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How much does an IBM 5100 cost?

for corporate users. More luggable than portable, or perhaps portable only with a hand-cart, the machine weighed 50 pounds. The price, fully configured, was $19,975.

What was the IBM 5100 used for?

Introduced in September 1975, the 5100 Portable Computer was IBM’s first production personal computer (six years before the best-seller IBM PC). The 5100 was intended to put computer capabilities at the fingertips of engineers, analysts, statisticians and other problem-solvers, but not for business purposes.

Who invented IBM 5100 computer?

IBM
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Why is the IBM 5100 special?

It was one the first portable computers made and it has the ability to read the older IBM programming langages in addition to APL and Basic. We need they system to “debug” various lagacy computer programs in 2036.

What is so special about the IBM 5100?

The 5100 was based on IBM’s innovative concept that, using an emulator written in microcode, a small and relatively cheap computer could run programs already written for much larger, and much more expensive, existing computers, without the time and expense of writing and debugging new programs.

Who is John titor father in Steins Gate?

Her mission is to go back to the year 1975 and recover an IBN 5100 to stop SERN, but she stopped by in the year 2010 to search for her father, Barrel Titor.

How much of Steins Gate is true?

9 IRL Accuracy With its sci-fi premise, Steins; Gate is easy to dismiss as a complete fiction, yet this series is meticulously well-researched. The entire character and subplot of a man named John Titor is based on the true online personality that popularized forums in the year 2000 with its namesake.

How many IBM 5100 are there?

twelve models
There were twelve models available: with BASIC, APL, or both. Memory could be 16 KB, 32 KB, 48 KB or 64 KB of main storage. The 5100 sold for between $8,975 and $19,975 (between c. $43,000 and $96,000 in today’s dollars).

Is IBM 5100 still available?

The IBM 5100 was withdrawn in March 1982, by which time IBM had announced its larger cousins, the IBM 5110 (January 1978) and the IBM 5120 (February 1980).

When did the IBM 5100 computer come out?

In 1975, IBM released the first mass-produced portable computer, the 5100. It was an incredible feat for the time: An integrated 5-inch CRT monitor, up to 64 kilobytes of random-access memory (RAM), and the ability to run programs meant for larger, more expensive computers, all in something the size of a briefcase.

When did John Titor come out with the IBM 5100?

But the IBM 5100 was more than just a portable computer. It contained a hidden feature that remained undiscovered by the general public for fifteen years, until the year 2000. The year John Titor supposedly arrived on our world-line.

When did the IBM 5150pc computer come out?

1981: September- IBM releases the IBM 5150PC Personal Computer. 1982: April- Eight months after the introduction of the IBM PC, 50,000 units have been sold. 1982: May- Microsoft releases MS-DOS 1.1 to IBM, for the IBM PC. 1982: June- The first IBM PC clone, the MPC, is released by Columbia Data Products.

What did Byte magazine say about the IBM 5100?

In December 1975 BYTE stated “Welcome, IBM, to personal computing”. Describing the 5100 as “a 50-lb package of interactive personal computing,” the magazine said that with the company’s announcement “personal computing gains an entry from the industry’s production and service giant,” albeit “at a premium price”.