I present to you Alicia, my IBM 5150 64kb-256kb

[tulack]

As the title suggests, I present to you Alicia, my IBM 5150 64kb-256kb.

I saw an ad on a local secondhand goods website, contacted the seller, and when I saw it... I knew it had to come home with me. It was being sold by the grandson; his grandfather had bought it new. It was seemingly immaculate, even still having the keyboard and monitor covers. It was stored in a storage unit. We tried to turn it on; it powered up, but neither of us knew how to use it. I had to play it cool, since I really wanted to buy it, and after negotiating the price, I put it in the trunk and drove off with a smile.

 

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My first time turning it on

 

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But... it only lasted 10-12 minutes... I had enough time to record the video and little else. After turning it on and recording the video, I turned it off, I turned off the monitor too, but I didn't unplug it. And suddenly there was a loud bang and smoke started coming out of the back. A capacitor in the power supply exploded.

 

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Luckily I took pictures of everything beforehand. This is what the capacitor looked like before... I've been able to identify it and I'm looking for a replacement.

 

[modem7]

A capacitor in the power supply exploded.

A relatively common failure. See 'Line Suppression Capacitor' at [here].

I've been able to identify it and I'm looking for a replacement.

If you haven't thought about it already, I think it a good idea to replace the second one as well.

 

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If you haven't thought about it already, I think it a good idea to replace the second one as well.

Thank you, I will, I'll change the other one too.