IBM PS/ValuePoint
E850601
The IBM PS/ValuePoint was a line of budget-oriented personal computers introduced by IBM in the early 1990s to offer a more affordable alternative to its earlier PS/2 systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IBM PS/ValuePoint canonical | 2 |
| IBM PS/ValuePoint series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10156608 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IBM PS/ValuePoint Context triple: [IBM Personal System/2 line, successor, IBM PS/ValuePoint]
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A.
IBM PS/2 Model 70
The IBM PS/2 Model 70 is a late-1980s business-oriented personal computer notable for introducing IBM’s Micro Channel Architecture and 80386-based performance in a desktop workstation form factor.
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B.
IBM PS/2 Model 50
The IBM PS/2 Model 50 is a mid-range personal computer from IBM's late-1980s PS/2 series, notable for introducing the Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus and 3.5-inch floppy drives to business desktops.
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C.
IBM PS/2 Model 60
The IBM PS/2 Model 60 is a mid-1980s business-oriented desktop computer notable for introducing IBM’s Micro Channel Architecture in a robust, high-end tower design.
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D.
IBM PS/2 Model 30
The IBM PS/2 Model 30 is an entry-level personal computer from IBM’s late-1980s PS/2 family, notable for introducing the 3.5-inch floppy drive and VGA graphics to many home and small-business users.
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E.
IBM PS/2 Model 80
The IBM PS/2 Model 80 is a high-end, late-1980s personal computer that introduced advanced features like the Micro Channel Architecture and was aimed at professional and business users.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IBM PS/ValuePoint Target entity description: The IBM PS/ValuePoint was a line of budget-oriented personal computers introduced by IBM in the early 1990s to offer a more affordable alternative to its earlier PS/2 systems.
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A.
IBM PS/2 Model 70
The IBM PS/2 Model 70 is a late-1980s business-oriented personal computer notable for introducing IBM’s Micro Channel Architecture and 80386-based performance in a desktop workstation form factor.
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B.
IBM PS/2 Model 50
The IBM PS/2 Model 50 is a mid-range personal computer from IBM's late-1980s PS/2 series, notable for introducing the Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus and 3.5-inch floppy drives to business desktops.
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C.
IBM PS/2 Model 60
The IBM PS/2 Model 60 is a mid-1980s business-oriented desktop computer notable for introducing IBM’s Micro Channel Architecture in a robust, high-end tower design.
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D.
IBM PS/2 Model 30
The IBM PS/2 Model 30 is an entry-level personal computer from IBM’s late-1980s PS/2 family, notable for introducing the 3.5-inch floppy drive and VGA graphics to many home and small-business users.
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E.
IBM PS/2 Model 80
The IBM PS/2 Model 80 is a high-end, late-1980s personal computer that introduced advanced features like the Micro Channel Architecture and was aimed at professional and business users.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM computer
ⓘ
personal computer line ⓘ |
| architecture |
IBM PC compatible
ⓘ
x86 ⓘ |
| brand | IBM ⓘ |
| busArchitecture | ISA ⓘ |
| category |
IBM PS/ValuePoint series
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PS/ValuePoint
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cpuFamily |
Intel 386
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel 80386
Intel 486 ⓘ
linked to:
Intel 80486
|
| designedAs | affordable alternative to IBM PS/2 ⓘ |
| discontinuedInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| formFactor |
desktop computer
ⓘ
mini-tower computer ⓘ |
| graphics | VGA-compatible ⓘ |
| introduced | 1992 ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | IBM ⓘ |
| marketPosition |
budget-oriented
ⓘ
entry-level ⓘ |
| memoryType | SIMM ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
lower cost than IBM PS/2 line
ⓘ
standard PC components instead of proprietary MCA bus ⓘ |
| predecessor | IBM PS/2 ⓘ |
| primaryOperatingSystem |
IBM PC DOS
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PC DOS 2.0
|
| salesRegion |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| storageOptions |
3.5-inch floppy disk drive
ⓘ
IDE hard disk drive ⓘ
linked to:
EIDE
|
| successor |
IBM Aptiva
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM Aptiva PCs
IBM PC 300 series ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PC Series
|
| supportedOperatingSystem |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
Microsoft Windows 3.x ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 3.x
OS/2 ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
education market
ⓘ
home users ⓘ small business users ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IBM PS/ValuePoint Description of subject: The IBM PS/ValuePoint was a line of budget-oriented personal computers introduced by IBM in the early 1990s to offer a more affordable alternative to its earlier PS/2 systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IBM PS/ValuePoint