IBM 5155 Anyone have one? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 Oct 1999

Yeah.  The 5155 Is the one that I'm looking for - the sewing machine one.
Although, if someone has a 5140 for a good (fairly low) price, I wouldn't
mind getting one of those, too =)

I also have some old stuff to trade, too, mostly desktop stuff.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell &lt;ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: IBM 5155 Anyone have one?

...

 Hi!

Does anyone have an IBM 5155 (I think I got the model right) Portable PC
that they would want to sell/trade something for? 
 You mean a 5140? 
No, I think he means a 5155.

The 5155 is a sewing-machine like case containing a PC/XT motherboard, 2
half-height floppy drives + controller (hard disks were not officially
supported, but users did add them), a 9" mono monitor (linked to a CGA
card), a 114W (IIRC) PSU, and not a lot else. The keyboard (standard
PC/XT one in a different case) clipped over the screen/drives (== the
bottom of the machine when carrying it).

Scheamtics, etc are in the PC/XT techref and the appropriate O&A Techrefs.

-tony