IBM PC 5150 with no drives?

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Mar 15 17:09:16 1999

"Jason Willgruber" <roblwill_at_usaor.net> asks:
> Wasn't a 5 or 10 MB FH HD available for the PC?

Not from IBM. The 63 W power supply in the PC was not really adequate
for a hard drive. Several people I knew bought aftermarket hard drives
and had their power supplies fail.

IBM put a higher-rated supply into the XT so that it could reliably support
a hard drive.
Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 17:09:16 GMT