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From: joel@cfctech.UUCP (Joel Lessenberry)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: IBM PC prehistory
Summary: Make that two
Message-ID: <19719@cfctech.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 90 17:15:59 GMT
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Reply-To: joel@cfctech.UUCP (Joel Lessenberry)
Organization: Chrysler Financial Corp., Southfield, MI
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In article <1990Jan15.181550.2397@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:
>In article <256@dg.dg.com> uunet!dg!rec (Robert Cousins) writes:
>>Well, IBM did make a 68k based machine, the IBM 9000 from IBM Instruments.
>>If memory serves me correctly, it was written up in BYTE at approximately
>>the same time as the PC was becoming popular.  Does anyone care to 
>>throw in more info?  
>

excuse me....that is IBM made two 68K based machines... the original 
IBM Displaywriter was 68K based..I installed CPM 86 and DBASE II in 
quite a few... rumor had it that a hard disk based displaywriter was
one of the options IBM was looking at for the original pc.

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