17 Aug
2014
17 Aug
'14
3:02 p.m.
On Aug 17, 2014, at 14:23 , Geoff Oltmans <oltmansg at gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 17, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
I may have been mistaken about the 5150 and 5160 having them, but the 5170 did. Here's
one that I just bought, for a machine that I don't have yet. I just gambled that
whatever 5170 I eventually acquire will probably be missing it. :)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271579204114
This page has pictures both with and without the trim panel:
http://www.vintage-computer.com/ibmpcat.shtml
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
It seems to me that a large percentage of
original PCs, XTs and ATs that I've ever seen have been missing the plastic rear trim
panels. Is there any particular reason why those seem to have been so commonly removed and
lost or discarded?
Do you have a picture of one? I've never seen one.