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From: wh@houxz.UUCP (W.HEINMILLER)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: PCjr
Message-ID: <572@houxz.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 11:08:58 EST
Article-I.D.: houxz.572
Posted: Thu Nov  3 11:08:58 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Nov-83 15:27:14 EST
Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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According to the New York Times of November 2,
the IBM PCjr has a "chiclets" style keyboard.
It is also limited to using a single drive.
IBM specifically designed the machine to be
non-expandable so it would not encroach on their
PC sales.
It will run some of the software for the PC, as long
as it can be done with a single drive.  Considering
that system expandability has been a selling
point for the small computers, especially the home machines,
it will be interesting to see how this strategy fares.
If the PCjr sells well, then it should generate a lot
of PC sales as customers decide they want a real keyboard
and multiple disk drives.  Of course you'll have to
find some way to get rid of the PCjr you outgrew!

   Wayne Heinmiller       AT&T Bell Laboratories
   houxz!wh               Holmdel, NJ