30 years ago today IBM introduced the 5150 personal computer.

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Introduced 30 years ago, and once embedded in homes and offices across
America, the IBM 5150 is the forebear of much of the technology I take
for granted – the Mitochondrial Eve that eventually led to the sleek
laptop computer on which I live so much of my life. As I sit at the
IBM’s 80-column wide display, I half expect my fingers to know what to
do with the machine’s clacky keyboard, guided by some subconscious
aptitude distilled from living among the 5150’s distant offspring.
Instead, the screen and I stare blankly back at each other, separated
by decades of technological evolution.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/ibm-handson/

Bruce White, CRM, PMP
Newtown Square, PA
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