A while back I noted one seller saying he/she was no longer selling complete systems because shipping was a hassle.
Different strokes......
More money parting out the important stuff and less of a pain to ship I would think.
A while back I noted one seller saying he/she was no longer selling complete systems because shipping was a hassle.
Different strokes......
Why was the COVID thread locked? I was following it early a few days ago but dont know what happened. I just checked its locked. Didnt seem to end on a controversial tone...
So about the Covid thread?!
A bit of a bump on this thread, but probably worth remembering that the auction in question was a UK sale. In the UK although the full classic IBM PC range was sold here it was a bit late to market, faced very credible domestic competition before the PC platform was spoken for and the prices were inflated with the odd 1:1 exchange rate which always seems to happen between GBP and USD over technology products. Then when cheap domestic IBM clones like the Amstrad PC came along the sale of actual IBM kit slowed even more from a position that was never fully developed in the first place. Fast forward to 2021 and genuine IBM hardware which was always more scarce than in the US at the time is even more so now and when it comes to things that were rare in the first place like 5161's any part of the system will sell for stupid money.Case in point: https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-5161-X...160-5155-to-a-5161-expansion-Box/193939218899
Even on Ebay, I've seen complete 5161's with both cards and the cable for not much more than that.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/333953173391That price for the 5161 XT Expansion Card is spot on what I would expect to see locally if I was ever to see one.
I think it's easy in the US to forget that outside of North America we are not exactly tripping over IBM PC's so the price reflects the scarcity in our local markets. It's the same here in Australia where you would think being that we had our own IBM manufacturing plant from around 1976 to 1997 that the supply would be better here but it's not. A large percentage of them were for export to Asia and whatever is left that went into the local market is tucked away in private collections. If you manage to find one in the wild you've done very well for yourself.
I understand why the prices would be higher in your local markets but eBay is a global market.
An Australian plant was needed to supply IBM PCs to Asia? Curious why they didn't just build the plant in the Phillipines or even Singapore. Many ics were already manned there I thought.
An Australian plant was needed to supply IBM PCs to Asia? Curious why they didn't just build the plant in the Phillipines or even Singapore. Many ics were already manned there I thought.
Anyone know how many 5150/5160s were sold in Japan?
Did Research Machines gain any traction in Australia?
I dont think very many as speaking with someone in JApan, they are non existent and he'd never seen nor heard of a PCJR
I understand why the prices would be higher in your local markets but eBay is a global market.