Chaplin (was: Charley Lasner

From: jpero_at_sympatico.ca <(jpero_at_sympatico.ca)>
Date: Sun Apr 29 20:16:23 2001

> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Chaplin (was: Charley Lasner
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org

> On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Vance Dereksen wrote:
> > TNG premiered in 1987, a couple weeks after IBM introduced the PS/2 with
> > those ridiculous fake-Charlie-Chaplin ads.

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>
> I thought that the PS/2 (model 30? and 50?) was intro'd in 1986 - does
> anyone have the exact date?

IBM intro'd these two models including 70 and 80 in '87 after closing
out XTs, ATs.

Also 25, 25 286 and 30 286 came out later on, as well as tuned up
50Z. Much better 70's and P70s, faster 80s for two generations more.

I find 30 and 55SX far common boxens then 35, 40 and 56.

Lots of inbetween models based on
386sx, more efficient SLC, SLC2 and SLC3, some MCA some ISA. And
more serious MCA machines such as P75, 85 and 90, 95 in early to mid
90's as well as famous 77's. During that periods, IBM came out with
wimpy non-standard PS/1s then turned into better machines and
standardized parts, more consumer machines that we know now and deal
with daily.

The MCA faded away after '95.

Cheers,

Wizard
Received on Sun Apr 29 2001 - 20:16:23 BST