On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:56:54 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:32:53 -0500, Eisboch wrote:
Next came the IBM compatible model prior to the
release of the 286. I have forgotten what it's nomenclature was - 8106
or 8196 or something like that. It could actually run the first flight
simulator program - the airplane was a little cross flying over a basic
map of the US.
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My recollection is that the first IBM PC used an 8088 chip. The basic
model came with 2 floppy drives and was known as the IBM/PC. The
upscale version had the same chip but included a 5 meg hard disk,
later upgraded to 10 meg if my memory is correct. It was known as the
XT. Several years later the 16 bit 8286 chip came along and was
called the AT. All of the early PCs were dog slow by today's
standards but they were pretty cool at the time and totally changed
the landscape in most offices.



Almost right. I bought one of the first PCs in the DC area, from a store
in McLean, Virginia. The 8088 was right, but the standard issue machine
came with a tape recorder drive, not a floppy. But you could get a
floppy, a 160 I believe, shortly after. I got one with the floppy. An
additional floppy was some $400. Looked at a Mac at that time, but I
thought it was overpriced then...just as I think Macs are overpriced
now. And a numeric keyboard was an option on those first Macs.

The original IBM PC predated the Mac by a few years. You might be
thinking of the Lisa, the predecessor of the Mac.

Dave