The IBM PS/2E (IBM 9533) was the first Energy Star compliant personal computer. It had a 50 MHz IBM 486SLC processor, an ISA bus, four PC card slots, and an IDE hard drive interface. The environmentally friendly PC borrowed many components from the ThinkPad line and was composed of recycled plastics, designed to be easily recycled at the end of ...

By 1986, IBM’s dominance in the PC sector had withered. IBM’s Personal System/2, released in 1987, aspired to reverse the slide. The basic model retailed for around USD 2,000 to put it within reach of home users, schools and small businesses.

Jul 10, 2012 · IBM devised a plan to regain control of the PC-compatible market by introducing a new series of machines–the PS/2 line–with a proprietary expansion bus, operating system, and BIOS that would...

The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a team of engineers and designers at International Business Machines (IBM), directed by William C. Lowe and ...

The Personal System/2 Model 30 and Personal System/2 Model 30 286 are IBM 's entry-level desktop computers in their Personal System/2 (PS/2) family of personal computers.

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Apr 2, 2012 · With the PS/2, IBM introduced a range of technologies to PCs, for example the 1440 kB 3.5-inch floppy disk format, 72-pin RAM SIMMs, the PS/2 port, and the VGA video standard (resolution up to 640 x 480). Many of these quickly became standard features across all PCs.

The IBM PS/2 portables are Micro Channel architecture -based, portable PS/2 computers released by IBM in 1989. The P70 model was released in Japan as PS/55 5545-T with the same specs, but with different keyboard layout.

May 17, 2017 · The IBM PS/2 line, released in 1987, was IBM's attempt to reinvigorate its aging PC line and fight cloning. Here's why it ultimately didn't work.