classic X86 hardware

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:17:37 +0000

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, James Fogg wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 15:00 -0500, 9000 VAX wrote:
>> Before you guys start to laugh at me, I would like to itemize some.
>> 1. The original IBM PC 5150/5160 MB
>> 2. The HP 100LX, 200LX palm PC
>> 3. The original Nexgen pentium class PC
>> 4. The IBM "butterfly" 486 laptop
>> 5. You name it

The first Compaq portable; it was notable for it's "portability"
but also it's high degree of IBM compatiblity (for the time).

The AT&T 6300 was one of the first (I don't know what was first;
possibly the Eagle) to use the Phoenix BIOS, which was a MAJOR
milestone in PC history; these two things were the start of the
huge ramp-up of "compatibles".
Received on Mon Feb 28 2005 - 21:27:02 GMT