198 1 year, IBM introduced the world's first personal computer.
1981August 12, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), headquartered in Armonk, new york, USA, launched a new computer with the number of 5 150, and a new market for "personal computers" was born. IBM5 150 looks like a beige "big box". Each IBM5 150 computer weighs about 1 1.34 kg, and the keyboard alone weighs about 2.7 kg. Its memory is only 16 kilobytes, and it is equipped with Microsoft's disk operating system (DOS), spreadsheet software Visicale and text input software Easywriter. It is equipped with 16 bits, 4.77MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor and 64K memory, and can download and store data by using cassette recording tape. In addition, it can be equipped with a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive.
1982, IBM5 150, the originator of the information age, appeared on the cover of American Time magazine and was selected as "Man of the Year". The magazine wrote: "In the annual news, this is the most attractive topic, which represents a process, a process that continues to develop and is widely accepted and welcomed. This is why Time chose such a news figure in today's turbulent world, but he is not a character at all, but a machine. "