top | item 46098607 (no title) prerok | 3 months ago While original IBM PCs indeed may not have had HDDs, it did become a standard for PC XT, as early as 1983. Only the cheapest version were without a HDD by the end of the 1980s. discuss order hn newest actionfromafar|3 months ago Many clones came without a HDD. prerok|3 months ago Sure, I can imagine that.My first contact with PCs was in 1988 and they all had HDDs and were definitely not "IBM PC" but clones. That said, that's just my experience so YMMV. load replies (2) layer8|3 months ago By the end of the 1980s, a lot of years had passed, and you’d buy an AT instead of an XT.
actionfromafar|3 months ago Many clones came without a HDD. prerok|3 months ago Sure, I can imagine that.My first contact with PCs was in 1988 and they all had HDDs and were definitely not "IBM PC" but clones. That said, that's just my experience so YMMV. load replies (2)
prerok|3 months ago Sure, I can imagine that.My first contact with PCs was in 1988 and they all had HDDs and were definitely not "IBM PC" but clones. That said, that's just my experience so YMMV. load replies (2)
layer8|3 months ago By the end of the 1980s, a lot of years had passed, and you’d buy an AT instead of an XT.
actionfromafar|3 months ago
prerok|3 months ago
My first contact with PCs was in 1988 and they all had HDDs and were definitely not "IBM PC" but clones. That said, that's just my experience so YMMV.
layer8|3 months ago