connect the dot

Artifact

IBM PC

IBM's first personal computer, launched in August 1981.

2 links, 2 backed by primary records

Play the story Explore connections

Dates
12 Aug 1981
Also known as
IBM Personal Computer, IBM 5150

The IBM Personal Computer was unveiled on 12 August 1981. Its operating system came from Microsoft, which kept the right to license it to the makers of compatible machines.

Connections 2

launched by

  • IBM 12 Aug 1981 Primary record 12

followed from

Timeline 2 dates
  1. 12 Aug 1981 IBM PC
  2. 12 Aug 1981 IBM launched IBM PC
Proof 3 sources
  1. The IBM PC, IBM. Primary record
    On August 12, 1981, Estridge unveiled the IBM PC at New York’s Waldorf Hotel.
    Microsoft provided the OS, which would later become known as MS-DOS.
  2. Facts about Microsoft, Microsoft. Primary record
    IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft’s 16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0
  3. Microsoft MS-DOS early source code, Computer History Museum, 25 Mar 2014. Scholarship & press
    PC DOS version 1.0, which supported only floppy disks, was shipped when IBM first released their PC in August 1981.
Page history 1 change
  1. connect-the-dot: sourced knowledge graph engine, site and contentAlibeka7fa236

Edit this page: content/entities/artifact/ib/ibm-pc.md