Daily Giz Wiz 490: IBM PC Jr.
Episode 490 of the podcast
| Subject: | Review of IBM PC Jr. |
| Released: | Friday 25 January 2008 |
| Length: | about 11 minutes |
| Download file: | dgw0490.mp3 (5.1 MB) |
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Link: Old-Computers
A listener wrote in asking Dick to talk about this gadget. Released in 1983/1984, the IBM PC Junior (IBM 4860) was intended as a computer for the home, following the success of the IBM PC in business. It had a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 CPU, 64KB RAM, a floppy drive, an infra-red chicket keyboard (subsequently replaced by a full stroke keyboard), without a monitor, running MSDOS 2.1 and cost $1,300. It was a flop.CPP
John R Henry, CPP, whose previous letter was read out in Episode 439, gets a second shout-out, and explains that CPP means Certified Packaging Professional, a qualification awarded by the Institute of Packaging Professional.
(source: insidedgw.vox.com)
