The IBM Personal Computer XT, often shortened to the IBM XT, PC XT, or simply XT, is a version of the IBM PC with a built-in hard drive. It was released as IBM Machine Type number 5160 on March 8, 1983. Apart from the hard drive, it was essentially the same as the original PC, with only minor improvements. The XT was mainly intended as an enhanced IBM PC for business users. Later floppy-only models would effectively replace the original model 5150 PC. A corresponding 3270 PC featuring 3270 terminal emulation was released later in October 1983. XT stands for eXtended Technology.
Since the rise of the personal computer in the 1980s, IBM and other vendors have created PC-based IBM-compatible mainframes which are compatible with the larger IBM mainframe computers. For a period of time PC-based mainframe-compatible systems had a lower price and did not require as much electricity or floor space. However, they sacrificed performance and were not as dependable as mainframe-class hardware. These products have been popular with mainframe developers, in education and training settings, for very small companies with non-critical processing, and in certain disaster relief roles (such as field insurance adjustment systems for hurricane relief).
Background
Up until the mid-1990s, mainframes were very large machines that often occupied entire rooms. The rooms were often air conditioned and had special power arrangements to accommodate the three-phase electric power required by the machines. Modern mainframes are now physically comparatively small and require little or no special building arrangements.
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981. It was created by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Florida.
The generic term "personal computer" was in use before 1981, applied as early as 1972 to the Xerox PARC's Alto, but because of the success of the IBM Personal Computer, the term "PC" came to mean more specifically a desktop microcomputer compatible with IBM's PC products. Within a short time of the introduction, third-party suppliers of peripheral devices, expansion cards, and software proliferated; the influence of the IBM PC on the personal computer market was substantial in standardizing a platform for personal computers. "IBM compatible" became an important criterion for sales growth; only the Apple Macintosh family kept significant market share without compatibility with the IBM personal computer.
The IBM 3270 PC (IBM System Unit 5271), released in October 1983, was an IBM PC XT containing additional hardware which could emulate the behaviour of an IBM 3270 terminal. It could therefore be used both as a standalone computer, and as a terminal to a mainframe.
IBM later released the 3270 AT (IBM System Unit 5273), which was a similar design based on the IBM PC AT. They also released high-end graphics versions of the 3270 PC in both XT and AT variants. The XT-based versions were called 3270 PC/G and 3270 PC/GX and they used a different System Unit 5371, while their AT counterparts (PC AT/G and PC AT/GX) had System Unit 5373.
Technology
The additional hardware occupied nearly all the free expansion slots in the computer. It included a video card which occupied 1-3 ISA slots (depending on what level of graphics support was required), and supported CGA and MDA video modes. The display resolution was 720×350, either on the matching 14-inch color monitor (model 5272) or in monochrome on an MDA monitor.
Simply taking a look at the IBM 5160 that I recently bought at a Goodwill thrift store. Showing startup, operation, diagnostics, gaming, software, and internals.
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published: 01 Apr 2014
Lets build an IBM Personal Computer XT 5160
I've probably mentioned it in the past that XT-Class PC's dont really do it for me, but there is just something about the original 5150's and 5160's that are just beautiful in their rugged, industrial way.
They are certainly a machine that demands respect.
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published: 07 Jun 2021
IBM 5160 PC XT - Hardware overview
Now that we've repaired our IBM 5160 and detailed the process in https://youtu.be/rFhOEuXodQc , in this video I'm going to go over the system, show every single components and provide you some extra information.
I still have 2 more videos planned, one about actually running some software on the thing, and a final one comparing it with its older brother, the IBM 5150
published: 04 May 2019
IBM Personal Computer XT 5160 Hardware Overview
Quick look at the hardware of an IBM 5160 PC from the early 1980s. Unfortunate no hard drive nor floppy drive is currently with this computer. But both would have been installed in it originally.
I do apologize, I though YouTube still had editing tools, they don't. I meant to say, "I used an ISA video Card." I didn't use an PCI video to test this PC.
published: 07 Oct 2018
The Internet connected Hot Rod #IBM PC #XT!
