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The junior PC that could

The junior PC that could
The PC Jr. was IBM's attempt to tap into the budding home personal computer market of 1983. While the IBM PC Jr. had many positives with regard to the general home user, it also had several limitations that doomed it in the marketplace. I bought my PC Jr. in 1985 from my older brother who never quite figured out what to do with it. Feeling nostalgic, I decided to Crack Open the IBM PC Jr. to see what was actually in the case.
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Posted by: don.chambers@... Posted on: 12/26/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Jumper Wires  richard.silverman@... | 08/07/08
IBM PC Jr.  david602@... | 08/07/08
Here is a modern solution  NotM$Sucked | 08/07/08
RE: Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)  joefine48@... | 08/07/08
RE: Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)  kolisekm@... | 08/07/08
IBM PC Jr.  david602@... | 08/07/08
BASIC built-in.. anyone remember S.I.M.P.L.E ?  Elihion | 08/08/08
I would actually agree with the Author.  Bruizer | 08/10/08
RE: Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)  rmoore5@... | 08/07/08
RE: Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)  The-Bytemaster | 08/07/08
RE: Jumper Wires  Zorched | 08/07/08
RE: Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)  saltydog1 | 08/07/08
Or it they had bought their OS from Gary Kildall  Update victim | 08/07/08
one of the pioneers of the home personal computer???  Update victim | 08/07/08
Re: one of the pioneers of the home personal computer???  tgilbert@... | 08/07/08
I would disagree...  Bruizer | 08/10/08
performance vs price  graham.lv | 08/15/08
Answering the "unknowns"  PromptJock | 08/07/08
Adding some answers  914four | 08/11/08
Be Kind  alur | 08/08/08
I owned one  RAJVaTech | 08/08/08
RE: Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)  ebhb2004@... | 08/08/08
RE: Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)  Me_too | 08/08/08
RE: Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.  rdnoble@... | 08/12/08
RE: Jump the connection revisited (Cracking Open the IBM PC Jr.)  Jammer79 | 08/14/08
Re: Beckman  don.chambers@... | 12/26/08
RE: Qume  don.chambers@... | 12/26/08

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