James Willing wrote:
 Sure 'nuff.  The original configuration of the IBM PC had no drives, and 4k
 of memory.  Diagnostics and a utility or two on Cassette (altho the 
Jim, are you sure that was 4K of memory? My understanding is that the IBM PC
came with a minimum of 16K. The earliest motherboard I have seen was marked
16K - 64K.