IBM Button
YEAR: 1995
ITEM: Marketing Material
COMPANY: IBM
COUNTRY: USA
IN OUR COLLECTION: Yes
This very small button is 3/4" in circumference and was likely used as promotional material. It is a round blue button with the IBM logo at the top and "1 MEG" at the bottom. In between is a 1 MB memory chip. The back is sticky, silver colored, and has a serrated edge.
The date is a complete guess. The IBM logo is the one adopted in 1972 and the 1 MB chip was first produced in 1987. So this was likely produced some time after the chip wasn't in commercial use anymore.
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(For comparison: Many people consider the Apple-1 computer to be rare. As of 2025 there are 92 confirmed and probable Apple-1 computers.)
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