Subj : Re: First Computer
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : kirkspragg
Date : Wed Sep 18 2024 23:27:39

 pF>  ki> I must ask my folks why they decided on buying the PS/1 in the first
 pF>  ki> place & where they got it.
 pF> 
 pF> Big difference between PS/2 and PS/1. PS/2s were Microchannel systems
 pF> that was intended for corporate use, and the PS/1 was an inexpensive
 pF> home machine with compromises made to cut costs - and which limited
 pF> expansion.

I wonder how the PS/1 compared in price to similarly speced clone machines?

You are right about the PS/1 having been designed to cut costs, from memory the model we had use the monitor to provide power, presumably to avoid the cost of a second full power supply. I can recall if it was expandable via MCA or other expansion slots... I believe it was not OR it required PS/1 specific cards.

.... Microwaves frizz your heir.

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