Editing IBM 5110 (section)

== Relationship to the IBM 5100 ==

The 5110 is the successor to the [[IBM 5100]] Portable Computer, sharing:

* Same '''PALM''' board-level processor.
* Same '''5-inch CRT''' housing and shell.
* Same '''APL and BASIC''' language environments (with EBCDIC encoding on the 5110 — different from the 5100's encoding, the source of the 5110's partial incompatibility with 5100 software).

The 5110 adds:

* '''EBCDIC character set''' throughout (the 5100 used a 5100-specific code).
* '''IEEE-488 (HP-IB / GP-IB) bus''' — distinctive lab-instrument bus interface not available on the 5100.
* '''RS-232 channels'''.
* '''External diskette support''' via the IBM 5114 Diskette Unit.