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Machines From Keith's 40s

Authored by Keith Jordan

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In an attempt to regain leadership of the PC market, IBM introduced this line of computers in the late 1980s.

PC/2

PS/2

PC/New

PS/U

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Along with new proprietary hardware, IBM offered this technically superior but less compatible PC operating system in the 1990s.

OS/2

MacOS

System/360

CP/M

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The IBM PCjr infamously shipped with what kind of keyboard?

"Lemondrop"

"Laser"

"Chiclet"

"Bubblegum"

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On a summer day in 1984, Keith might have been playing what game on his PCjr?

King's Quest

Legend of Zelda

Mario Brothers

Tekken

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The PCjr did not have a built-in hard drive. It did have a 5 1/4" floppy drive, plus what other media input?

Blu-Ray

USB drive

Zip drive

Cartridge port

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The key hardware technology IBM introduced in the late 1980s in a bid to regain PC market leadership was:

SCSI

PCI

Micro Channel Architecture (MCA)

USB

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The IBM Selectric line of typewriters was introduced in 1961, and was replaced by the more computerized Wheelwriter in what year?

1984

1974

1994

2001

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