20 May
2025
20 May
'25
6:45 a.m.
It’s an IBM XT with a built-in monochrome display. No battery on the
motherboard unless someone added an expansion card that required a battery.
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I just managed to score a 5155. Well, soon, it is waiting for me to
pick it up at the University where I used to work. It looks to be in
really good shape and has been in storage for probably two decades or
more.
A couple quick question for anyone familiar with this system.
Is it likely there is one of those little batteries on it that would
now be dead and need replacing before I try to use it?
And, also, would this have a floppy controller on it that was capable
of reading and writing disks from systems like the TRS-80 with an SD
boot track?
Inquiring minds want to know. :-)
bill