Is there anyone familiar with this IBM 5170 clone pc? Or recognize it?
2 or 3 years ago i bought this case from a guy in Italy when i was wondering around on ebay and walked into this ebay listing.
Then already it was very hard to find a good old XT type of computer case. So i was lucky to buying this one.
I bought it because of the turbo switch, which most of the older XT cases doesnt seems to have..
For the rest it was good enough to build an Turbo XT in it.. Does have the same size of power supply of the original IBM. Looks of the case are just fine and old enough for my build.
I want to install my Juko V20 motherboard it this case.. But i have got some overall problems to build this system.
First really like to know if anyone knows which original motherboard came with this case?
For all the LEDs it using some older style connectors.. Only the keylock seems to be dupont style.
Yesterday i already made a adaptation on the pin headers for the LED and other connectors. Because when the manufacturer designed this motherboard.. They didnt noticed that longer ISA cards can be hindered due the led connectors standing straight up.
So i replaced the straight pin headers with the 90 degrees ones. Also tried those older connectors making fit.. But then they are sitting very loose on the connector.
1. Is it a good idea to cut of those white connectors and replace them al with dupont ones? Or is there a reason not to do, and be better off to make an convertor cable between them?
2. Also want to install half height drives in this case.. Its seems this case missing the special bracket to connect 2 drives together, making it a full height drive in one. How much of these brackets came with such a case? And was this bracket mostly used only to couple the half height floppy drives together? And is it possible to have 2 of these brackets installed on the same place for connecting 2 half height MFM drives together and 2 half height floppy drives together.
3. Iam also looking for information (like in PC total magazine) or other media) where i can find this pc case been listed, like how the hardware configuration was back in the days, who sold this pc, and what the price was back then..
2 or 3 years ago i bought this case from a guy in Italy when i was wondering around on ebay and walked into this ebay listing.
Then already it was very hard to find a good old XT type of computer case. So i was lucky to buying this one.
I bought it because of the turbo switch, which most of the older XT cases doesnt seems to have..
For the rest it was good enough to build an Turbo XT in it.. Does have the same size of power supply of the original IBM. Looks of the case are just fine and old enough for my build.
I want to install my Juko V20 motherboard it this case.. But i have got some overall problems to build this system.
First really like to know if anyone knows which original motherboard came with this case?
For all the LEDs it using some older style connectors.. Only the keylock seems to be dupont style.
Yesterday i already made a adaptation on the pin headers for the LED and other connectors. Because when the manufacturer designed this motherboard.. They didnt noticed that longer ISA cards can be hindered due the led connectors standing straight up.
So i replaced the straight pin headers with the 90 degrees ones. Also tried those older connectors making fit.. But then they are sitting very loose on the connector.
1. Is it a good idea to cut of those white connectors and replace them al with dupont ones? Or is there a reason not to do, and be better off to make an convertor cable between them?
2. Also want to install half height drives in this case.. Its seems this case missing the special bracket to connect 2 drives together, making it a full height drive in one. How much of these brackets came with such a case? And was this bracket mostly used only to couple the half height floppy drives together? And is it possible to have 2 of these brackets installed on the same place for connecting 2 half height MFM drives together and 2 half height floppy drives together.
3. Iam also looking for information (like in PC total magazine) or other media) where i can find this pc case been listed, like how the hardware configuration was back in the days, who sold this pc, and what the price was back then..