IBM System/23 Datamaster: Difference between revisions

The IBM System/23 Datamaster is the first IBM computer to be based upon an Intel CPU and the only known IBM computer to feature an 8-bit microprocessor. Along with the [[Displaywriter]], is one of the few EBCDIC microcomputers ever made. Development of the hardware began in 1978 and was ready to roll out by latemid 19791980, but due to the late decision to make its BASIC compatible with the one from the System/34 the software delayed its release to July 1981, just one month before the [[IBM 5150 Personal Computer]]. As a result, it was a commercial failure and sold very poorly. While IBM engineers decided to use industry standard components instead of their own SLT family, all references were ofuscated by remarking them with its IBM internal catalog number; this fact difficults enormously their repair and most units are in a state of decay.