An 83-key keyboard introduced with the IBM PC in 1981 and the PC XT in 1983. The keyboard introduced the dual-function keypad that switches between numeric entry and cursor movement, which became ...

We’ve read a number of histories of the IBM PC and lived through that time, too. But we enjoyed [Gareth Edwards’] perspective in a post entitled The Misfit who Built the IBM PC. The titular ...

The Intel 8088 CPU in the IBM PC and IBM PC XT personal computers. See IBM PC and 8088. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.