PC/MS-DOS 1.00?

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 17:15:23 2001

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Marvin wrote:

>
>
> "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
>
> > Be sure that you get the 16-64K motherboard, NOT the 64-256K!
> > And the 63 W power supply. The first PC that I bought from IBM had a
> > BLACK power supply! I've only seen a few of those.
> > The drive is a Tandon TM100-1. Some LATER drives had IBM embossed on the
> > front panel; the early ones did not.
> > IBM did not sell a cable for the cassette port, but the pinout matches RS,
> > so their cable will do.
>
> Thanks for the info (!) and I am in Santa Barbara. I have several 16-64K
> motherboards including (I think) one actually installed in the IBM PC. I
> have at least one of the black IBM Power Supplies, and was wondering where
> they fit in the general scheme of the PC; sounds like they were one of the
> first releases.
>
> I've been curious for many years but haven't received any info; did IBM ever
> release a cassette with the IBM name on it?
>
> This thread is the first I've heard of anyone actually having PC-DOS 1.0,
> and just goes to show there are a lot of knowledgeable people here!
 
...or a lot of pack-rats, depending on how you want to look at it!

                                                 - don
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