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The IBM PC/AT: Groundbreaking Heartbreaker : Bibliography

A guide for MU patrons and community members about the "The IBM PC/AT: Groundbreaking Heartbreaker" exhibit located in the Engineering Library and Technology Commons

  1. 128KB Memory Expansion Option 6361670. International Business Machines Corporation, Mar. 1984.  

  1. 1973: “Winchester” Pioneers Key HDD Technology | The Storage Engine | Computer History Museum.https://www.computerhistory.org/storageengine/winchester-pioneers-key-hdd-technology/. Accessed 24 July 2024.  

  2. Beechhold, Henry F. “Maintain Your Sanity: Maintain Your Disk Drives.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 5, Mar. 1985, pp. 116–23.  

  3. Bermant, Charles. “IBM Brings Out the Big Guns.” PC Magazine, vol. 3, no. 22, Nov. 1984, pp. 116–33.  

  1. ---. “IBM Drops CMI Disks.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 21, Oct. 1985, pp. 33–34.  

  1. ---. “IBM Fixes Disk Problems.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 11, May 1985, p. 38.  

  1. ---. “Is IBM’s Super PC Where It’s AT?” PC Magazine, vol. 3, no. 20, Oct. 1984, p. 51,54.  

  1. ---. “Multi-User Board First AT Product.” PC Magazine, vol. 3, no. 22, Nov. 1984, p. 64.  

  1. Bermant, Charles, and Don Kennedy. “IBM’s Switch in Drives May Derail Programs.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 7, Apr. 1985, p. 33.  

  1. Crystal Oscillator - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_oscillator. Accessed 24 July 2024.  

  1. Dickinson, John. “Courting Disaster: The IBM PC AT.” PC Magazine, vol. 5, no. 8, Apr. 1986, pp. 106–13.  

  1. ---. “The AT’s Slipped Disk.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 13, June 1985, p. 55.  

  1. DIP Switch - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIP_switch. Accessed 30 July 2024.  

  1. DOS Days - CPU Upgrade Options. https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/cpu_upgrade_options.php. Accessed  24 July 2024.  

  1. DOS Days - CPUs. https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/cpus.php. Accessed 5 July 2024.  

  1. DOS Days - Graphics Cards. https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/graphics.php. Accessed 17 July 2024.  

  1. DOS Days - Hard Disks. https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/hard_disks.php. Accessed 17 July 2024.  

  1. DOS Days - IBM PC-AT (1984). https://www.dosdays.co.uk/computers/IBM%20PCAT%20(5170)/ibm5170.php. Accessed 5 July 2024.  

  1. DOS Days - Math Coprocessors. https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/math_coprocessors.php. Accessed 9 July  2024.  

  1. DOS Days - Memory. https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/memory.php. Accessed 5 July 2024.  

  1. Double Sided Diskette Drive 6361666. International Business Machines Corporation, Mar. 1984.  

  1. Dudek, Virginia. “New BIOS Slows AT.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 26, Dec. 1985, p. 35.  

  1. Dudek, Virginia, and Charles Bermant. “Industry Reactions Vary to AT Distribution Cuts.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 5, Mar. 1985, pp. 33–34.

  1. Englander, Irv. The Architecture of Computer Hardware Systems Software: An Information Technology. Approach. Wiley, 1996.  

  2. Finefrock, Michael, et al. “The Enhanced AT: A Personal Vision.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 13, June 1985, pp. 120–37.  

  3. Greenberg, Ken, and Karl Koessel. “AT: The PC’s Powerful Partner.” PC World, vol. 2, no. 13, Dec. 1984, pp. 234–50.  

  1. High Capacity Diskette Drive 6183246. International Business Machines Corporation, Mar. 1984.  

  1. IBM 5170 / PC AT - Computer - Computing History. https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2854/IBM5170-PC-AT/. Accessed 5 July 2024.  

  1. IBM Archives: IBM 3340 Direct Access Storage Facility. 13 Jan. 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20120113024545/http://www03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_3340.html.  

  1. IBM AT - Computer History Wiki. https://gunkies.org/wiki/IBM_AT. Accessed 5 July 2024.  

  1. iPhone 15 - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_15. Accessed 30 July 2024.  

  1. Machrone, Bill. “In Praise of Unsung Heroes.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 16, Aug. 1985, pp. 104–13.  

  1. Machrone, Bill, and Paul Somerson. “IBM’s Awesome AT Rocks Industry.” PC Magazine, vol. 3, no. 19, Oct. 1984, pp. 33–34.  

  1. Minuszerodegrees.Net. https://minuszerodegrees.net/npu/80287.htm. Accessed 24 July 2024.  

  1. Norton, Peter. “Gang of Fourteen: Disk Types for the AT.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 11, May 1985, pp. 103–07.  

  1. ---. “Reaching the 32-Megabyte Barrier.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 13, June 1985, pp. 115–17.  

  1. Orphanides, K. G. “Intel 286 - 16-Bit CPU Swansong.” Custom PC, 14 Sept. 2023, https://www.custompc.com/intel/286.  

  2. Parsons, Jeff. IBM PC AT (Model 5170) | PCjs Machines. https://www.pcjs.org/machines/pcx86/ibm/5170/. Accessed 10 July 2024.  

  3. Rosch, Winn L. “Making Fast Faster.” PC Magazine, vol. 4, no. 23, Nov. 1985, p. 136 

  1. Seagate ST-225: Just Wow | OS/2 Museum. https://www.os2museum.com/wp/seagate-st-225-just-wow/. Accessed 5 July 2024.  

  1. Serial/Parallel Adapter 6361672. International Business Machines Corporation, Mar. 1984.  

  1. Stewart, Terry. IBM 5170 (IBM AT). https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/collection/ibm-at.htm. Accessed 5 July 2024.  

  1. Technical Reference 1502494. International Business Machines Corporation, Mar. 1984.