The RT PC had little commercial success, IBM responded by introducing the RS/6000 workstations in 1990, which used a new IBM-proprietary RISC processor.
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dirk dierickx on Nostr: #TodayinHistory 1986 - #IBM announces the IBM RT Personal Computer, using #RISC based ...
#TodayinHistory 1986 - #IBM announces the IBM RT Personal Computer, using #RISC based technology from IBM's "801" project of the mid-70s. It is one of the first commercially-available 32-bit RISC-based computers. The base configuration has 1 MB RAM, a 1.2 MB floppy, and 40 MB hard drive, for US$11,700.
The RT PC had little commercial success, IBM responded by introducing the RS/6000 workstations in 1990, which used a new IBM-proprietary RISC processor.
#retrocomputing #retrocomputer
The RT PC had little commercial success, IBM responded by introducing the RS/6000 workstations in 1990, which used a new IBM-proprietary RISC processor.
#retrocomputing #retrocomputer