On 26 Apr 99 at 13:27, Hans Franke wrote:
>
> > > <Yesterday, at the KS10 move, I came away with two IBM PCs, but I
> > > <don't know enough about them to know if they are the AT or XT
> > > <models... they both have a 5.25" floppy and a hard drive, and
> > > <both have color monitors.
>
> > > One was a 5150 (xt) the other was a 5170 (also XT)
>
> > > If all fails look at the cpu:
>
> > > XT 8088 or 8086
> > > AT 80286 or later
>
> Or XT286 !
>
> > > Allison
>
> > Heh, Heh, now I don't feel so inadequate for knowing so little about DECs.
> > Aside from the front decals which identify them as a Personal Computer (a
> > PC 5150) , Personal Computer XT (5160), Personal Computer AT (5170)
> > there is a model # on the back. The IBM monitors were Mono 5151, CGA 5153,
> > Feels a little like telling Grace Bulloch what an Atari ST is. :^))
>
> Aeh - and who's Grace Bulloch ? (Just for the records)
> H.
>
> --
Oops . A slip. I had one eye on the tv screen watching Sandra.
I meant Grace Hopper who developed the compiler for Univac and
later headed the COBOL development for the Navy. Likely the most
influential woman in computer history.
ciao Larry
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Received on Mon Apr 26 1999 - 04:56:17 BST