This is the story of the first IBM PC - your current home or laptop computer is almost certainly a direct descendant of this machine. Today, nearly 40 years after its introduction, modern PC's are used for everything from the kinds of business applications the system was originally designed for, to scientific work, to high-end gaming. But it all started back in 1981 with the IBM 5150.

If you're looking for a more personal take on this computer, watch for my upcoming review of this IBM 5150!

If you want your own IBM PC, they're not cheap but they are plentiful on Ebay, and I'd love it if you used my affiliate link: https://ebay.to/2Nmzcaa

Some credits for some of the images and other things used in this video:

5100: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_510...
Datamaster: http://oldcomputers.net/ibm5322.html
Mainframe: https://www.techrepublic.com/pictures...
buckling spring: By Shaddim - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Pet: By Photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Atari 400: Evan-Amos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8...
Atari 800: Evan-Amos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8...
TI 99/4 Tocchet22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_I...
Vic 20: Evan-Amos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodo...
Heathkit H88: Arthur G Korwin Piotrowski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_...
CGA card: Malvineous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_G...
Datamaster ad: Adtari    • IBM - System/23 Datamaster (US) (1981...  
PC ad(s): La Mazmorra Abandon    • 1980s IBM PC Ad Compilation with Char...  
5120 ad: Adtari    • IBM 5120 - Home for Dinner (US) (1980)  
5100 ad: Magdy Ragab    • IBM 5100 First Portable Computer comm...  
PC XT photo: Ruben de Rijcke: http://dendmedia.com/vintage/
PC AT photo: MBlairMartin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Per...
Model F AT: daedelus https://deskthority.net/wiki/File:IBM...
PowerPC 601: Dirk Oppelt https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Portable PC: Hubert Berberich https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
There You Go by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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