IBM Popcorn announced
IBM’s anticipated announcement of a multi-user microcomputer has occurred. The new machine, code-named “Popcorn,” is now officially called the IBM Personal Computer AT (for Advanced Technology). Based on the Intel 80286 microprocessor, the PC AT will support up to three users. It has 1.2-megabyte floppy discs and an optional 20 megabyte hard disc. The main memory can grow to three megabytes. In the United States the
PC AT will sell for just under SUS4OOO for a floppybased system and just under 5U56000 for a hard-disc system. Details on the new computer’s software are not yet available, but it is understood that the operating system is from Microsoft IBM also announced an economical local-area networking system for its personal computers and windowing' software, called “Topvftw,” which will sell for 5U5149.
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