Friday, 29 April 2016

Retro Tech: Vintage muscle machines that pushed the limits


Base model retail price: $10,995 (about $23,048 today)
CPU: 20MHz Intel 80386


In 1987, IBM unveiled its next big step in the IBM PC space, the Personal System/2 (PS/2) line, which introduced innovations such as 3.5-inch floppy support, VGA graphics, OS/2, the Micro Channel bus, 72-pin RAM SIMMs, integrated mouse support (through the now-famous PS/2 mouse/keyboard ports), and most importantly, IBM’s first 386-based PC. The 386 arrived in the highest-end PS/2 unit, the Model 80, which shipped in a hulking tower-based configuration that could support up to 2MB of RAM…



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Retro Tech: Vintage muscle machines that pushed the limits

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