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Industry PC
All product variants and designs from the FORSIS range of PC-based data acquisition devices have their origins in the classic industrial PC. This term was coined by IBM in the 1970s. In addition to the PC (personal computer), the IC (industrial computer), colloquially the industrial PC for industrial use, also emerged. The appearance and the technical orientation of all series have been shaped by the original industrial PC to this day.
However, today the MMI (man-machine-interface) is more and more in the foreground. The classic industrial PC has since gone through a multitude of varieties and forms. The field of application in the classic manufacturing environment or in the machining industry has remained largely constant with these requirements.

It all began with the classic industrial PC in the form of the MASTER series. The device was even equipped with an original IBM motherboard with a 386SX CPU. At one time the industrial PC was more an industrial terminal, then the industrial PC was called the BDE terminal and then became the PANEL PC (PROFI series). Slimmed down, the industrial PC was always available as a thin client variant (ENTRY series).