IBM PC XT

computer An IBM PC with a (slow) hard disk. The XT was

released in March 1983. It had an Intel 8088 CPU. The

XT/370, released in October 1983, added IBM 370 mainframe

emulation, and the XT 286 followed in September 1986 with an

Intel 80286 CPU [Why?].

(1996-05-21)