5 Sep
2007
5 Sep
'07
6:27 p.m.
--- Jim Battle <frustum at pacbell.net> wrote:
Today I received an email from a gentleman in
possession of an AT&T
PC6300, wanting to know if I wanted it for the cost
of shipping. I'm
not interested in collecting PCs, so I said I'd pass
it on to the list.
Here is his description of the machine:
(start of quote)
As the original purchaser, I am seeking a new home
for a pristine 1985
Personal Computer with peripherals, software, and
original
documentation. All were functioning perfectly in
February 1998, when
replaced and stored.
All items are in their original boxes:
AT&T PC6300 with 256KB RAM and two 5-1/4" floppy
drives, Color Monitor,
Keyboard, Mouse, and Citizen MSP-15 dot matrix
printer with 8-1/2x11 and
11x15 tractor feed paper.
Being that *presumably* it has color graphics
capability, someone should grab it. They're not that
easy to come by.
As you know, this PC was the state of the art
technology in 1985 and the
best and fastest of the pre-"Windows" operating
system platforms. It is
an excellent representation depicting the end of the
Dot Matrix and DOS
eras.
I'm not so sure about SOTA, but an interesting
machine IMHO. May take a number of peecee style
expansion cards (but DON'T quote me on that). Uses an
8086 instead of the typical 8088. Uses a
passive-backplane motherboard. A fun machine to tinker
around w/if you ask me. Oh, you didn't ask me...well
then BUZZ OFF! LOL LOL
Keep up the good work Jimbo ;)
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