IBM PC 5150 with no drives?

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sun Mar 14 23:59:15 1999

On 14 Mar 1999, Frank McConnell wrote:

> #5 was the battery-backed-up real-time clock, and I have this vague
> recollection that #6 was something not directly on the card but
> software which used the card, something like a RAMdisk driver.

I was joking when I said real-time clock since I thought the PC came with
a real-time clock. Is this not the case? Hmm, come to think of it, I
guess not since I don't see a battery on the MB of this 5150 here.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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