IBM 5150 PC

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon Aug 6 16:47:44 2001

I'll be going through that stuff soon (mid August) and if I have what you
want I wouldn't mind pulling the MB and working something out with you. Hey
how's $1000 sound - hey they're RARE :-)) That's way lower than the $25,000
computer.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Douglas Quebbeman
-> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 3:39 PM
-> To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
-> Subject: RE: IBM 5150 PC
->
->
-> Spaketh Russ Thus:
->
-> > True and half of mine are the older 16-64's and the other half
-> are the newer
-> > 64-256k types. I've had people locally tell me that they had
-> an "orignal IBM
-> > PC" and when I got to look at it the thing only had one 5 pin DIN (no
-> > cassette port) and had 8 slots - of course they were 5160
-> XT's. I did get
-> > one free once that ended up being some sort of metwork controller built
-> > in/around a 5150 but it was toasted and I've since gotten rid
-> of it (it had
-> > a totally different number like a 34xx or something)
->
-> Someone else on the list recently mentioned having a bunch of the
-> m-boards, but I never determined whether they were the 16-54s with
-> the casette interface or not. I've still got an original case waiting
-> for an m-board w/casette and hopefully a BASIC ROM...
->
-> Regards,
-> -dq
->
Received on Mon Aug 06 2001 - 16:47:44 BST