Hey all,
I was over at my parents house when my father was going to throw away an IBM 5150 that I grew up computing on. My eyes popped open and thought that the nostalgia that I had from playing around on the box was something others might share. So, basically, I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth selling or hanging onto when I feel the need for some good ol' slow processing fun. (Please note: I'm NOT trying to sell this here. If I did sell, I'd do it locally for another Seattle computing nerd like myself could enjoy to make sure its an enthusiast)
The system has:
- Original IBM 5150 in excellent condition with the original 5 1/2 floppy drives(including the original cardboard drive inserts);
- Original IBM keyboard in excellent condition;
- The slots are full with a parallel printer port, a color graphics card, a RS 232 serial port, a Western Digital hard drive, and another pin port that I haven't tinkered with yet;
- A box full of software, including the original "Exploring the IBM Personal Computer ver. 1.0", IBM's Typing Tutor 1.0 and Diagnostics 1.0; MS Flight Simulator, Adventure, MS Adventure in Serenia, and MS Decathalon (all 1.0); Donkey Kong and Dig Dug (with the original boxes, plastic wrap, and sticker price from 1980s a la dot matrix, baby); MS Flight Simulator (original with green MS sleeve, pristine condition); Wordstar 4.0 and 7.0; JRAM 2.0; numerous DOS utilities, Spinnaker kids education games and software...pretty unreal stuff.
- A Princeton Graphics Systems HX-12 RGB monitor
I loved this baby and, since I have time (thanks economy), it's been fun to play with. My father was pretty meticulous about this computer and I remember that he copied every software as soon as he bought it and then only let us use the copies (anyone else remember the 'notch on the disk' copy protection? lol). We also had the first/original 2800 baud modem a la War Games, though I don't know whether he tossed that since I didn't look beyond the box of software and 5150 system he was about to throw away.
Anyway, I was curious what advice some vintage enthusiasts think. Is it a worthy collection or just me re-discovering the nostalgia that created these forums? lol. Thanks!
I was over at my parents house when my father was going to throw away an IBM 5150 that I grew up computing on. My eyes popped open and thought that the nostalgia that I had from playing around on the box was something others might share. So, basically, I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth selling or hanging onto when I feel the need for some good ol' slow processing fun. (Please note: I'm NOT trying to sell this here. If I did sell, I'd do it locally for another Seattle computing nerd like myself could enjoy to make sure its an enthusiast)
The system has:
- Original IBM 5150 in excellent condition with the original 5 1/2 floppy drives(including the original cardboard drive inserts);
- Original IBM keyboard in excellent condition;
- The slots are full with a parallel printer port, a color graphics card, a RS 232 serial port, a Western Digital hard drive, and another pin port that I haven't tinkered with yet;
- A box full of software, including the original "Exploring the IBM Personal Computer ver. 1.0", IBM's Typing Tutor 1.0 and Diagnostics 1.0; MS Flight Simulator, Adventure, MS Adventure in Serenia, and MS Decathalon (all 1.0); Donkey Kong and Dig Dug (with the original boxes, plastic wrap, and sticker price from 1980s a la dot matrix, baby); MS Flight Simulator (original with green MS sleeve, pristine condition); Wordstar 4.0 and 7.0; JRAM 2.0; numerous DOS utilities, Spinnaker kids education games and software...pretty unreal stuff.
- A Princeton Graphics Systems HX-12 RGB monitor
I loved this baby and, since I have time (thanks economy), it's been fun to play with. My father was pretty meticulous about this computer and I remember that he copied every software as soon as he bought it and then only let us use the copies (anyone else remember the 'notch on the disk' copy protection? lol). We also had the first/original 2800 baud modem a la War Games, though I don't know whether he tossed that since I didn't look beyond the box of software and 5150 system he was about to throw away.
Anyway, I was curious what advice some vintage enthusiasts think. Is it a worthy collection or just me re-discovering the nostalgia that created these forums? lol. Thanks!