5 Sep
2022
5 Sep
'22
4:45 p.m.
On 9/5/22 08:53, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
On Mon, 5 Sep 2022, Fred Cisin wrote:
correct. I'm guessing they are thinking I'm confusing the unit with the
integrated 8" floppies, or with a much later PC. which I'm not.
The referred to guy was a dentist who had had this in a closet for 15
years or so, had written a couple of floppies worth of programs, and
otherwise had not done anything with it.
it was all in the trunk of a huge ass Cadillac convertible. I was one
of the first who came by, and bought it on the spot. Drove to my truck,
offloaded it and sent him on the way on an early Sunday morning. At the
ACP Swap Meet in Santa Ana. He wondered if he asked too much, and
wanted it gone and didn't want to really be in the middle of a spectacle
over it and how little he got out of it.
I was glad to get it.
>>> 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.
^^^^^
On Mon, 5 Sep 2022, Christian Corti via cctalk
wrote:
We are neither talking about the 5150, nor about $3100 but $31,000 for
a 5100 (see above). Or did I miss something?
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. Christian