26 Oct
2005
26 Oct
'05
6:35 p.m.
Uh, did anyone even make any software that used it, or came on cassette?
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Sridhar Ayengar
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:28 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PC Ephemera
Michael Holley wrote:
Adrian Graham wrote
Did anyone ever see fit to make a cassette interface compatible with that of
the 5150 that was on a card?
Peace... Sridhar
> I'd have thought this was worth saving if
it's related to the 5150
> XT, or at least it is to me. I'm trying and failing miserably to
> find an XT with a 64K motherboard, purely because I guess people
> upgraded them as soon as they could afford to.
I had a original IBM PC with the 64k motherboard and small power supply.
A friend bought an XT as soon as they came out and it had the 256k
motherboard. I don't think they ever made a 64k XT.
Later I had my BIOS upgraded to install a 20 MB hard drive. (And a
power supply upgrade.) I had to take my computer to an authorized IBM
dealer to get the BIOS swapped. They would not just send you a ROM.
Even with an AST 6 Pack I did not have 640kB or RAM because of the 64k
motherboard. (But I did have a cassette interface.)