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Saturday, August 28, 2021
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Epic Flop—The IBM PCjr
Here is more about the IBM PCjr. The PCjr was much anticipated, with some analysts expecting IBM to dominate the home computer market as the original IBM PC had in business applications. But the machine's sorely limited memory, poor (and memory-hungry) graphics, crude sound, truly awful (although, innovatively, wireless) “chiclet” keyboard, limited expandability, and high price doomed it. Interestingly, the Radio Shack Tandy 1000 series, originally introduced as a PCjr clone, was highly successful and remained on the market from its introduction in 1984 through 1993.
Posted at August 28, 2021 12:29