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===Comparison table===
{{See also|List of IBM Personal Computer models}}
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| <ref name=ibmref40>{{cite book | date=April 6, 1987 | url=https://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pc/PS2_and_IBM_PC_Product_Reference_Version_4.0_Apr87.pdf#page=244 | title=IBM Personal System/2 and IBM Personal Computer Product Reference | edition=4.0 | publisher=International Business Machines Corporation | via=[[Bitsavers]]}}</ref>{{rp|236}}<ref name=firstshoe>{{cite journal | last=Sandler | first=Corey | date=April 1983 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wCiNAUEuAMC&pg=RA2-PA90 | title=IBM Drops the First Shoe | journal=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=1 | issue=12 | pages=90–102 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=mueller4ed>{{cite book | last=Mueller | first=Scott | date=1994 | url=https://archive.org/details/upgradingrepairi00muel_7/page/1208/ | title=Upgrading and Repairing PCs | publisher=Que | edition=4th | isbn=9781565299320 | via=the Internet Archive}}</ref>{{rp|1068}}
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| <ref name=ibmref40 />{{rp|236}}<ref name=ibmslashes>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=June 11, 1984 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A554458/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM Slashes PC Prices, Adds Memory; Drops 64KB | journal=Electronic News | publisher= Sage Publications | volume=30 | issue=1501 | page=24 | via=Gale}}</ref><ref name=optimistic>{{cite journal | last=Sanger | first=David E. | date=June 24, 1987 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/426534977/ | title=I.B.M. Optimistic on Newest PC's | journal=The New York Times | page=D4 | id={{ProQuest|426534977}}}}</ref><ref name=bridgesetal />
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| <ref name=ibmref40 />{{rp|236}}<ref name=mueller4ed />{{rp|1068}}<ref name=sager>{{cite journal | last=Sager | first=Ira | date=April 8, 1985 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A3723060/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM moves to reduce PC XT inventories | journal=Electronic News | publisher=Sage Publications | volume=31 | pages=24 ''et seq'' | via=Gale | quote=The new floppy disk-based versions of the PC XT basically just strips the 10MB hard disk from the earlier unit. The machines come with base memory of 256KB and are available in either single or dual 360 KB diskette versions. A single diskette unit with keyboard and 256 KB of main memory is priced at $2,270, while the dual diskette version is priced at $2,570. A fully configured PC XT with 256 KB of RAM, a 360 KB diskette, keyboard, monochrome monitor and adapter, and operating system comes in at about $2,860.}}</ref><ref name=optimistic /><ref name=bridgesetal />
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| <ref>{{cite journal | date=January 1984 | url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/datapro/programmable_terminals/Datapro_C21_IBM.pdf#page=62 | title=IBM 3770 Family Batch Communications Terminals | journal=Distributed Processing & Intelligent Terminals | publisher=Datapro | page=C21-491-101 | via=Bitsavers.org}}</ref><ref name=libes>{{cite journal | last=Libes | first=Sol | date=February 28, 1984 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A3150465/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=3270 emulation board makers, beware! IBM is aiming at you | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=1 | issue=28 | pages=25 ''et seq'' | via=Gale}}</ref>
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| <ref name=ibmref40 />{{rp|49}}<ref name=ibmslashes /><ref name=ibm3270announcement>{{cite journal | last=Henkel | first=T. | date=October 24, 1983 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wFqbDqPhSMcC&pg=PA1 | title=IBM Takes Wraps off Two Micros Capable of Accessing Mainframes | journal=Computerworld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=17 | issue=43 | pages=1, 10 | via=Google Books}}</ref>{{rp|10}}<ref name=libes />
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| <ref name=ibmref40 />{{rp|236}}<ref name=ibm3270announcement /><ref name=givesup>{{cite journal | date=April 13, 1987 | url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_gives_up_on_the_personal_xt_at370 | title=IBM Gives Up on the Personal XT/, AT/370 | journal=Computer Business Review | publisher=New Statesman Media Group | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230920021426/https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_gives_up_on_the_personal_xt_at370 | archivedate=September 20, 2023}}</ref>
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| <ref name=ibmref40 />{{rp|48}}<ref name=Ristelhueber>{{cite journal | last=Ristelhueber | first=Robert | author2=Ira Sager | date=September 8, 1986 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A4398861/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=4 PC suppliers add 286 units in battle with compatibles | journal=Electronic News | publisher=Sage Publications | volume=32 | pages=1 ''et seq'' | via=Gale}}</ref><ref name=bridgesetal>{{cite journal | last=Bridges | first=Linda | author2=Laura Brennan | author3=Jim Forbes | author4=Bruce Stephen | date=July 7, 1987 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A5027977/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=PC managers regrouping after XT, AT closeout | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=4 | issue=27 | page=4 | via=Gale | quote= IBM's recent announcement that it will formally discontinue its PC XT line and eventually phase out its PC AT came as no surprise to many corporate users. [...] William Lowe, president of IBM's Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Fla., told Wall Street analysts on June 30 that the only remaining XT, the XT 286, will be discontinued within three months and that IBM is working with dealers and large accounts to determine how many more ATs it will make to fill orders.}}</ref>
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