Cool IBM PC find

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Tue Aug 3 10:19:19 1999

Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> Ok, here's something very cool as far as IBM PC artifacts go. Its an "IBM
> TPC 4 System Unit" (the model is 4459). Its a tempested PC! Its
> basically an unfinished PC case inside a bigger case that provides the
> shielding. The connectors in the back all extend out to the outer shell,
> which has a metal screen around the connector openings. The power supply
> power plug connector is a threaded round connector. The power switch is
> relocated as a radial knob on the front of the chassis. Its got a 5.25"
> floppy drive and a hard drive (can't wait to see what's on it) enclosed in
> an inner cage to sheild them. The motherboard is a 256-512K version.
> The cards inside are pretty standard (I/O, hard drive/floppy
> interface, expanded memory). Very neat.
>
> Anyone ever heard of this?

If it has a hard drive, it was probably not used as a Tempest machine. The
TPC I have contains only two floppy drives, and my understanding is that a
tempest machine must have media that can be removed and cannot have fixed
media. Did you get the tempest keyboard and monitor with it? I got mine
about a year ago, and was the first one I had seen. As seems usual though,
no docs came with it. Congratulations on the neat find!
Received on Tue Aug 03 1999 - 10:19:19 BST