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April 2, 1987: The IBM PS/2 Released


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<img width="309" height="163" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IBM1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="IBM" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IBM1.jpg 309w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IBM1-300x158.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" />

<img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-8132 " title="" data-tf-not-load src="http://www.geekazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ps2.jpg" alt="" width="236" height="177" />April 2, 1987: IBM PS/2 released

1987 – IBM releases a flurry of new items on this day. The most notable was the IBM PS/2 – Their first 80386 system using a 3.5 floppy (720kb or 1.44 MB discs), MFM hard drive, PC-DOS and OS/2. Multiple models were released, including the Model 60 (10 MHz 286 processor) and Model 80 ( 20 MHz 386 processor). Hard drives went up to 115 MB and would cost you $6,995 for the basic model, to $10,995.

IBM also introduced the VGA in Model 50, the Multicolor Graphics Array (MCGA), high resolution graphics card for up to 1024×768 in 256 colors – Called the 8514/A and it’s Micro Channel Archetecture (MCA). IBM released PC-DOS 3.3 and their Operating System of OS/2.

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