IBM Personal Computer XT: Difference between revisions

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The XT was regarded as an incremental improvement over the PC and a disappointment compared to the next-generation successor that some had anticipated. Compared to the original IBM PC, the XT has the following major differences:<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-05|magazine=Byte |volume=8 |number=5 |page=520 |title=IBM Unveils Top-of-the-Line Personal Computer |date=May 1983}}</ref>

* The number of expansion slots iswas increased from five to eight

* Base RAM iswas increased to at least 128&nbsp;KB

* 2x32KB ROM ICs replace the previous 5x8KB ROM ICs

* A 10&nbsp;MB hard drive{{which|date=December 2023}} iswas included as standard equipment, with a [[disk controller]] featuring [[Xebec Corporation|Xebec]] ICs<ref name=wired>{{cite magazine | last=Barkow | first=Tim | date=October 1996 | url=https://www.wired.com/1996/10/es-intaglio/ | title=The Bottom Feeders | magazine=Wired | publisher=Wired Ventures | volume=4 | issue=10 | pages=110–127 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112091504/https://www.wired.com/1996/10/es-intaglio/ | archivedate=November 12, 2015}}</ref>{{rp|111}}

* [[IBM PC DOS#PC DOS 2.x|PC DOS 2.0]] iswas included

* The [[DIN connector#Analog audio|5-pin DIN]] for the cassette interface iswas removed

Otherwise the specifications are identical to the original PC.