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From: Bob Withers <bwit_at_pobox.com>
Date: Mon Aug 21 07:49:48 2000

At 07:19 PM 8/20/00 -0600, you wrote:
>> 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.

It was called Micro-Channel although not all PS/2's used it. As I recall
the PS/1 was supposed to be a dumbed down PS/2 for home use. It was
designed to be very limited to insure it didn't cut into the PS/2 market.

Regards,
Bob
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