IBM 5150 XT

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Fri Jul 2 09:00:29 1999

At 10:40 PM 7/1/99 EDT, you wrote:
>Greetings all,
> I am trying to see if I can get an IBM 5150 working still. I was
>wondering if anyone out there can tell me:
>
> 1. If the IBM 5150 XT computer came with documentation

  Yes, They came with a DOS manual, an Exploring the IBM PC manual and a
bunch of loose leaf inserts for each option. I'm not certain but I think
their was a hardware manual of some sort that the inserts went into. I
don't have that manual but I still have many of the inserts. I have one in
front of me, it's titled "Option Instructions Color/Graphic Monitor
Adapter". This one is for the CGA card. Here is a list of the inserts that
I know of: Switch Setting Charts, IBM Monochrome Display, IBM Color
Display, IBM Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter, Color/Graphics Monitor
Adapter, IBM Printers, Printer Adapter, 5 1/4" Diskette Drive, 10 Megabyte
Fixed Disk Drive, 10 Megabyte Fixed Disk Drive Adapter, 64 KB Memory Module
Kit, 64/256KB Memory Expansion, IBM Math Coprocessor, Game Control Adapter,
Prototype Card, IBM Personal Computer Expansion Unit,
AsynchronousCommunications Adapter, Binary Synchronous Communications
Adapter, Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) Communications Adapter, IBM
Cummunications Adapter.

> 2. Is an IBM monitor, model # 5153 (Personal Computer Color Display) is
>compatible with an IBM 5150 XT?

   Yes, if you have the CGA card installed.

> 3. What kind of monitor (graphics array) is an IBM 5153. I would guess
>EGA, but don't know.

   Nope it's CGA. The EGA ones say "Enhanced Color Graphics" or something
close to that.

    Joe
Received on Fri Jul 02 1999 - 09:00:29 BST

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