5 Sep
2022
5 Sep
'22
4:40 p.m.
the 5100 has an external connector. The floppy drive is a floor unit
about the size of three AT units upright, with two single density
floppies in it. We used my unit as an engineering reference to do a
floppy interface project which required 3740 compatability from our
hardware.
And there was another connector on the back of the unit to daisy chain
the printer. This is the 5100 desktop unit.
I've got 3 of the floppy drives. Ethan Dicks was kind enough to retrieve
another system for me from Pittsburgh, PA some time ago and is storing
it for me at his house. Got the printer and the floppy unit.
I've got one of the units with the integrated 8" floppies as well.
Initially a 5150 was 6000 and wasn't fully loaded. A friend against
computer advise bought one along with an IEEE interfaced 5mb drive when
the PC first came out.
thanks
jim
On 9/5/22 07:16, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2022, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
> Well, it ain't in the 5150/5160 range!
> The 5100 new was $10K to $20K.
On Sun, 4 Sep 2022, jim stephens wrote:
> I had a 5100 that a dentist had bought as soon as it came out and
> he added the floppy drives and printer. It was a direct IBM buy for
> 31000. Are you sure about that? The 5100 doesn't
support floppy drives. And
I've never heard of third-party drives (that would need IMFs, too)
for the 5100.
$3100 is about what IBM charged for a fully loaded 5150. (PC)
THAT is not a 5100! $3100 for a 5100 would have been a bargain.
A 5150 would not be worth as much as a Lisa.
A 5100 would be. (or at least in a similar range)