7th IBM PC XT 1st Hard Drive PC 1982 Complete Set Original For Sale
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7th IBM PC XT 1st Hard Drive PC 1982 Complete Set Original
Price: US $2000.00
The claim that the IBM PC XT was the "1st Hard Drive PC" in 1982 is inaccurate. The XT was released in 1983 and was the first commercially successful IBM PC with a built-in hard drive, but other hard drive options existed earlier.The IBM PC XT
Release date: The IBM Personal Computer XT (model 5160) was released on March 8, 1983. The name "XT" stands for "eXtended Technology".
Key feature: Its main selling point was that it came standard with an internal hard disk drive. This was a significant improvement over the original IBM PC (model 5150) from 1981, which relied on floppy disks and had a limited number of expansion slots.
Hard drive capacity: The standard hard drive was a 10MB Seagate ST-412.
Legacy: The XT helped establish the hard drive as a standard component for personal computers, paving the way for the massive growth of the PC industry.
Early hard drive add-ons: In the early 1980s, third-party companies offered hard drive kits for the original IBM PC, but these were expensive and less seamless than the XT's integrated solution.
Other computers with hard drive options:
Apple: In 1981, Apple released the Profile, an external hard drive for the Apple III computer.
External drives: Various companies made external hard drive units for personal computers before the XT's release.
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