I'd guess the little 23's weight about 70-75 pounds. They're heavy. The
tower cases about 50-60 each. The printers, the same. Nasty little
babies to move around.
On Sat, 11 May 2002, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> Info on IBM at:
>
> http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/catalog/catalogpage_0000001124.html
> and
> http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/catalog/itemdetail_515.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Pat Finnegan
> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:52 PM
> To: Classic Computer
> Subject: Re: IBM System 23
>
>
> On Sat, 11 May 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 11 May 2002, Chris wrote:
> >
> > > I have 3 or 4 of the "all in one" units (screen, keyboard, dual 8"
> > > floppies all in one box), and I have one "tower" unit (dual drives in a
> > > tower box, screen and keyboard are seperate parts). I also have 3 or 4
> > > printers.
> > >
> > > Beyond the above descriptions, I know almost nothing about these things,
> > > and almost as little about how to operate them... so they aren't
> > > something I really care to "collect".
> >
> > Well, they are interesting in that they are arguably predecessors to the
> > IBM PC, and are in the same product line. I would like to have one but
> > the shipping costs would be too much. Unfortunately, I missed one locally
> > by a few months as the person who had it pitched the machine, but at least
> > kept the manuals for me.
>
> How heavy/large are they? Considering the 8" floppy drives, they're
> pretty large I'm sure, but does someone have a guestimate? 50lbs? 100lbs?
> 200lbs? (specifically the all-in-one units)
>
> > > Anyone have any idea if I can got money for them, or should I just be
> > > happy to find a home other than the big metal box the "dustcart" (<- too
> > > much GTA3) collects twice a week.
> >
> > I don't think there's much money in them. The problem is size. Things
> > that big and heavy don't generally fetch much on eBay, and they're not
> > compelling enough to overcome that problem.
>
> <hypnotic pocketwatch>
> Yeah, no one would want one... so I'll take them off your hands for you.
> </hypnotic pocketwatch>
>
> -- Pat
>
>
>
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Received on Sat May 11 2002 - 22:15:04 BST