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From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Sun Aug 20 20:19:01 2000

> I always wondered what era the IBM PS/1 is from? I've seen PS/1 machines
> but they look 90s. And I never heard of them before the PS/2, although it
> would seem logical that the PS/1 came first. What's the deal?

ps/1 was early 90s. ps/2, which preceded it (go figure) was late 80s. ps/2
was supposed to push the new (closed) IBM archetecture (who's name eludes me)
whereas ps/1 was just another clone, albiet a single box with everything in it.

This is how I remember it, although I'm certainly no expert.


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Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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