The computer takes care of that automatically. The same architecture more recently was key to IBM's move to equip the iSeries for different operating software such as Java and, recently, Linux.

IBM will pour US$3 billion into computing and chip materials research over the next five years, as it rethinks computer design and looks to a future that may not involve silicon chips.

BrutmanLabs.org is a site dedicated to retro computing and has been live for over 2,500 hours running on an IBM PCjr home computer from 1984.

Johnny Chan, an analyst at J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong, estimated that IBM's PC division paid out the equivalent of 7 percent of revenue for warranties, while Lenovo is paying only about 4.5 percent.

And yet! The Book 8088 remains an interesting technological achievement, a genuine IBM PC compatible that shares a lot in common with my first ancient, terrible personal computer. I'm not sure it ...

Industry Electronics harvard computer history One of the world's first general-purpose computers just turned 80 years old IBM completed the machine in 1944, just in time for World War II-related ...