IBM PC5150 monitor wanted/question

From: William Maddox <wmaddox_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Thu Feb 5 02:29:05 2004

A genuine IBM AT was up on EBay a week or two ago. Went cheap, too.
Heres an PC, an XT, and AT in one lot: 2785591645 There's not as much
stuff from that era as you might expect, considering how popular the IBMs
were in their day, but there is stuff to be had. Go get it! :) :)

--Bill

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From: "Marvin Johnston" <marvin_at_rain.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: IBM PC5150 monitor wanted/question


>
>
> "Joe R." wrote:
> >
> > I can't be certain what your card takes but most cards like that took
> > CGA, Monochrome and/or composite monitor. You're right, the old IBM PC
> > stuff is getting hard to find. I started looking for it about 1 1/2
years
> > ago and I haven't found a single one in the surplus places. Kelvin in
> > Atlanta is still finding an occasional one in the thrift stores. He also
> > found one at Weird stuff a couple of months ago.
>
> Thanks to a heads up about this several years ago by Sellam, I started
> collecting real IBM cards, software, computers, etc. However, it has
> been a year or so since I've seen real IBM PCs or ATs except for the
> PS/2 stuff. In this latest cleanup/throw out binge, at least I get a
> chance to find and see it again :).
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