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An IBM haul of goodness!

TandyMan100

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As my birthday gift to myself I bought the following:

Mint condition IBM PS/1 with monitor, Model M2 keyboard, PS/1 printer, manuals, a flier that convinced the family to buy it, and some educational software. All from the original owners for the princely sum of $20. I'll get pictures later Friday when I get home. Says there's a problem with the hard drive but for that price I really don't care.
 
Nice find and great birthday gift :) I did a similar thing for xmas and bought myself a cheap non-working Epson HX-20 in hopes that it's something simple. Still, I agree with the price. It's worth the challenge.
 
nice. you may have to change your username now.

what educational software did you end up with? IBM had some oddball edutainment stuff back then.
 
Here's a link to a picture (56k warning, 5 megapixel picture awaits) http://i.imgur.com/MexlR.jpg

No mouse, and he said it has a harddrive problem and forgot the software, which I'll be picking up next week. The system is in pretty good nick, looks like. Wonder if that printer still works?
 
I seriously can't remember the last time I saw someone post '56k warning' lol.

That does look clean though, nice birthday gift for yourself. Last year I got myself a Virtual Boy for my birthday. :)
 
So it appears the hard drive is dead, the keyboard has a short, and there's no mouse, so if anyone has any of those things drop me a line. In the meantime, have a slew of pictures, including a few shots of the very sexy (and incredibly clean) innards.

http://i.imgur.com/VDN3U.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RY3b9.jpg (Yes, that's a "memory module" which slots into the front of the case. You can remove just about everything from this machine without a screwdriver)
http://i.imgur.com/uxoHu.jpg (I believe this was an option that was supplied by the edutainment package this computer was a part of)
http://i.imgur.com/fzmiy.jpg (stripped down, reseating things. No bulging caps, corrosion, or even dust. Still haven't touched a screwdriver)
http://i.imgur.com/H3HBb.jpg (I love that logo)
http://i.imgur.com/DrvfD.jpg (Ignition! Took out the hard drive and the computer booted!)
http://i.imgur.com/uKCBg.jpg (Wow, this is awesome. Just need a mouse now)
http://i.imgur.com/JdxpX.jpg (Huh, ROM DRIVE. Fascinating.)
http://i.imgur.com/4f0Lz.jpg (Anyone know where I can find a font like this?
http://i.imgur.com/47P0L.jpg (IBM DOS in ROM)
http://i.imgur.com/y6RwX.jpg (The two brothers sitting on a very unhappy table!)
http://i.imgur.com/y3Ajr.jpg (With the printer)
http://i.imgur.com/GiKim.jpg (some more-or-less period computer paraphanelia)
http://i.imgur.com/fj2I8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3iDRk.jpg (Haven't messed with the printer much)
 
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