IBM Portable Personal Computer - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

24 Jan 1998

I didn't even know you could run a monitor on 12v.  Learn somethin
new...

Is that the same on NeXT Monitors with a similar setup? Do you know?

-Mike

jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca wrote:
...

  I paid the same for my Portable as my 3270pc
(complete w/monitor) --
 15.00

 Don't feel bad.  I recently pulled down a good little Compaq Portable
 III lunchbox w/286 & 287 for 6 bucks...

 Utah sucks, except for its thrift store computer shopping....

 I watched 2 rainbow 100s and a decmate II sit for months.  I would have
 bought the decmate, but there seemed a small short in the power from the
 cpu to the monitor.  As it is one of those integrated power cords, I
 figured I'd probably electrocute myself dickin with it.  
 Via 15pin D-shell connectors?
 The monitor gets the 12v juice from the pc as you suspected.  That
 will not bite you! :)

 Jason D.

 -Mike

 SUPRDAVE wrote:

 i havent had any problems finding either a 5140 or 5155. i have two portable
 pcs and one convertible which i traded a nic for. i have seen 5155s at several
 hamfests, and even saw two at a hock shop for $150 each <!> I have a book that
 says the 5155 was "rare" but i disagree. i'd much rather love to find a
 complete 3270pc or a xt370 or even an at370.

 david

 In a message dated 98-01-24 20:06:45 EST, somebody got back to topic and
 wrote:

 << I don't know, Sam, but as one who does a bit of IBM collecting, there seems
  to be many more 5140s floating around out there than the 5155s.  I have a
  perfect 5140 in my collection, but the 5155 has eluded me (so far).

  Cliff Gregory
  cgregory(a)lrbcg.com >> 
  email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca
 Pero, Jason D. 