Hi today i bought a ibm 5150 for $20. However its missing 1 of the floppy drives and the hard drive. It has a vga monitor and a ibm keyboard. I wanted to know what i should do get get it up and running cheaply. I also want to know how much its worth. Please Respond Thanks!!!
@croberts2129 I actually came here through ilpost.it/2011/08/12/tempi-avvio-computer/, but maybe the author of that was inspired by the article you mentioned
That prolinea was an excellent, marevleous machine. Was using one up until 2000!
BNMMVII 1 month ago
IBM 5150 HELP!!!
Hi today i bought a ibm 5150 for $20. However its missing 1 of the floppy drives and the hard drive. It has a vga monitor and a ibm keyboard. I wanted to know what i should do get get it up and running cheaply. I also want to know how much its worth. Please Respond Thanks!!!
GraysonsTechReviews 6 months ago
@GraysonsTechReviews IBM 5150s never originally shipped with hard drives. The standard was two full height 5 1/4" FDDs.
5150s also did NOT ship with VGA as it didn't exist. There are 8-bit VGA ISA cards, but they're rare and expensive.
raymangold22 3 months ago
linked from the article! which was linked by someone on twitter!
Manchunia88 6 months ago
The irony is that most of today's machines take the same time to be fully booted up. :)
jollino 6 months ago 3
@jollino Im guessing you were linked here from Manjoo's slate article?
croberts2129 6 months ago
@croberts2129 I actually came here through ilpost.it/2011/08/12/tempi-avvio-computer/, but maybe the author of that was inspired by the article you mentioned
jollino 6 months ago
@jollino Ehh no kidding. I do have some machines that boot up fast.
raymangold22 3 months ago