IBM 5100

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Aug 7 03:27:55 2004

On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Michael Sokolov wrote:

> Hello ClassicCmp friends,
>
> Right now as I type this an interview is in progress on the
> Coast to Coast AM late night radio talk show about a supposed
> time traveler who went back from 2036 to 1975 to obtain a
> classic computer, specifically IBM 5100. Needless to say,
> this story got me highly intrigued.
>
> Since I don't really know anything about the machine in question,
> I thought I would ask the collective list wisdom. There must have
> been something really special about IBM 5100 for them to go back
> for it from 2036. Does anyone know anything about that machine?

My drugs tonight were definitely not as good as Michael's.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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