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Design Stories: Exploring Everyday Things

IBM Personal Computer

In 1981; the same year that the Displayphone was announced, IBM released their first Personal Computer model. The IBM PC came equipped with a disk drive, memory, and CPU in the lower terminal, along with a video display screen, detached keyboard, and printer (Press, 1984, p. 4). Designed to be used by one person at a time, the IBM PC allowed users to perform tasks such as writing, storing files, communicating with others, and creating spreadsheets.