The April 2 date now has the Wall Street Journal seal of approval for launch of IBM’s next generation Personals, and as well as the 8086 and new architecture 80286 machines (CI No 635) it reckons that the announcement will include IBM’s first 80386 machines: as well as the features we gave in No 635, it looks for a new proprietary bus and proprietary graphics – those Inmos CLUTs are expected to feature – and Microsoft Windows as part of the semi-proprietary operating system.
WALL STREET JOURNAL BELIEVES IBM MAY ANNOUNCE ITS FIRST 80386 MACHINES ON APRIL 2
