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What is ibms tagline?
let's built a smart planet.
What is IBMs stock trading symbol?
Ticker symbol is: IBM
Number of colors that can be simultaneously displayed in EGA mode?
IBMs EGA Standard supported a choice of 16 simultanous colors out of 64 possible colors.
What was IBMs first computer and what year did it come out?
IBM's first computer was the IBM ASCC at Harvard University (later renamed the Harvard Mark I due to an argument between IBM and Howard Hathaway Aiken of Harvard) in 1944.IBM's first electronic computer was the IBM 701 in 1952.
What type of computers are compatible with the Power PC?
The Power PC processors were first introduced in 1992 and have been used in many type of computers from stand alone desktops to embedded systems for manufacturing and IBMs high volume servers for big business'. They were used in Macs before Apple switched to Intel processors. The UNIX, Linux, Solaris, BeOS and IBMs AIX and i5 operating systems will all run on Power PC based computers as would Windows NT up to version 4. Game consoles use processors based on the Power PC architecture such as Microsofts XBox 360 (Xenon processor), Sony Playstation3 (CELL processor) as do Nintendo's GameCube and Wii consoles.
What kinds of computer such as PCs and Macs are compatible with the PC power family?
The Power PC processors were first introduced in 1992 and have been used in many type of computers from stand alone desktops to embedded systems for manufacturing and IBMs high volume servers for big business'. They were used in Macs before Apple switched to Intel processors. The UNIX, Linux, Solaris, BeOS and IBMs AIX and i5 operating systems will all run on Power PC based computers as would Windows NT up to version 4. Game consoles use processors based on the Power PC architecture such as Microsofts XBox 360 (Xenon processor), Sony Playstation3 (CELL processor) as do Nintendo's GameCube and Wii consoles.
What was the next maijor operating system in 1985?
In 1985 we were using computers with DOS 2.0 for IBMs. Windows was still a few years away. Even after Windows286 was introdused, windows didn't really take hold until Windows 3.1. And they still required DOS to be running "under" them.
Can a magnet delete everything on a computer by just putting it on the outside?
No. A magnet only interfers with magnetic fields ... lots of old IBMs used magnetic memory cards and that's where the stories started. It might erase a floppy disk, but an electro-magnet does the job much better than a perminant magnet.
How do you start dos?
dos stands' for disk operating system. it depends on how you want to start it. on a disk like a basic disk system, you have many dos systems you can use. I use to use version 3.3 . that seemed to be the best one before they went to windows.on dos, you have to have command.com file when starting, otherwise it won't load. the old ibms' however would go to basic if no command.com existed. if it was a clone pc, it would go to never never land and look dumb. the ibms' had basic on the roms so it would load that instead. then you'd have to use basic. on the clones you'd have to load gwbasic in order to run a basic file.if you have an older system that had a hard drive in it, it would automaticly go to dos cause it had command.com in the root directory. I'll be more than happy to answer any and all your questions about dos. I'd just need to know more of what you want to do.you can email me directly to my email address, mlm2156@yahoo.combob
What are the Factors of succes of organisation?
As per Darwins Theory of evolution it is Survival of the fittest. That means being best matched to the current situation fair or unfair. So you could be successful for years but fail one day because your stock is destroyed in a flood and you are not insured. So you must predict the future well and be better than your competitors at delivering your product. Reliability, Availablity and Serviceability was IBMs old motto. It may still be that. Find out what is needed and wanted and can be produced at a profit. Watch out for high overhead costs as if business drops off they could soon wipe out your profits and capital. You might for instance employ contractors rather than permanent employees so that if business drops off you can end there contract easily.
What is the difference between ascii and ebcdic?
Due to the advancement of technology and our use of computers, the importance of ASCII and EBCDIC have all but ebbed. Both were important in the process of language encoding, however ASCII used 7 bits to encode characters before being extended where EBCDIC used 8 bits for that same process. ASCII has more characters than its counterpart and its ordering of letters is linear. EBCDIC is not. There are different versions of ASCII and despite this, most are compatible to one another; due to IBMs exclusive monopolization of EBCDIC, this encoding cannot meet the standards of modern day encoding schemes, like Unicode.
Was the mother board invented for another purpose?
No. Motherboards are related to "backplanes" that have been around for as long as the telephone system, nearly 100 years. All this refers to is a piece or hardware that is usually flat intended to hold a bunch of electrical or electronic components that need to be wired together. Backplanes usually lacked any active electronics and just consisted of a series of connectors designed to connect <i>other</i> boards holding components together. A PC could consist of a backplane and a CPU card, a card with RAM, a card with a video controller and so forth. Many early PCs were constructed this way (see S100 bus computers). When makers of early PCs were figuring out how to get started, they realized that this could be expensive. Why not put all the usual basic components together on <i>one</i> board and save on expensive connectors and space. The mother of all motherboards, the god daughter of earlier examples like the IMSAI and Altair computers, was the IBM PC. This became a standard and broke free of IBMs control fairly early in the game.
