The machine
being described does NOT sound like a PS/1!
It sounds like a PCJr.
PCjr was 8088, early 80s and was very funky compared to the PS/2
and later PS/1s.
Did the PS/1 have a 5.25" drive (other than
external)?
No external, it was internal.
Did the PS/1 have a "power cube"?
No, internal PS.
Did the PS/1 have a chiclets keyboard?
Nope, standard external PS2 (smaller din connector)
Did the PS/1 have joysticks?
No, it was aimed at business users.
Allison
The PS/1 came after the PS/2, and may or may not be OT. Some thought
that
>it was IBM backing down from MCA.
The PS/1 was definitely aimed at the consumer market. My
2133-e11 has both 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 internal FDDs, a com port, and a
riser with provisions for 3 add-in cards, one of which was an
internal modem to use the Prodigy hookup in the shell interface.
Some of the earlier ones had a modem on the motherboard
like the Kaypro did. Of course one could use joysticks with
a Sound-Blaster card. It also came with a HD and 2x 72-pin
SIMM slots
The PS/2s continued long after the PS/1 was phased out for
the Value-Point and later the Ambra which were also aimed
at the lower priced consumer market.
ciao larry
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