Not to be confused with the series of IBM Personal Computers released from 1981 to 1987. For a list of computers in that series, see List of IBM Personal Computer models.
Personal Computer Series
IBM PC 300PL
Also known as
PC Series
Developer
IBM
Type
Desktop PC
Release date
Oct 1994 (Oct 1994)
Discontinued
Oct 2000 (Oct 2000)
CPU
x86 or PowerPC (Power series)
Predecessor
IBM PS/2 IBM PS/ValuePoint
Successor
IBM NetVista
Related
IBM Aptiva
The Personal Computer Series, or PC Series, was IBM's follow-up to the Personal System/2 and PS/ValuePoint. Announced in October 1994 and withdrawn in October 2000, it was replaced by the IBM NetVista, apart from the Pentium Pro-based PC360 and PC365, which were replaced by the IBM IntelliStation.
The Personal Computer Series, or PCSeries, was IBM's follow-up to the Personal System/2 and PS/ValuePoint. Announced in October 1994 and withdrawn in...
The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBMPC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBMPC model line and the basis for the...
IBMPC compatible computers are similar to the original IBMPC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion...
The IBM Personal Computer XT (model 5160, often shortened to PC/XT) is the second computer in the IBM Personal Computer line, released on March 8, 1983...
IBMPC DOS (commonly called The IBM Personal Computer DOS and PC DOS), an acronym for IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System, is a discontinued disk...
The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was released in 1984 as the fourth model in the IBM Personal Computer line,...
First-generation models came with IBMPC DOS 6.3 and Windows 3.1. Pentium-generation Aptivas came with Windows 95 and OS/2 'select-a-system' (PC DOS 7/Windows 3.1 and...
The IBMPC Convertible (model 5140) is a laptop computer made by IBM, first sold in April 1986. The Convertible was IBM's first laptop-style computer...
The IBM PCjr (pronounced "PC junior") was a home computer produced and marketed by IBM from March 1984 to May 1985, intended as a lower-cost variant of...
The keyboard for IBMPC-compatible computers is standardized. However, during the more than 30 years of PC architecture being frequently updated, many...
The acquisition of IBM Personal Systems Group, the PC business arm of International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, by Lenovo was announced on December...
electric socket. When the IBMPC was introduced in 1981, it was originally designated as the IBM 5150, putting it in the "5100" series, though its architecture...
developed and marketed by International Business Machines (IBM) starting in 1992. IBM sold its PC business, including laptops to Lenovo in 2005, and since...
The IBM 3270 PC (IBM System Unit 5271), is a personal computer developed by IBM and released in October 1983. Although its hardware is mostly identical...
The IBM RT PC (RISC Technology Personal Computer) is a family of workstation computers from IBM introduced in 1986. These were the first commercial computers...
instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM. PowerPC, as an evolving instruction set, has been named Power...
Model 5150 (IBMPC) in 1981. IBM released four different versions of the Microsoft BASIC interpreter, licensed from Microsoft for the PC and PCjr. They...
the IBM Personal Computer, or IBMPC, many other personal computer architectures became extinct within just a few years. It led to a wave of IBMPC compatible...
instructions—1983. IBM 5155: IBM Portable—1984 IBM 4860: IBM PCjr—1984 IBM 5170: IBM Personal Computer/AT—1984 IBM 5140: IBM Convertible—1986 IBM 5281: IBM 3270 PC but...
(1981) Japan-only IBMPC variants: IBM 5550 IBM JX IBM PS/55 IBM Palm Top PC 110 IBM IntelliStation List of IBM products IBMPC compatible IBM Personal System/2...
line that was manufactured by IBM. It is based on the PowerPC architecture. The first PowerPC notebook released by IBM was the RS/6000 Model N40, which...
From the 1990s and 2000s, IBM's RS/6000 and IntelliStation have RISC-based POWER CPUs running AIX, and its IBMPCSeries and Aptiva corporate and consumer...
software that allowed 5100 Series computer programs written in BASIC to run unmodified on the IBMPC and compatibles under PC DOS and share programs and...