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Resurrecting IBM's PCjr Camera icon

Mark Kaelin

Published: 12 Aug 2008 17:58 BST

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The IBM PCjr, or PC Junior, is an important artefact in the history of the modern personal computer.

The PCjr was IBM's attempt to enter the SoHo (small office/home office) market. In 1983, the largest computer company in the world was looking to tap a fast-growing segment that it had not foreseen as even existing just a few years before. By most objective accounts, IBM failed.

However, that is not to say that the IBM PCjr was a complete failure. Most owners of the machine considered it to be a wonderful success; unfortunately, they were few in number.

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