11 May
2002
11 May
'02
11:02 a.m.
Info on IBM at:
http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/catalog/catalogpage_0000001124.html
and
http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/catalog/itemdetail_515.html
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Pat Finnegan
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:52 PM
To: Classic Computer
Subject: Re: IBM System 23
On Sat, 11 May 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
<hypnotic pocketwatch>
Yeah, no one would want one... so I'll take them off your hands for you.
</hypnotic pocketwatch>
-- Pat
On Sat, 11 May 2002, Chris wrote:
How heavy/large are they? Considering the 8" floppy drives, they're
pretty large I'm sure, but does someone have a guestimate? 50lbs? 100lbs?
200lbs? (specifically the all-in-one units)
I have 3 or 4 of the "all in one" units
(screen, keyboard, dual 8"
floppies all in one box), and I have one "tower" unit (dual drives in a
tower box, screen and keyboard are seperate parts). I also have 3 or 4
printers.
Beyond the above descriptions, I know almost nothing about these things,
and almost as little about how to operate them... so they aren't
something I really care to "collect".
Well, they are interesting in that they are arguably predecessors to the
IBM PC, and are in the same product line. I would like to have one but
the shipping costs would be too much. Unfortunately, I missed one locally
by a few months as the person who had it pitched the machine, but at least
kept the manuals for me. Anyone have
any idea if I can got money for them, or should I just be
happy to find a home other than the big metal box the "dustcart" (<- too
much GTA3) collects twice a week.
I don't think there's much money in them. The problem is size. Things
that big and heavy don't generally fetch much on eBay, and they're not
compelling enough to overcome that problem.