Maverick1978
Veteran Member
Honestly, I never knew that there was an XT-286 until I read this forum. With that said.. I checked out my area's Craigslist this afternoon on a whim. Found an IBM XT-286 with an IBM Hercules Monochrome monitor, and an IBM clicky keyboard for $100 and less than an hour away. Spoke to the owner this evening. He's the sole owner of it, and upgraded the RAM on it in the early 1990's as he used it to work from home. While he doesn't remember the specs on the machine, he did say that it has no expansion cards, and while the machine has been in storage for the last 3 years, the hard drive was removed from the machine and kept in his office. It'll be interesting to see what kind of shape it's in; I'll be going to see it later this week.
Crossing my fingers that it works and that the battery hasn't leaked all over the place - then again, if it doesn't work and is damaged, it might be free - and fixable We'll see!
Crossing my fingers that it works and that the battery hasn't leaked all over the place - then again, if it doesn't work and is damaged, it might be free - and fixable We'll see!