The IBM 5100 was released in 1975, six years before the IBM PC. It was IBM's first desktop portable computer with 100 KB of ROM and 64 KB of RAM installed but it was said that it was not popular at ...

The 1970s was a somewhat awkward phase for the computer industry — as hulking, room-sized mainframes became ever smaller and the concept of home and portable computers more capable than a basic ...

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