IBM PC FAMILY BROCHURES, (12), Announcement and Sales Reference, 1982 - 1986

Description

This is a sale of twelve brochures about the
IBM Personal Computer PC, XT, Portable PC, PCjr and AT,
Eleven were published and copyrighted by IBM, the International Business Machine Corporation while one is a reprint published and copyrighted by BYTE magazine.  All item are
well illustrated with color photographs. If the brochure had a blank spot for a store stamp, I called it a store giveaway brochure.  One of those brochures contains a store stamp.  The largest brochure is the
Guide
at 8 1/2 by 11 inches. The pictures above show all twelve items together and then separately, two to a photo.  They were originally listed on Ebay for .  Free USPS media-mail shipping and tracking in the U.S. is included.  Ebay now collects sales tax for most states.
As a personal note, I worked as a salesperson in a Computerland store when the first IBM PC came out.
1 - "
IBM PCjr - The easy one for everyone
" is eight pages long plus a fold out "IBM PCjr Software Compatibility Chart" and is dated 1983.
2 - "
IBM Personal Computer AT
" is a two pages long store giveaway brochure and is dated 1985.
3 - "
Hardware announcements:
IBM Personal Computer AT system Unit/Keyboard
"
is an eight page technical description of the system and all available hardware
options like a 20MB hard disk, memory expansion, monitors, double-density diskette drive or serial/parallel adapter and cables.  It is dated August 1984.
4 - "
Personal Computer Hardware Announcement:  IBM Personal Computer AT Model 339
" is two page list of specifications for this upgraded AT with a faster processor and an IBM Enhanced Personal Computer Keyboard and is dated April 1986.
5 - "
IBM Personal Computer AT Sales Reference Card
"
is a single page describing the "AT at a glance" and the "AT features" dated September 1985.
6 - "
IBM Personal Computers For the office, home, or classroom
"
is a two page giveaway with a side-by-side comparison of the IBM Personal Computer, the IBM Personal Computer XT and the IBM PCjr along with the monitor and printer options available.  It is dated 1983.
7 - "
IBM Personal Computer XT
"
is a single page describing the "XT at a glance" and the "XT features" dated September 1986.
8 - "
Hardware Fact Sheet -
IBM Personal Computers
"
is a two page giveaway with a side-by-side comparison of the IBM PC and the IBM XT computers plus monitor and printer options available.  It is dated 1983.
9 - "
IBM Personal Computer AT
" is two pages brochure long on solving needs and short on technical facts and is dated 1986.
10. -
"
The Guide
"
is subtitled "
Make this your Guide to productive personal computing
" and covers all products through the IBM AT in detail including hardware, software and service, undated.
11 - "
Hardware Facts
" is a slim 20 page brochure that lists specs on the AT, XT, PC, Portable PC, PCjr and all hardware accessories dated 1985.
12 - "
A Closer Look at the IBM Personal Computer
" is the title of a 16 page magazine article reprint from the January 1982 BYTE magazine from the BYTE Publications, Inc.  It is a publisher's reprint, not a copier reprint.
The items are from the Inland Empire Railway Historical Society / Inland Northwest Rail Museum (InlandNWRailMuseum.com), a non-profit in Reardan, Washington, who will receive all proceeds from this sale.