IBM PC Model 5155 connected on Internet

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Let's browse the Web with an old but magnificient IBM Model 5155 Portable Computer (1984) : Intel 8088 @4,77 MHz - 640 KB of RAM - 20 MB RLL Hard Drive (Seagate ST238R) - Built-in 9'' amber CGA display. This transportable computer weights no more than 13,6 kg. Software : Antonio Lopez Molero's PPPD for DOS Packet Driver + MSDOS 6.22 + Bobcat (Lynx port to DOS) web brower. I used an HP Laptop running OpenBSD 4.4 as a PPP gateway, allowing the IBM 5155 to connect to Internet via a RS232 cable. The laptop is connected to a DSL Router via a wireless NIC. This video is a basic illustration of the method described in a PDF document I wrote some times ago, explaining how to connect old computers to Internet via RS232 serial cable and DSL Routers, using PPP and SLIP protocols and an OpenBSD PPP/SLIP gateway. At this time, this How-to is only available in french : http://retrocomputing.free.fr/dotclear/index.php?2008/12/22/5-how-to-pour-la-...

Greetings to the fr.comp.ordinosaures newsgroup community.

My big thanks goes to Johan Sanchez for providing me this beautiful computer.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• IBM
• 5155
• PC
• XT
• 5150
• 5160
• Internet
• retrocomputing
• openbsd
• serial
• rs232
• ppp
• slip
• old
• computer
• transportable
• vintage
• MFM
• RLL
• CGA
• MSDOS
• 1984

[TheNightOcean]

Yes, of course. You can emulate a VT100 terminal with Procomm, Telix or Terminate.

[thomashenrydavies]

Can the 5155 be used as a VT100 (or similar) terminal, in order to log into a Linux machine over RS232?

[TheNightOcean]

@thomashenrydavies

Yes, of course. You can emulate a VT100 terminal with Procomm, Telix or Terminate.

[KubaPSP]

Hi, do you think it's possible to do this via Windows(7 or XP)? I have old laptop that doesn't have pcmcia slots, just serial port and parralell port, but that is broken.

I've been looking for the software but found nothing :(

[TheNightOcean]

@KubaPSP

Yes, it may be possible by creating a PPP/SLIP connection on the server side(listening mode) and using the built-in "Internet Connection Sharing" feature of Windows XP (or a routing software like Winroute).

[raymangold22]

So your IBM 5155 is still a more reliable machine than your HP? ;)

[TheNightOcean]

@raymangold22

Oh! You're right. The screen of the HP Laptop doesn't work anymore.

The 5155 is still in excellent condition :)

[plopkinggamer]

hmm i need to play fallout

[plopkinggamer]

@mr6johnclark haha yes indeed every time i hear this something in my little brain makes me want and play 6 hours of fallout

[mr6johnclark]

@plopkinggamer This tune sort of matches right?

[crogeek]

Tune from Fallout 3

[trancelistic]

Wonderful video. I watched and enjoyed it all. Thanks for sharing

[auro1001]

Good choice of music :)

[Walmartian77]

I remember in 1986 an IBM PC XT 286 RAM ram had 640 KB . the graphics were 640 by 200 the speed was 6 MHz lol

with a 20 MB hard disk sold for $4000 bucks

[alone8406]

MY VERY FIRST COMPUTER RIGHT HERE I LEARNED MS DOS ON THIS BEAST LOL

[Quaaludedude714]

Intel 8088 @4,77 MHz - 640 KB of RAM - 20 MB , great - Thanks for uploading :) QC