Your pal Al shows you how you can turn a 256K original IBM PC XT at 4.77MHz into an Internet using, awesome sounding, 16 colour wielding, compact flash crunching, 8MHz flying piece of awesomeness.
Table of contents / hot rod items are achieved by:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 What items make up the 'Hot Rod'
2:00 640K upgrade : AST Sixpak plus ISA card with 512K RAM, I/O and a real time clock
2:58 ATI EGA card connected to the IBM 5153 CGA display
5:06 A working hard drive light: courtesy of some dodgy cabling I did from the XT-IDE-CF card to the front disk panel LED!
5:59 Floppy Disk Controller
7:15 Sound: Sound Blaster 2.0 Card
8:00 Nasty internal speaker hack
8:55 Internet connectivity: 3c503 3Com network card with the use of brutman.com 's TCP stack.
11:00 Mass storage: XT-IDE-CF card, w...
published: 16 Nov 2019
The IBM PC 5150 -- Getting It Just Right
Jump directly to these sections:
Current setup: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=421
Information about the MP 6311 / HM6311Q Mono/CGA card I use: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1167
Demonstrations: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1394
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You saw a little bit about my old IBM PC 5150 in my repair video, but let's take a deeper dive at this machine, how it was when I got it and how it is now.
------------
Videos mentioned:
Repair of my IBM PC 5150 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FItTR0wBywE
Fixing old hard drives with lubricant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UJ0YE1a1Fs
Removing Rust with Wheel Cleaner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcOJzIZpPyY
------------
Information:
HMC HM6311Q / MP 6311 Mono/Color Graphics card - No information, see link above to jump to my ...
published: 05 Nov 2018
Brand NEW IBM PC AT + Model M! Unboxing & Setup
I was fortunate to be able to buy a sealed, new old stock IBM PC 5170 built in the year 1988! What a rare treat. Join me in savoring each piece of retro tech as I set it up with PC-DOS 3.30 and EGA graphics.
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"Suits and Neckties 1"
http://www.epidemicsound.com
Simply taking a look at the IBM 5160 that I recently bought at a Goodwill thrift store. Showing startup, operation, diagnostics, gaming, software, and internals...
Simply taking a look at the IBM 5160 that I recently bought at a Goodwill thrift store. Showing startup, operation, diagnostics, gaming, software, and internals.
● Please consider supporting LGR on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
● Twitter and Facebook: https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews
http://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews
Simply taking a look at the IBM 5160 that I recently bought at a Goodwill thrift store. Showing startup, operation, diagnostics, gaming, software, and internals.
● Please consider supporting LGR on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
● Twitter and Facebook: https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews
http://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews
I've probably mentioned it in the past that XT-Class PC's dont really do it for me, but there is just something about the original 5150's and 5160's that are ju...
I've probably mentioned it in the past that XT-Class PC's dont really do it for me, but there is just something about the original 5150's and 5160's that are just beautiful in their rugged, industrial way.
They are certainly a machine that demands respect.
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I've probably mentioned it in the past that XT-Class PC's dont really do it for me, but there is just something about the original 5150's and 5160's that are just beautiful in their rugged, industrial way.
They are certainly a machine that demands respect.
Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/MrLurch/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mrlurch
Discord: https://discord.gg/x7Avgpfj
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mr_Lurch
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Now that we've repaired our IBM 5160 and detailed the process in https://youtu.be/rFhOEuXodQc , in this video I'm going to go over the system, show every single...
Now that we've repaired our IBM 5160 and detailed the process in https://youtu.be/rFhOEuXodQc , in this video I'm going to go over the system, show every single components and provide you some extra information.
I still have 2 more videos planned, one about actually running some software on the thing, and a final one comparing it with its older brother, the IBM 5150
Now that we've repaired our IBM 5160 and detailed the process in https://youtu.be/rFhOEuXodQc , in this video I'm going to go over the system, show every single components and provide you some extra information.
