[net.micro] IBM Peanut

mkl (01/30/83)

The IBM "peanut" is not the only new personal computer that IBM
is rumored to be working on.  There is also a multi-user, hard disk
machine supposedly in the works.  It is code named popcorn.
The rumor has it that they will be software compatable with the
present IBM PC.  ( I also reference the Wall Street Journal!!)
IBM has not yet announced either of these computers!

Mark Laurer
(mcnc!urp!mkl)

brucec@orca.UUCP (Bruce Cohen) (08/04/83)

A recent article in net.micro.atari stated that IBM had formally
announced the Peanut.  I hadn't heard this, and am somewhat surprised,
since the last rumor I heard was that Peanut would not be introduced
until early next year.  Can anyone give the straight scoop?

				Bruce Cohen
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cfh@cca.UUCP (Christopher Herot) (08/05/83)

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal said that IBM dealers
had been told to expect the Peanut this fall.  When asked about this,
an IBM spokesperson told the Journal that "it is not IBM's policy
to comment about products that are not yet released."