x86-based PC 100 The PC 100 was a budget model, available only in selected markets.
PC 140 The PC 140 was a budget model, available only in selected markets.
PC Series 300 Industry standard ISA/PCI architecture, first IBM machines with
USB. Processors ranged from the
486DX2-50, 486SX-25,
486DX4-100 to the
Pentium 200 and in case of the Models 360 and 365 the
Pentium Pro. 486 models had a selectable bus architecture (SelectaBus) through a replaceable riser-card, offering the choice of either
VESA Local Bus/
ISA or
PCI/ISA. Within the 300 series the following models appeared:
PC 330 Its last sub-model used the
Pentium P54C processor clocked at 100, 133, 166, or 200 MHz. It had, depending on the sub-model, up to 4 ISA and/or 3 PCI
expansion slots and four (2 external 5.25", 1 external and 1 internal 3.5") drive bays. It had in its latest version, the 6577, one DIMM-168 and 4 SIMM-72 memory slots, and featured an IBM SurePath BIOS. This PC has 2 USB 1.0 slots in the back. The latest version of Windows which can be installed on this PC is Windows XP, though Windows 2000 and Windows ME are optimal choices. The DIMM-168 memory slot takes 5V EDO DRAM and is incompatible with the more commonly used 3.3V SDRAM. The slot looks the same at first glance, but the keying is different. Trying to force a 3.3V SDRAM module into the slot could damage both it and the memory module. Submodels were:
PC 340 The PC 340, introduced in 1996, was a budget model. It used the Pentium processor clocked at 100, 133 or 166 MHz. It had 4 ISA and 3 PCI expansion slots and four (2 external 5.25 inch, 1 external and 1 internal 3.5 inch) drive bays. It had 4 SIMM-72 RAM slots, and featured an IBM SurePath BIOS. The submodels were: • PC 300 Series Model 340 (Model 6560-1xx) • PC 300 Series Model 340 (Model 6560-4xx) • PC 300 Series Model 340 (Model 6560-5xx) • PC 300 Series Model 340 (Model 6560-6xx) • PC 300 Series Model 340 (Model 6560-7xx)
PC 350 The PC 350, introduced over 1994 to 1995, These systems were packaged in three case form-factors, desktop, micro-tower and mini-tower. ; Desktop : Four slots with four drive bays :or two slots with three drive bays ; Micro-tower : Four slots with four drive bays ; Mini-tower : Six slots with six drive bays Slot types varied between models some being all
PCI with one
AGP4x slot or others a desktop riser card with one
ISA and PCI slot and two shared PCI-ISA slots. Both
SCSI and
EIDE hard drives where available with capacities between 1.2GBs and 30GBs. Display adapters, Video memory, RAM, Ethernet, CD-ROM drives, and Audio adapters very greatly from introduction to withdrawal from market. All systems supported disketteless operation and shipped with a standard 3.5" 1.44MB HD floppy disk drive earlier systems could also use
3.5" 2.88MB, and 5.25" 1.2MB floppy disk drives. Two slot desktop models could ship without a 3.5" diskette drive. It features integrated 10/100 Ethernet.
PC Power Series This is the PC counterpart of the
RS/6000 •
PowerPC 604 processor at 100, 120 or 133 MHz • ISA/PCI
PReP architecture • 16 MB parity memory standard, expandable to 192 MB • Integrated 10baseT Ethernet, PCI Graphics and Audio • Supports Windows NT 3.51, 4.0, OS/2 Warp 3.x PPC Edition, Solaris 2.5.1 PPC or
AIX Version 4 and 5XL (The four officially supported Operating Systems for PReP architecture systems) •
ARC BIOS Two form-factors were available, the 3x3 (3 slot, 3 bay) PC830 and the larger 5x5 (5 slot, 5 bay) PC850. ==Timeline==