IBM PC Models

Model name Model Introduced CPU Features
PC 5150 August 1981 8088 Floppy disk or cassette system
XT 5160 March 1983 8088 First IBM PC to come with an internal hard drive as standard.
XT/370 5160/588 October 1983 8088 5160 with XT/370 Option Kit and 3278/79 Emulation Adapter
3270 PC 5271 October 1983 8088 With 3270 terminal emulation
PCjr 4860 November 1983 8088 Floppy-based home computer
PC Portable 5155 February 1984 8088 Floppy-based portable
AT 5170 August 1984 80286 Medium-speed hard disk
AT/370 5170/599 October 1984 80286 5170 with AT/370 Option Kit and 3278/79 Emulation Adapter
3270 AT 5281 ? 80286 With 3270 terminal emulation
Convertible 5140 April 1986 8088 Microfloppy laptop portable
XT 286 5162 September 1986 80286 Slow hard disk, but zero wait state memory on the motherboard. This 6 MHz machine was actually faster than the 8 MHz ATs (when using planar memory) because of the zero wait states

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