Mark J. Blair wrote:
So, I decided to buy an IBM 5155 Portable PC on the
eBay, in part due
to it being a lot cheaper than other 51xx machines I've seen listed
recently since I started paying attention. Maybe it'll satisfy my
desire for an early IBM PC, and I won't need to spend money on
another? Yeah, dream on. :) I'll try putting an XT CF Lite into it; I
ordered one in kit form, since soldering on the surface-mount CF
socket doesn't intimidate me.
I do have one misgiving about getting this machine, though: I don't
like orange CRTs. I mean, I REALLY don't like them. So, at the risk
of being virtually tarred and feathered, I shall don my asbestos long
johns and ask a sacrilegious question: Is there any prior art
regarding swapping out the CRT in a 5155 for one with a less
offensive phosphor, such as green, white, etc.?
I'm diving into my flame-proof bunker now... ;)
I have a rather large collection of these. I have one that had a dead
monitor and a bunch of parts missing that I've been slowly working into
a somewhat more modern setup.
Just about the first thing I did was to retrofit it with a color screen.
Peace... Sridhar