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Computers from 1987

List of personal computers that came on the market last year 1987.


Manufacturer: Tandon
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in USA
CPU: Intel 80286 @ 12MHz
Memory: None
Hard drive:
Operative System: MS-DOS 3.3


The PCA model that was equipped with a faster processor.

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Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in USA
CPU: MOS Tecnology 8502 @ 2MHz
Memory: 128 KB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operative System: BASIC or CP/M 3.0


Very similar in appearance to the 128D, it was a low-cost model thanks to its more compact design.
It was sold primarily in the United States and Canada starting in 1987.

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Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in USA
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.09MHz
Memory: 1 MB ~ 9 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operative System: AmigaOS 1.2


Despite being aimed at the high-end market, it was technically very similar to the Amiga 500.

The Amiga 2500 model was a variant with two pre-installed floppy drives, sold in the United Kingdom.

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Manufacturer: Apple
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in USA
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.8MHz
Memory: 1 MB ~ 4 MB
Support: Diskette 3½"
Hard drive:
Operative System: Mac OS



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Manufacturer: Apple
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in USA
CPU: Motorola 68020 @ 16MHz
Memory: 1 MB ~ 8 MB
Hard drive:
Operative System: Mac OS


It was the first of what would become the second generation of Macs, in which the display was an external component of the computer and no longer integrated into it.
It was the first Mac to have a color display.
It had a highly modular system, with the video card in a NuBus-type slot, allowing it to be replaced with a third-party card to achieve millions of colors on screen.
It was equipped with a Motorola 68020 microprocessor running at 16 MHz and a 32-bit bus (compared to the 8 MHz and 16-bit bus of the 68000).

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Manufacturer: IBM
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in USA
CPU: Intel 80286 @ 10MHz
Memory: 1 MB ~ 7 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: 20 MB
Operative System: PC DOS 3.3



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Manufacturer: Tulip
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in Netherlands
CPU: NEC V20 @ 9MHz
Memory: 640 KB
Support: Diskette 5¼"
Hard drive: 20 MB
Operative System: MS-DOS 3.30


An IBM PC compatible equipped with an NEC V20 microprocessor, which, being a clone of the i8088, surpassed it in performance.

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Manufacturer: Tandon
Launches: 1987
CPU: Intel 286
Memory: 2 MB
Hard drive:
Operative System: MS-DOS


This computer included two Tandon Personal Data Pacs, which were removable hard drives.

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Manufacturer: Commodore
Launches: 1987
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.14MHz
Memory: 512 KB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Hard drive: None
Operative System: AmigaOS 1.2


This low-cost Commodore, aimed at the home market, was a huge success in Europe, where it dominated the computer video game market, rivaling the Sega Megadrive and Super Nintendo video game consoles.

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Manufacturer: IBM
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in USA
CPU: Intel 8086
Memory: 640 KB
Support: Diskette 3½"
Hard drive: 20 MB
Operative System: PC DOS 3,3
Innovations: They introduced the MCA bus and the connection
for the keyboard and mouse interface, which was also called "PS/2."

The PS/2 keyboard interface is electronically identical to the widely used PC/AT interface, but instead of the 5-pin DIN connector, a 6-pin mini-DIN connector is used.
The mouse interface is physically identical, but very different from the RS-232 used until then.
Adapters existed for both connectors.
And since both connectors (keyboard and mouse) were identical, Microsoft, with the PC 97 standard, assigned them different colors.

Today, the connection of these peripherals has been almost completely replaced by USB.

They were also the introducers of the new VGA video standard.



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Manufacturer: IBM
Launches: 1987
Manufactured in USA
CPU: Intel 8086 @ 8MHz
Memory: 512 KB
Hard drive:
Operative System: PC DOS


It was released a few months after the Model 30. Designed as a low-cost model for the home, it eliminated the MicroChannel bus and replaced it with the previous ISA bus so that users could use more common and cheaper cards.

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Manufacturer: IBM
Launches: 1987
CPU: Intel 386SX @ 16MHz
Memory: None
Hard drive:
Operative System: PC DOS



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