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Assorted professional computer software cd-roms with manuals
- Made:
- Late 20th Century
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Assorted professional computer software cd-roms with manuals, as used with IBM PS/1 80486 sx
Introduced in the early 1990s, the IBM PS/1 was one of the UK’s early personal home computers. Unlike earlier examples such as the Amstrad, the Commodore 64, and the ZX Spectrum, the IBM PS/1 was closer to a personal computer than game console and worked “out of the box” which led to a wider userbase including general users as well as electronics and home computing enthusiasts. Accompanying peripheral equipment, CRT monitor, small desk, and related home electronic and computing publications provide a good example of the working setup and context of consumer computing/electronics in the UK in the early 1990s.
Details
- Category:
- Computing & Data Processing
- Object Number:
- 2017-169
- credit:
- William Forward, via his son Dave Forward