Way to identify original IBM-PC?

From: Olminkhof <jolminkh_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au>
Date: Fri Jun 26 05:26:08 1998

>
>I was wondering if there's a surefire way of telling if an IBM-PC has its
>original motherboard, without opening the case. I saw one at the
>Salvation Army today and was considering dragging it home (though I
>decided to take another machine instead).
>
>The machine did have a cassette port in the back, with a femal DIN
>connector. Is this attached to the motherboard?


Yes it is. So it sounds like it's original.

There were 2 motherboards, a 16-64k and a 64-256k. The former was the
original one. The latter has a B in a circle stamped on the back plate.
Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 05:26:08 BST