So I was looking through Craigslist for any old computer equiptment and I noticed and older add that was for a free IBM XT. I responded to it with interest and when I did not get a response I wrote it off, especially since the add on CL expired the next day and was not there anymore.
A few days later I got a response. Apparently the guy was out of town, but still had the unit and would be glad to give it to me. So we arranged for me to pick it up this afternoon.
I went down there expecting an XT, keyboard and most likely a black and white monitor. Imagine my surprise when I walked into his kitchen and he had it setup to show me, and sitting next to it was a printer. Score a nice working printer and the entire system looks like it is in perfect condition (not a scratch on it, and the keyboard is a nice pristine white color, not yellow).
He then turned it on, the memory count was in white, sweet color, perhaps CGA and also it had 640k of RAM. This was getting better, it booted up fine into a menu system and he showed me some things on it. I looked a little closer at the monitor and noticed that is was in fact an EGA monitor, working perfectly.
So we shut it down and I start taking it out to the car. After what I thought was everything loaded I went back in to thank him. At this point he points out a large box sitting next to the table and it is part of the XT deal, aswell as a second box in the garage. A cursory glance told me that there was some software and books in the box in the house, sweet!
So now I am at home, and I have gone through the boxes and have found several manuals (including the original IBM manuals) quite a few games and some OS disks. There is also a 1.44mb drive with an 8 bit ISA controller and a 84Mb WD drive (there is a 45mb drive installed in the system). I'll post a complete list later of the box contents later.
I have not cracked the system yet, but have been exploring the software. The menu system is called "Direct Access", there is a full copy of DOS 5 and Word perfect 5, as well as MS Flight Sim and Norton Utilities (not sure of the version yet). There is also something call ASTClock (but I have no idea what this does yet).
I will post more pictures and info here when I get a complete list of the stuff and get a look inside the machine.
System Specs:
IBM 5160
NEC V20 Processor
Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor
640Kb RAM (256 onboard)
EGA Graphics Card with 256kb or RAM (Hercules compatible)
AST MegaPlus II
2x 360kb TEAC FD55BV-16-U Floppy drive
44Mb MFM Hard FH Drive
2 Serial, 1 Parallel port
Panasonic KX-P1091i Dotmatrix Printer (9 pin)
Here are some pics of the setup:
A few days later I got a response. Apparently the guy was out of town, but still had the unit and would be glad to give it to me. So we arranged for me to pick it up this afternoon.
I went down there expecting an XT, keyboard and most likely a black and white monitor. Imagine my surprise when I walked into his kitchen and he had it setup to show me, and sitting next to it was a printer. Score a nice working printer and the entire system looks like it is in perfect condition (not a scratch on it, and the keyboard is a nice pristine white color, not yellow).
He then turned it on, the memory count was in white, sweet color, perhaps CGA and also it had 640k of RAM. This was getting better, it booted up fine into a menu system and he showed me some things on it. I looked a little closer at the monitor and noticed that is was in fact an EGA monitor, working perfectly.
So we shut it down and I start taking it out to the car. After what I thought was everything loaded I went back in to thank him. At this point he points out a large box sitting next to the table and it is part of the XT deal, aswell as a second box in the garage. A cursory glance told me that there was some software and books in the box in the house, sweet!
So now I am at home, and I have gone through the boxes and have found several manuals (including the original IBM manuals) quite a few games and some OS disks. There is also a 1.44mb drive with an 8 bit ISA controller and a 84Mb WD drive (there is a 45mb drive installed in the system). I'll post a complete list later of the box contents later.
I have not cracked the system yet, but have been exploring the software. The menu system is called "Direct Access", there is a full copy of DOS 5 and Word perfect 5, as well as MS Flight Sim and Norton Utilities (not sure of the version yet). There is also something call ASTClock (but I have no idea what this does yet).
I will post more pictures and info here when I get a complete list of the stuff and get a look inside the machine.
System Specs:
IBM 5160
NEC V20 Processor
Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor
640Kb RAM (256 onboard)
EGA Graphics Card with 256kb or RAM (Hercules compatible)
AST MegaPlus II
2x 360kb TEAC FD55BV-16-U Floppy drive
44Mb MFM Hard FH Drive
2 Serial, 1 Parallel port
Panasonic KX-P1091i Dotmatrix Printer (9 pin)
Here are some pics of the setup:
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