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My first PC was a 4.77 MHz 8088 CPU, had just 256K, twin floppies, and DOS 2.0. I immediately had to upgrade it to the max 640K, and added a 10 MB hard drive, and 1,200 Baud modem. Green text, black background. No colors and no sound but a beep.
My first DOS-PC was a Toshiba 1200HD Laptop, came with 1MB RAM and a 20MB hard-drive, also 4.77 80C86. I had the original with the non-backlit LCD screen. I upgraded it with a 1200 Baud Modem Card that also included another MB of RAM. The RAM beyond 640 was useless under DOS. But I used for RAM disks which made the unit pretty snappy. The CMOS battery allowed the RAM to stay active when shutdown (BRAM).
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