21 Aug
2000
21 Aug
'00
10:34 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: Goodwill Computerworks Museum is open - *
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.
Anybody in the SF bay area who would like some PCJrs? PS/2s? Don't
make
me bring a big pile of stuff to VCF!
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
22 Aug
22 Aug
4:47 a.m.
The ORIGINAL poster has confirmed that it was indeed a PCJr, not a PS/1,
that was being described.
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, ajp166 wrote:
And matches the description, whereas the PS/1 matches the description ONLY
for the possibility of an internal 5.25" drive.
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.
Anybody in the SF bay area who would like some PCJrs? PS/2s? Don't
make
>me bring a big pile of stuff to VCF!
>
>--
>Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com 
23 Aug
23 Aug
4:57 a.m.
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.
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