IBM 5150 brings $910 on EBAY

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sun Oct 27 10:42:00 2002

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, 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

The ones withOUT the cassette ports are XT's, NOT PC's
The ones with the cassette ports are PC's (aka 5150. Note: 5150 in
police radio code is "one who is mentally disturbed and a threat to
themselves or others")


> 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! 37ï†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
> 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..

My 5150 has a bunch of aftermarket mods, including an added ROM, 4
floppies, EPROM programmer, etc. From what you are saying, I oughta put
the original pieces back into it, put it back into an IBM box, with the
receipt,... and find somebody with too much money.
Received on Sun Oct 27 2002 - 10:42:00 GMT