jtan2000
Experienced Member
Greetings , anyone here from Vancouver ?
Main interest IBM 5150, 5160 and 5170
Main interest IBM 5150, 5160 and 5170
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Hello from Vancouver, BC
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Caluser2000
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Giddy mate from Kiwiland.
Getafix
Experienced Member
Hello fellow Vancouverite! Welcome to the forum. It's a great place and I think you will find lots of people that share your interests. I have a 5150 and 5170 myself, but I have to admit they don't see a lot of use. I have been mainly using my Apple II's for the last few years. What do you do with your old IBM's?
-Stefan
-Stefan
jtan2000
Experienced Member
I just got them recently for nostalgic reason and now taking one by one apart to clean the component.
My main difficulty is creating floppy disk media for them.
5150 -- two 5.25 double side 360KB floppy drive
5160 -- one 5.25 double side 360KB floppy drive + internal harddrive
5170 -- two 1.2mb floppy drive + internal harddrive
I wish there is someone here in Vancouver so I can copy their Gstetup, Check it software, Landmark Speed test and other utilities software for these computer.
I got those images but no way to make those floppy disk from modern computer.
NeXT
Veteran Member
Hey there! I'm just a few hours up the highway.
seaken
Veteran Member
Welcome. Not from Vancouver BC but I spent a lot of time up there when I was young. I grew up in Seattle. Spent a nice couple of weeks north of Kamloops also, on Loon Lake.
I also like the early IBM stuff. I don't yet have a 5150 or 5160, or a 5170, but I do have a nice 5162 (XT-286) that I use as a stand in for the PC. I have several XT clones and AT clones. I also have a PS/2 Model 30 but it needs some loving care that I haven't been able to provide yet.
Seaken
I also like the early IBM stuff. I don't yet have a 5150 or 5160, or a 5170, but I do have a nice 5162 (XT-286) that I use as a stand in for the PC. I have several XT clones and AT clones. I also have a PS/2 Model 30 but it needs some loving care that I haven't been able to provide yet.
Seaken
Getafix
Experienced Member
I can help you with that. Do you have enough "reputation" or whatever to dm me? Maybe I'll dm you and hopefully you can reply.
jtan2000
Experienced Member
Thank you Getafix. Greatly appreciated. I am new here so no "reputation" to do anything. All my posting are reviewed first.