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This is not a 5150, is it?

Jorg

Jorg

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This guy says he has an original IBM 5150 for sale, but the picture doesnt look like it to me.

I'm just wondering, what it is, because it does look like it a bit.

Anyone know what it could be then?

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nope

nope

that is not an IBM 5150.

unfortunatly, I don't know exactly what it is.

It does look a bit like a 5150 but with the colour graphics and what appears to be a hard drive in the right hand bay, me thinks it more likely an XT clone.

(but yeah, those could be add-ons)
 
Is that "Industrial Gray" or is it a trick of the lighting? I've seen TrueBlue industrial grade monitors that look a lot like that. If it's an industrial 5150, then all bets are off, since it wouldn't necessarily look the same as the standard unit. Can you get a close-up pic of the nameplate?
I've never actually seen an industrial grade 5150, so I have no idea what one would look like. I have seen an industrial IBM '286, and it looked nothing like the standard AT case.

--T
 
BTW, if it is an IBM machine, grab it up! (and if you don't want it, I will). I sold an industrial gray keyboard alone for $200.00 recently (+ $48.00 for shipping to Korea).

--T
 
Oh yeah, I have a pic, so you can see the resemblance:

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Looks like the same monitor, don't it? (Except that mine has an anti-glare filter attached to the screen). The monitor I have also has an internal cooling fan as well.

--T
 
I don't know about the monitor or keyboard but the system unit isn't a 5150. It looks like an early clone, though.

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It's not a clone, it's the real deal. I know of an industrial IBM PC/XT, but I've never seen an industrial PC before. Since it has a hard drive installed, I'd probably say it's an XT. I think it might not be a 5160 though. It may have a different number, otherwise it should be exactly the same. IBM built those machines in a special chassis that has all sorts of special filters and stuff for nasty environments.
 
The way to tell if it is a 5150 or a 5160 is to count card slots, not hard drives.

A 5150 should not have a hard drive because the power supply is too weak. That being said, my 5150 (and many others) have hard drives.

If it has 5 slots in back it is a 5150. It will also have a cassette port. A 5160 will have 8 slots and no cassette port.
 
This is the text in the ad (private advertising site, something like e-bay)

NAME PC - Model 5150
MANUFACTURER IBM
TYPE Professional Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1986
BUILT IN LANGUAGE IBM BASIC (Special Microsoft BASIC-80 version in ROM)
KEYBOARD Full stroke 'clicky' 83 keys with 10 function keys and numeric keypad
CPU Intel 8088
SPEED 4.77 MHz
COPROCESSOR Optional 8087 math coprocessor
RAM 64 KB (The very first ones had only 16 KB)
ROM 64 KB
TEXT MODES 40 or 80 char x 25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES Optional CGA graphic modes : 320 x 200 / 640 x 200
COLORS Monochrome / 4 among 8 in 320 x 200 CGA mode
SOUND Tone Generator - built-in speaker
SIZE / WEIGHT 50.8 (W) x 40.6 (D) x 14 (H) cm
I/O PORTS Five internal 8 bit ISA slots, monitor, Centronics, cassette (!),
BUILT IN MEDIA One 160 KB 5.25'' disk-drive
OS MS-DOS, CP/M-86, USCD Pascal
POWER SUPPLY Built-in 63.5W switching power supply unit
PERIPHERALS 5 expansion slots, 20 MB hard discs
PRICE £2248 (1 FD, Colour monitor, U.K., 1985)

Price is the original price- now he is asking about $50,-.

I sent him a mail to see if its still available, its an ad from August..

Note the description says: TYPE Professional Computer, not Personal! (might be a point for you, Terry!)

If I can I'll grab it!
 
If the above is true, then it's a real "find", since they're not that common, and worth much more than the asking price. If you don't want it, lemme know the url. (If the owner has already scrapped it, don't tell me...I'd hate for you all to see me cry).

--T
 
Jorg said:
Note the description says: TYPE Professional Computer, not Personal! (might be a point for you, Terry!)
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Yes, I caught that too.

And yes, the Industrial Grade IBM stuff that I have seen is heavily sealed and filtered against harsh environments. (It's more than just a paint-job).

--T
 
hmmm

hmmm

for $50, I think I'd buy it and take a chance. ;)

If it is one of those Industrial versions, that sounds pretty cool.
 
Re: hmmm

Re: hmmm

mryon said:
for $50, I think I'd buy it and take a chance. ;)

If it is one of those Industrial versions, that sounds pretty cool.
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What I'm thinking is that the monitor is definitely industrial, so it alone should be worth at least fifty.

--T
 
can someone show me the damn picture! for some reason, it won't show up. there were ruggedized mil-spec versions of the 5150 also keep in mind (or did someone say that already?).
 
Chris2005 said:
can someone show me the damn picture! for some reason, it won't show up. there were ruggedized mil-spec versions of the 5150 also keep in mind (or did someone say that already?).
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Apparently the image has been removed from the host page, I can't access it either.

--T
 
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