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desk,inyourhomeorinyourchild'sschoolroom.Itcan asystemthat,withtheadditionofonesimpledevice,
makeasurprisingdifferenceinthewayyouwork,learn hooksuptoyourhomeTVandusesyouraudiocassette
orotherwiseapproachthecomplexities(andsomeofthe recorder.
simplepleasures)ofliving. Forflexibility,performanceandeaseofuse,noother
It'sthecomputerwe'remakingforyou. personalcomputeroffersasmanyadvancedfeaturesto
Inthepast30years,thecomputerhasbecome pleasenoviceandexpertalike(seethebox).
faster,smaller,lesscomplicatedandlessexpensive.And Featureslikehighresolutioncolorgraphics.Ten,
IBMhascontributedheavilytothatevolution. user-definedfunctionkeys.Thekindofexpandability
Today,we'veappliedwhatweknowtoanew thatletsyouaddaprinterforwordprocessing,oruser
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manufacturerdecidedtoenterthemicrocomputer computersoftwarewhenweputBASIConthefirst
world,theycametotheleadersinmicrocomputer personalcomputerSincethen,we'vedevelopedafull
software:Microsoft.Infacttoday,Microsofthas rangeoflanguages,utilitiesandoperatingsystems.
providedmoresoftwaretoolsfortheIBMPersonal Softwarethathasbecomeastandardforthe8-bit
Computerthananyothersoftwaremanufacturer world.Softwarethatisbecomingthestandard
StartwithMS-DOS?'WhenIBMchosetheprimary forthe16-bitworld.That'swhytheworld'sleaderin
operatingsystemfortheIBMPersonalComputer, computerhardwarecametoMicrosoft,theworld's
theychoseMS-DOS.TheycallitPC-DOS.It'sapower- leaderinmicrocomputersoftware.
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inteMrsence, speculationandforecastsaboutIBMPersonalComputers.
'A Very Different IBM"
Anexecutiveofanindependent phone."
softwarecompanythatisdevelop- "Wewentdowntoseethem,
ingapplicationprogramsforIBM andtheytoldus, Wedon'twant
Personal ComKputers recently todevelopsoftwareforthisma-
shared with some experi- chineourselves.'Theywerevery
encesofIBM'swillingnesstowork openandhelpfulaboutgivingus
withnon-IBMprogrammarketers. the technical information we
Thoughthecommentsseemedfa- needed.Thef—eelingwassoradi-
vorable, the speaker shall, at callydifferent it'slikestepping
his/her own request, remain outintoawarmbreeze."
nameless. "They really want to coop-
"It'saverydifferentIB.M,"said erate. .Afteryearsofhassling
tlehaestsolfitstweanrewhdeevnelvoopeur.cal"lTohneythaet aftitgihttuidneg—twhee'reNotth-elgnovdesn.te"d-Here
"BiUion DoUar Baby"
TheabovefiguresuggestsFu- hardwaresales will grow from
tureComputing,Inc.'sassessment S3W)millionin1982to$2,3bil-
oftheIBMPersonalComputer's lionin1986.
economic impact. IBM'sBillion •Retail value of IBM software
DollarBabyisalsothetitleofa saleswillgrowfromS85millionin
155-page report by Drs. Portia 1982toS'OOmillionin1986.
IsaacsonandEgilJuliussen,ofthe •.Meanwhile,overthesameperi- IBM Employees Snapping Up PCs.
Richardson, Texas, consulting od,PC-related.salesofhardware
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matedbysurveyingkeycomputer gorieswillexceed$4billionby withintheIB.Mfamilyissubstan- thePCexhibitboothwas40.000
stores,theretailvalueofIB.M'sPC 1986,FutureComputingsays. tial.Butjusthowsubstantial? employeeorders.Andjustbefore
Lookalikes From Home& Abroad anInIBt.hMecDoemcpeambneyrmiassguaezionfeT,hintkh.e pornesnsottiembeo,okapnaopteerhbaynda-nscarnaownlye-d
numberofemployeePCordersis mous,self-describedIB.Memploy-
Perhaps expecting that IB.M typewritersaresoldthroughsome eearrivedinourmail.Itclaimed
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company, incidentally, whose IIcomputerstogetherandhcMiking beginwritingprogramsforsub-
themuptootherdevicessuchas missiontoIB.M'ssoftwaremarket-
high-capacitymassstorage.Italso ingoperati(m.(That,bytheway,
allowstheRadioShackcomputers is the only channel which
toworktogetherwithlargercom- employeeswillbepermittedtouse
putersmadebyDatapoint.Ifan forsellingtheirPCcreations,ac-
ARCNETmoduleforPCsisintro- cordingtoanothersource.
duced,itcouldprovideaconnec- Our loose-leaf correspondent
tionallowingIBMPCsandTR.S-80 saidemployeedeliverieswerego-
.Modellistobemixedtogetherin ingtostartlastDecemberandbe
anintegratedsystem. completedbySeptemberof'82.
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PC Clubs Forming Fast Numberless PCs??
At least four groups have Autumn Revolution Someinitialpressreportsabout
alreadybeenorganizedforpeople '81 "The IBM Personal Computer"
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doCraigUthe AutumnRevolution'81makes uniquelabel,andeachworksta- PCProductionGuess
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