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IBM Personal Computer, Model 5140, 1985
International Business Machines Corporation1985
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
IBM, the dominant business machine company in the world, did not initially jump into the computer field. When it did announce its first personal computer in 1981, it also published the technical specifications allowing competitors to build compatible computers. This 1985 IBM 5140 Laptop was ivory in color and came with a canvas carrying bag.
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- Title: IBM Personal Computer, Model 5140, 1985
- Creator: International Business Machines Corporation
- Date Created: 1985
- Location: United States, New York, White Plains
- Subject Keywords: Communication, Laptop computers, Computers
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Computer
- Object ID: 99.250.1
- Manufacturer: International Business Machines Corporation
- Image ID: THF156069
- Field: Computing
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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