23 Aug
2000
23 Aug
'00
9:14 a.m.
In a message dated Wed, 23 Aug 2000 1:12:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Lawrence
Walker" <lgwalker(a)look.ca> writes:
<<
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.
both the PS/1 and PS/2 series ended around 1994. the valuepoint was a more standard ISA
bus machine announced in 1992-1993 and was designed for the corporate market like the
PS/2. The valuepoints then gave way to the PC300 and PC700 series desktops of a few years
ago.
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.