5 Sep
2022
5 Sep
'22
8:53 a.m.
On Mon, 5 Sep 2022, Fred Cisin 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.
^^^^^
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?
Christian
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.