IBM Displaywriter System

<p>The IBM 6580 Displaywriter System is a 16-bit <a href="/facts/Microcomputer/ETW22UTv">microcomputer</a> that was marketed and sold by <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>'s Office Products Division primarily as a <a href="/facts/Word_processor_(electronic_device)/BNpRK4WC">word processor</a>. Announced on June 17, 1980 and effectively withdrawn from marketing on July 2, 1986, the system was sold with a 5 MHz <a href="/facts/Intel_8086/sS9dlSdK">Intel 8086</a>, 128 KB to 448 KB of RAM, a swivel-mounted monochrome <a href="/facts/CRT_monitor/8NVGx5C7">CRT monitor</a>, a detached <a href="/facts/Computer_keyboard/MczF9LIS">keyboard</a>, a detached <a href="/facts/Disk_storage/hnsXRb5X">8" floppy disk drive</a> enclosure with one or two drives, and a detached <a href="/facts/Daisy_wheel_printing/w5JwwjGb">daisy wheel printer</a>, or Selectric typewriter printer. The primary operating system for the Displaywriter is IBM's internally developed word processing software titled "Textpack", but <a href="/facts/UCSD_p-System/xxmwFYV5">UCSD p-System</a>, <a href="/facts/CP%2fM-86/x6BzDadH">CP/M-86</a>, and MS-DOS were also offered by IBM, Digital Research, and CompuSystems, respectively.
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IBM Displaywriter System open-in-new

IBM Displaywriter System