[mschaef]

Yeah... the original PC could be scaled way down in terms of hardware. It had a cassette interface and ROM BASIC, so it didn't need floppy disks, the CGA could connect to a TV via an RF modulator, and it was available with as little as 16K of RAM. In other words - home computer level specs. That said, where it differentiated itself was its upgradability and software selection, so there wasn't much point to the most basic PC configurations.

To show the other end of the original PC spectrum, my family's first PC was a Compaq portable (a clone of an IBM PC), bought in the late 80's. That machine had 2 5.25" 360K floppy disk drives, 20MB Hard Disk, an 8087 FPU, 1200 baud modem, a mouse, and a higher-than-CGA resolution display for text. It was really a nice machine, and when I last checked a few years ago, it still runs.