IBM 5150 brings $910 on EBAY

From: Jeffrey H. Ingber <jingber_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun Oct 27 00:21:00 2002

On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 01:10, Will Jennings wrote:
> Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but if you can find the ones with the
> cassette port easily, then I hate you. I've only ever found one, and the

AFAIK, all 5150's have a casette port - it would be unusual if it did
not. They were dropped on the XT upward.

> case was in poor shape.. I pitched the case, but the mobo is sitting next to
> me... HAH! Mine is more R_at_RE! LQQK! 37??3! than the Ebay one, cause I have
> an 8087 marked "IBM".. Which, I must say, is something I haven't ever seen
> before... And no, I'm not claiming that is indeed rare, beats me, I just

The 8087's stamped with "IBM" were distributed by IBM. They came in a
set of both an 8087 and 8088. IBM provided the extra 8088 because early
runs had a problem with the 8087.

> thought it was nifty... If I had kept all the PC stuff I had, I could likely
> have made more than that auction, since I had the complete technical
> references and troubleshooting diskettes and pretty much every genuine IBM
> option you could want.. I have a CMI IBM HDD, and an ST-506 IBM HDD,
> numerous IBM floppies, never have found the p-System, however.. But hell, I
> had genuine IBM loopback plugs.. lol..
>
> Will J
>
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