14 Mar
2009
14 Mar
'09
1:08 a.m.
ebay: 320349058642
I'm sure it's a collector's item. But
this stuff blows my mind. I
had one of these along with a few other vintage items that I'm ashamed
to say that I ditched long ago
The auction is for a very clean monochrome original 5150 PC with every bit
of verison 1 software.
My bets are it will go for well over the $1200 start.
--
FWIW, we were surprised to discover that no one at CHM had never bothered
to aquire a 5170 (PC-AT) or RT/PC.
Now, I'm trying to find clean original IBM 5 1/4" inch half-height drives
for the 5170 we got, and the correct vintage keyboard.
14 Mar
14 Mar
4:19 a.m.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
> ebay: ? 320349058642
The auction is for a very clean monochrome original
5150 PC with every bit
of verison 1 software.
My bets are it will go for well over the $1200 start.
I agree. He's also saying on the auction page that one like it went
for about $4000 earlier this month.
FWIW, we were surprised to discover that no one at CHM
had never bothered
to aquire a 5170 (PC-AT) or RT/PC.
Now, I'm trying to find clean original IBM 5 1/4" inch half-height drives
for the 5170 we got, and the correct vintage keyboard.
I'd like to have a 5150 with the matching expansion chassis (5151?)
and a 5170 also. I've also thought about picking up an original case
with dead electronics so I can hack a modern PC into one of those two
cases. Have to find a way to keep that giant red power switch.
Should go nicely with the model M I'm typing on now. :-)
Man I really hated that high persistence green monochrome monitor when
I had it, longing for the IBM CGA monitor instead or at least a
hercules graphics card. Now I'd love to have one again. Part of me
also regretted opting for a 5150 instead of an apple iie like all my
friends had. Maybe now I can end up with both (but not at $4000,
lol).
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