_11-214292-1.html

Thought those of you who hadn't might be interested.

 

[vwestlife]

The "strange unidentified chips" he points out are actually resistor packs.

 

[TroyW]

Ahh, I thought someone here would be able to identify some of the items pointed out, thanks

 

[vwestlife]

Ahh, I thought someone here would be able to identify some of the items pointed out, thanks

And if the author thinks the PCjr has a significant amount of off-board rewiring, he should try looking at a late model IBM XT motherboard. That thing has yellow wires running all over the place between chips! But I guess it was still cheaper and easier than paying for a whole new motherboard layout to be designed and manufactured.

 

[mbbrutman]

It's interesting that Tech Republic ran that. I thought it was a pretty shallow introduction to the machine, but it was better than most in that it was a 'bash-fest' against the machine.

Of course as the owner of the best PCjr web pages out there, I have a slightly biased opinion. ;-0

 

[TroyW]

It's interesting that Tech Republic ran that. I thought it was a pretty shallow introduction to the machine, but it was better than most in that it was a 'bash-fest' against the machine.

Of course as the owner of the best PCjr web pages out there, I have a slightly biased opinion. ;-0

It may warm your heart to see how it was linked to in the email I received about it then:

Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.

Gallery: See what's inside a 1983 edition of one of the pioneers of the home personal computer market.
READ FULL STORY

 

[Terry Yager]

It's interesting that Tech Republic ran that. I thought it was a pretty shallow introduction to the machine, but it was better than most in that it was a 'bash-fest' against the machine.

Of course as the owner of the best PCjr web pages out there, I have a slightly biased opinion. ;-0

Our intrepid #2 biased? NEVER!!

--T