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I have been trying to sell my small collection. I have sold a number of items but still have the following: IBM 5160 XT IBM 5150 PC (earlier model with black power supply, 16-64K MB) IBM 5150 PC (later model with silver PS, 64-256K MB) IBM 5140 Convertible with attached printer and carry case...

I have 2 PCjr sidecars I'm giving away (just pay shipping). A Parallel port sidecar and a Power Adapter sidecar with power brick.

I have a home built XT clone and a home built 16Mhz 386 machine that I am willing to give away. They probably aren't worth shipping cross country but if someone local in the San Francisco Bay area wants them we can make arrangements to meet somewhere for pickup. The 16Mhz 386 clone has 3M of...

I have a Sunshine EW-901B eprom writer with 8-bit card, single eprom socket, manual and software that needs a new home. Not looking to make anything on it so whatever you want to offer plus shipping takes it.

I have too much "stuff" so I decided to part with my collection which is primarily IBM. Here's what I have. If you're interested in anything, drop me a pm for more info and pics. Everything is boxed up at the moment but if you're seriously interested in something I'll dig it out and send you...

I saw this on another forum and thought it would get a laugh over here.

I have an IBM 5140 Convertible with the attached printer. Does anyone know of a source for the thermal paper for this printer? (Oops! Should have posted this in the Items wanted category. Sorry.)

Here is a current auction on EBay for an IBM PC: http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-PC-Personal-Computer-Vintage-NO-RESERVE-8088-8087-/280517720947?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415028bb73 From the pictures, it's obvious it isn't a PC. Sure, it has a top cover that says IBM Personal Computer...

I don't know about how others feel but I am completely blown away by how cheap disk storage is now and wonder how much cheaper it will be in the future. In 1977 I went to work for IBM as a technician on the 3350 disk drive. It was the size of a chest freezer, had 2 300MB HDAs (Head/Disk...

I've been looking for an IBM 5162 XT-286 machine to add to my collection for several years. Every once in awhile one would pop up on Ebay but I would always get outbid since I wasn't willing to mortgage my house for one. Anyway, I saw one last week that was listed at a buy-it-now price of...

I acquired an IBM hard drive type 0665. It's a FH drive made in Havant, England. When I tried searching for the parameters for this drive, I came across 3 different type 0665s. There's a 0665-30 (20M), 0665-38 (30M) and a 0665-53 (44M). Can anyone tell me how I can identify which 0665 this...

Can anyone point me to some software that runs on 8088 or 80286 machines where adding an 8087 or 80287 makes any difference? Over the years, I've had machines with and without a math coprocessor and could never discern any performance difference between the two. I imagine there has to be...

I have 2 of the PS/2 P70 386 "Lunchbox" luggables. Both work and are bootable from the hard drive but neither has a working floppy drive. Does anyone know a source for working drives for these machines? The FRU number for this drive is 38F5936 and was apparently also used in these machines...

Interesting article remembering some vintage products and updating what happened to them. http://tech.msn.com/howto/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=19017036&gt1=40000 Do you remember all 25 that were talked about in the article? I sure do.

I'm trying to open the case on a Toshiba T3100. I've removed all of the screws I can find and I can get the front of the case to start open but the rear of the case won't budge. Is there a trick to getting this open? I have a sneaking suspicion that there is a screw hidden under the foil SN...

I have been offered a TRS-80 Model 1 16K Level II for $50. The unit is working, looks in pristine condition, comes with console, monitor, cassette, and speaker all packed in the original packaging. So far my collection is strictly IBM, I know absolutely nothing about Tandy/RS computers but...

I have a Heath/Zenith 150-307-3 EGA/VGA video card that I can find plenty for sale on the net but haven't been able to locate the switch settings for. Can anybody point me to any documentation for this card? Thanks. It's an 8-bit, full length card. It currently works fine in a XT as a VGA...

Not sure what they're called. The 1/2 height, black plastic filler pieces used to cover the gaping hole in the front on an XT when a 1/2 height drive is installed instead of a full height. Anybody have some extras of these laying around or know of a place where I could buy them? I could use...

I have acquired a Diamond MF-100 multi-function card with 384k ram, 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port and a clock/calendar. Can anyone point me to a source for the software to set/read the clock/calendar? I found the switch settings for the card on Stason but need the software to be able to...

I picked up an IBM 5150 PC system unit for 99 cents from eBay. I wasn't expecting much for what I paid for it. The seller thought there was something wrong with it but wasn't sure. It appears the mobo is bad. The power supply fan comes on but no beeps or anything else. I swapped the power...