IBM PC 5150 Computer System Review - Lazy Game Reviews
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Uploaded by phreakindee on Jan 15, 2010
Review from the perspective of a casual collector of video games: is the first "PC", the IBM 5150, worth buying today? A run-down of the history, pros and cons of the system and games, what to look for and be aware of when buying, as well as some of the other 8-bit computers and revisions in the 5150 lineage. MS-DOS has never been so fine.
Paratrooper
Alley Cat
PC-Man
Pharaoh's Tomb
Wheel of Fortune
Ikari Warriors
Arkanoid
Set the Hostages Free
Battlezone
Galaxian
Game footage recorded using CGA composite-out with a mic directed toward the PC speaker!
Lots more information and troubleshooting at:
http://www.ibm5150.net/
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Uploader Comments (phreakindee)
Top Comments
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I just found one of these for free on Craigslist fuck yeah :D
9 months ago 10
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Can i play black ops on it
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All Comments (243)
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how many FLOPS was it?
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what about cpm? Cpm was compatible across platforms. The reason Ibm took the market was that was the only company business big wigs trusted. Most people were exposed to pcs at work.
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its 70 pounds now thats a good paper weight
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@xxXCalculatorXxx Get the AT instead. Similar look, but with better specs, and it's somewhat cheaper.
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@phreakindee well you see, this is what I am trying to address to you.
if you really want DOSBox to emulate the computer's noisy behavior, I think you should send an email to Sourceforge, or somebody involved with the project. I am a fanatic of DOS games myself.
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One of these days, I think some gaming PC firms should make "retro-style" gaming PCs that borrow styling cues from the original 5150.
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@RandomUploader90 It probably didn't work anyways..
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They do not go under £100 here in the UK.
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I think the keyboard click sound effects should be included with future versions of DOSBox.
SamuraiClinton 1 week ago
@SamuraiClinton Whoa. Now this is a great idea. Seriously. Like how some emulators emulate the sound of the floppy drive being read? Implement this for a keyboard and you've got a win.
phreakindee 1 week ago
Sweet, my dad just gave me his old 5150 the other day. It's maxed out at 640k of RAM with a 10MB HDD and a Hercules graphics card!
MyNameIsBucket 4 months ago
@MyNameIsBucket A 5150 with a hard drive? That is awesome, they normally weren't able to support them, only the XT onward had full support from the factory.
phreakindee 4 months ago