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No PC Jr. :( I loved my PC Jr. -- my first computer. Spent way too many hours on it, and the reason I do what I do today. Had a number of books on BASIC, and e
by jader201 4y ago
No PC Jr. :(
I loved my PC Jr. -- my first computer. Spent way too many hours on it, and the reason I do what I do today. Had a number of books on BASIC, and even upgraded the RAM from 128k to 256k (I may have even gotten it up to 512k)!
- heleninboodler 4y agoI had one of these too. The RAM upgrade was a game-console-style cartridge you plugged in one of two (I think) slots on the front of the machine. Edit: oh, and I forgot about the infrared wireless keyboard. So snazzy. [1] [1] http://www.computercloset.org/IBMPCjr.htm http://www.computercloset.org/IBMPCjr.htm
- jader201 4y agoI'm thinking mine was a hardware update, where the case had to be opened. I believe the company we bought it from did the upgrade.
- spc476 4y agoThere were two memory upgrades. The first was a card that plugged into the motherboard. The other one was an expansion module that plugged into the side of the computer (and multiple of those could be used). My PCjr had 384k of RAM, using both the internal upgrade and one sidecar. I never bothered using the keyboard wirelessly. The cable was good enough and it saved on batteries. I was fortunate in that I had the revised keyboard, not the original chiclet keyboard.
- s1mon 4y agoAs much as it was the slowest turd of a PC ever, I do have a soft spot for it since it was my first "real" computer. It would need to be running Crossfire on a cartridge. I'm also sad to not see a ZX81. And a TRS Model III but not a Model I?