Object Details
- Description
- This is an example of IBM’s Personal System/1, a microcomputer designed primarily for home use. It sold from 1990 until it was succeeded by the IBM Aptiva in 1994. This cream-colored PS/1 includes not only the central processing unit (powered by an Intel 8026 microprocessor) but a monitor, two disk drives (one for 5 ¼” disks, one for 3 1/2” disks), a keyboard, and a mouse. A tag on the back of the cpu reads: Type 2011-C34 (/) S/N 23-5006568.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- IBM
- Date made
- 1990 - 1994
- Credit Line
- Jon Eklund
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 1/4 in x 17 3/4 in x 23 1/2 in; 41.275 cm x 45.085 cm x 59.69 cm
- Object Name
- Microcomputer
