IBM 5155 Anyone have one?

From: Jason Willgruber <roblwill_at_usaor.net>
Date: Wed Oct 27 02:44:22 1999

Yeah. The 5155 Is the one that I'm looking for - the sewing machine one.
Although, if someone has a 5140 for a good (fairly low) price, I wouldn't
mind getting one of those, too =)

I also have some old stuff to trade, too, mostly desktop stuff.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: IBM 5155 Anyone have one?


>>
>> >Hi!
>> >
>> >Does anyone have an IBM 5155 (I think I got the model right) Portable PC
>> >that they would want to sell/trade something for?
>>
>> You mean a 5140?
>
>No, I think he means a 5155.
>
>The 5155 is a sewing-machine like case containing a PC/XT motherboard, 2
>half-height floppy drives + controller (hard disks were not officially
>supported, but users did add them), a 9" mono monitor (linked to a CGA
>card), a 114W (IIRC) PSU, and not a lot else. The keyboard (standard
>PC/XT one in a different case) clipped over the screen/drives (== the
>bottom of the machine when carrying it).
>
>Scheamtics, etc are in the PC/XT techref and the appropriate O&A Techrefs.
>
>-tony
>
Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 02:44:22 BST

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