On Fri, 4 Jan 2013, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
It's funny how for many, the "IBM PC
5150" is not an "IBM PC kind of
computer".
Yeah. WTF is "PC era"?
I'm sure somebody here did it. 5150 with a CM153
card for Philips CM100
player?
I used CD-ROMs [with proprietary interfaces] on 5160s a lot.
I tried one (Hitachi?) on a 5150, but the boot floppy was inconvenient
Drivers prior to DOS 3.10 were especially awkward.
Yes, it could be done, but I would agree with the "don't even try"