17 Aug
2014
17 Aug
'14
2:38 p.m.
On 08/17/2014 02:10 PM, John Wilson wrote:
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 01:23:18PM -0700, Mark J.
Blair wrote:
There was a trim kit, sold through IBM and others (but probably not an
IBM-made product) that had covers for the floppy drives as well as a
rear plastic trim panel. But those weren't stock with the original
5150, but rather a later option.
I think a comparable product stream was the IBM "Options" for the PS/1
era systems, consisting of monitor power savers, etc.
--Chuck
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?
I got my 5150 new in 1983 and I don't know what you mean.
Maybe it was only on later versions?