List of IBM PS/2 models
An assortment of IBM PS/2s in various form factors ; from left to right: a Server 95 , a Model 80 , a Model 25 , and a PS/2 E on top of a Model 56 and a Model 30 286
The Personal System/2 or PS/2 was a line of personal computers developed by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Released in 1987, the PS/2 represented IBM's second generation of personal computer following the original IBM PC series, which was retired following IBM's announcement of the PS/2 in April 1987. Most PS/2s featured the Micro Channel architecture bus—a closed standard which was IBM's attempt at recapturing control of the PC market. However some PS/2 models at the low end featured ISA buses, which IBM included with their earlier PCs and which were widely cloned due to being a mostly-open standard . Many models of PS/2 were made, which came in the form of desktops, towers, all-in-ones, portables, laptops and notebooks.
Notes
Legend
MCA/ISA
Other
Explanatory notes
Built-in or optional monitors are CRTs unless mentioned otherwise.
The Space Saving Keyboard is a 87-key numpad -less version of the Model M .[ 1]
The 25 Collegiate, intended for college students, had two 720 KB floppy drives, maxed out the RAM to 640 KB, and came packaged with the official PS/2 Mouse, Windows 2.0 , and four blank floppy disks.[ 1] [ 2]
Financial workstations came packaged with a 50-key function keypad and were intended for use in banks.[ 1] [ 3]
LS models are "LAN Stations": essentially the same as their non-LS counterparts but without floppy drives or hard drives and that connect to networks using Ethernet or Token Ring adapters (in essence, diskless workstations ).[ 4]
Ultimedia models shipped with a microphone and included SCSI CD-ROMs, M-Audio sound adapter cards and volume controls and headphone and microphone jacks at the front of the case.[ 5]
Array models are PS/2 Servers with support for RAID .[ 6]
Models
Main line
PS/2 Server
Portables
See also
References
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