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PC'S Limited Microcomputer with Monitor and Keyboard

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PC's Limited Computer with original invoice

Description:

Michael Dell’s PC’s Limited Turbo PC came with an eighty-four-key AT-style keyboard. The AT-style keyboard was compatible with the IBM PC/AT computer and featured the function keys to the left, ten numerical keys at the top, and light-up buttons indicating Caps Lock, Number Lock, and Scroll Lock. The keyboard connected to the Turbo PC via a five-pin DIN connector.

Date Made: 1985

Maker: Dell Inc.

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Computers, Computers & Business Machines, American Enterprise

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Gift of Dell Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2007.0042.03Catalog Number: 2007.0042.03Accession Number: 2007.0042

Object Name: keyboard

Physical Description: plastic (overall material)metal (overall material)rubber (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 in x 19 in x 9 in; 5.08 cm x 48.26 cm x 22.86 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f402-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1321869

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PC's Limited Turbo Keyboard