IBM 5161

The ibm 5161 expansion box was designed for use with the ibm pc. the pc had fewer slots then the later released pc xt and it's power supply was too small to handle a hard drive. the exp box added a hard drive to the system and provided extra card slots ( i think the box also had additional bios or came with an extra fixed disk rom chip that went into the pc). the card that connects to the ribbon cables that come i cannot remember if it is slot specific or if it can go into any slot - there is a plate on the pc's back that removes to allow the ribbon cables to exit the case. a local retired ibm ce had asked me years ago if i had ever seen one - as he was looking for one at the time. i was told that the expansion box was a little rare because, shortly after the pc was released that pc xt was released . the pc xt has a large enough power supply to support a hard drive as well as the bios to operate one and it has eight card slots. Bill Message: 44 From: "Witchy" <witchy(a)binarydinosaurs.co.uk> To: <cctech(a)classiccmp.org> Subject: IBM 5161 Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:25:09 +0100 Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Hi collecting folks, A surprise consignment arrived for me this morning - an IBM 5150 in not bad condition complete with keyboard/monitor and a 5161 expansion box, spare expansion card and 2 extender cables.....reading the classiccmp archives back to 1998 makes me think I should be impressed since the 5161 isn't that common? It all apparently works but I won't be able to set it up fully till tomorrow. Not much info about it on the web either, though because 5161 is obviously bits of a phone number there's a very high signal to noise ratio..... cheers -- adrian/witchy www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - monthly gothic shenanigans --__--__--