“WHAT’S A MODEL 60?”

So you’re the proud new owner of an IBM Personal System/2 Model 60 – in Dallas, Texas as it happens – and you’re loving the mean machine when suddenly it has a seizure, so in desperation at the plight of your toy, you call IBM’s toll-free 800 hotline, reports a New York Times correspondent: A […]

So you’re the proud new owner of an IBM Personal System/2 Model 60 – in Dallas, Texas as it happens – and you’re loving the mean machine when suddenly it has a seizure, so in desperation at the plight of your toy, you call IBM’s toll-free 800 hotline, reports a New York Times correspondent: A model 60, what’s that? says the girl on the line – a typewriter? PC, XT, AT? Are you sure it’s made by IBM? Is it a desk-top machine? No, floorstanding – Aaaaaaah! – enlightenment – it’s probably a System 360!