IBM 5120 at the local thrift store

From: Gene Ehrich <gene_at_ehrich.com>
Date: Fri Oct 16 07:59:53 1998

5168 XT286

At 04:15 PM 10/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On 14 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
>
>> Does IBM reuse model numbers? I suppose they must, or four-digit numbers
>> would have been exhausted long ago.
>
>Are you suggesting that IBM has produced over 10,000 different computer
>models? I doubt it!
>
>> The IBM 5120 I'm (only slightly) familiar with is a later version of the
>> IBM 5100 portable computer from 1975.
>
>Does anybody know all the machines that comprised the 51xx series? The
>few I know are:
>
>5100, IBM Portable
>5110, similar with optional (?) 8" flops
>5120, bigger screen, built-in 8" flops
>5140, Convertible
>5150, PC
>5155, Portable PC
>5160, PC/XT
>5180, PC/AT
>
>Was there a 5130?
>
>-- Doug
>
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