IBM PC hacking

[Chuck Guzis]

On 9/28/2005 at 9:40 PM William Donzelli wrote:

>> > I have to admit, even though I'm not a PC fan by any means, I found
>the PCjr
>> > fascinating. It didn't deserve the fate it got (though it *did*
>deserve a
>> > better price point than it was saddled with).
>> 
>> I have several, as I've always found them fascinating:

Okay, I don't get it.  What's so special about a plastic box with a wimpy power supply  (what was it, 32 watts?)  that can't even do DMA, for the love of Mike?  A friend who should've known better bought one and upgraded it, bit by bit, to include a hard disk and, I believe, an external ISA card cage.  He spent more on getting that poor thing to some sort of usefulness than he would have had he purchased a regular PC/XT (much less a clone).  Even so, he kept running into the "Sorry, this doesn't work on a PC Jr." situation.

I think it's pretty clear that IBM intended the PC Jr. as a teaser to eventually get you to upgrade to a standard XT.  Did IBM dealers offer trade-in deals?

Cheers,
Chuck