10 Facts About IBM JX

IBM JX was a personal computer released in 1984 into the Japanese, Australian and New Zealand markets.

IBM JX's main difference from the PCjr was a professional keyboard, dual 3.

IBM JX never released a 3270 emulation adapter for the PCjx, in order to steer enterprise customers to more-expensive IBM JX PCs and XTs.

The magazine stated that its compatibility with PCjr peripherals rather than the PC's, and joystick ports and audio, "suggests that IBM JX Japan is hedging its bets by pursuing a share of the easily saturated video-game sector".

IBM JX Japan advertised the JX as a home computer, but its sales didn't grow even in 1986.

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An independent software company said IBM JX Japan was uncooperative for developing JX software.

IBM JX 5550 sold well for Japanese companies who used IBM JX's mainframe computer.

The IBM JX 5540 offered a fully compatibility with the 5550 at the price between the 5550 and JX.

The Nikkei Personal Computing journal pointed out both were developed at the same time at the Fujisawa Development Laboratory, and suspected that IBM JX Japan was imposed to release the JX first by its parent company, IBM JX.

IBM JX revealed the reason why the JX used the 8088 processor was both the development and sales teams thought a consumer-class JX mustn't surpass a business-class 5550.