Friday, February 17, 2017

IBM 5100 Portable Computer Paper Model In 1/12 Scale - by Ama



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The Real Thing
Created by Japanese designer Ama, from Axe Factory website, this is the paper model version of the IBM 5100 Portable Computer in 1/12 scale. The IBM 5100 Portable Computer is a portable computer (one of the first, if not the very first) introduced in September 1975, six years before the IBM Personal Computer. A single integrated unit provided the keyboard, five-inch CRT display, tape drive, processor, several hundred kibibytes of read only memory containing system software, and up to 64 KiB of RAM. It was the size of a small suitcase, weighed about 55 lb (25 kg), and could be transported in an optional carrying case, hence the "portable" designation. In 1975 it was an amazing technical accomplishment to package a complete computer with a large amount of ROM and RAM, CRT display, and a tape drive into a machine that small; it was two more years before the similar but much cheaper Commodore PET was released. Earlier desktop computers of approximately the same size, such as the HP 9830, did not include a CRT nor nearly as much memory. An equivalent late 1960s IBM computer would have been nearly as large as two desks and would have weighed about half a ton.


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A 1975 Announcement 
Criado pelo designer japonês Ama, do site Axe Factory, esta é a versão em papel na escala 1/12 do do Computador Portátil IBM 5100. O IBM 5100 Portable Computer foi um computador pessoal apresentado ao mercado em setembro de 1975, seis anos antes do IBM PC. Uma simples unidade integrada incluía o teclado, monitor CRT de 5 polegadas, unidade de fita magnética, processador IBM PALM, várias centenas de kilobytes de memória ROM contendo software e até 64 KB de memória RAM. Era do tamanho de uma valise pequena, pesando em torno de 25 kg e podia ser transportado numa caixa com rodízios, daí o apelido "portátil". Embora o IBM 5100 pareça grande para os padrões de hoje, em 1975 era uma incrível realização técnica colocar um computador completo, com uma grande quantidade de memória ROM e RAM, monitor CRT e uma unidade de fita numa embalagem tão pequena; ele foi lançado mais de dois anos antes que o similar Commodore PET chegasse ao mercado. Antigos computadores pessoais com aproximadamente o mesmo tamanho, tais como o HP 9830, não incluíam um monitor CRT nem uma quantidade de memória próxima da do IBM 5100. Um computador IBM equivalente em fins da década de 1960, seria tão grande quanto duas escrivaninhas juntas e pesaria cerca de meia tonelada.



Link: Personal.Computer.IBM.5100.Paper.Model.In.1/12.Scale.by.Ama


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