I still have 2 more videos planned, one about actually running some software on the thing, and a final one comparing it with its older brother, the IBM 5150
Quick look at the hardware of an IBM 5160 PC from the early 1980s. Unfortunate no hard drive nor floppy drive is currently with this computer. But both would ha...
Quick look at the hardware of an IBM 5160 PC from the early 1980s. Unfortunate no hard drive nor floppy drive is currently with this computer. But both would have been installed in it originally.
I do apologize, I though YouTube still had editing tools, they don't. I meant to say, "I used an ISA video Card." I didn't use an PCI video to test this PC.
Quick look at the hardware of an IBM 5160 PC from the early 1980s. Unfortunate no hard drive nor floppy drive is currently with this computer. But both would have been installed in it originally.
I do apologize, I though YouTube still had editing tools, they don't. I meant to say, "I used an ISA video Card." I didn't use an PCI video to test this PC.
Your pal Al shows you how you can turn a 256K original IBM PC XT at 4.77MHz into an Internet using, awesome sounding, 16 colour wielding, compact flash crunchin...
Your pal Al shows you how you can turn a 256K original IBM PC XT at 4.77MHz into an Internet using, awesome sounding, 16 colour wielding, compact flash crunching, 8MHz flying piece of awesomeness.
Table of contents / hot rod items are achieved by:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 What items make up the 'Hot Rod'
2:00 640K upgrade : AST Sixpak plus ISA card with 512K RAM, I/O and a real time clock
2:58 ATI EGA card connected to the IBM 5153 CGA display
5:06 A working hard drive light: courtesy of some dodgy cabling I did from the XT-IDE-CF card to the front disk panel LED!
5:59 Floppy Disk Controller
7:15 Sound: Sound Blaster 2.0 Card
8:00 Nasty internal speaker hack
8:55 Internet connectivity: 3c503 3Com network card with the use of brutman.com 's TCP stack.
11:00 Mass storage: XT-IDE-CF card, with a 2GB Compact Flash card
12:14 Faster speed: Orchid Tiny Turbo 286 Card with an 80286-N (8Mhz) and an 80287 co-pro.
16:45 Speed comparison: 8088/XT
17:23 Speed comparison: 80286 speed
18:05 Booting from Compact Flash
19:40 Using the Internet applications
22:30 Configuring networking/Internet
27:50 Using telnet to connect to a linux box
28:30 Browsing the web with elinks
29:05 Using twitter
29:23 Using email (pine/mutt)
30:37 Using IRC chat natively
31:35 EGA graphics & audio demo: Planet X3 game
32:33 EGA & audio theme: Monkey Island
All of the work in this video was done without changing out any stock components such as the motherboard. No XT's were harmed in the process of making this video! #retrocomputing #ibm #xt
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Your pal Al shows you how you can turn a 256K original IBM PC XT at 4.77MHz into an Internet using, awesome sounding, 16 colour wielding, compact flash crunching, 8MHz flying piece of awesomeness.
Table of contents / hot rod items are achieved by:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 What items make up the 'Hot Rod'
2:00 640K upgrade : AST Sixpak plus ISA card with 512K RAM, I/O and a real time clock
2:58 ATI EGA card connected to the IBM 5153 CGA display
5:06 A working hard drive light: courtesy of some dodgy cabling I did from the XT-IDE-CF card to the front disk panel LED!
5:59 Floppy Disk Controller
7:15 Sound: Sound Blaster 2.0 Card
8:00 Nasty internal speaker hack
8:55 Internet connectivity: 3c503 3Com network card with the use of brutman.com 's TCP stack.
11:00 Mass storage: XT-IDE-CF card, with a 2GB Compact Flash card
12:14 Faster speed: Orchid Tiny Turbo 286 Card with an 80286-N (8Mhz) and an 80287 co-pro.
16:45 Speed comparison: 8088/XT
17:23 Speed comparison: 80286 speed
18:05 Booting from Compact Flash
19:40 Using the Internet applications
22:30 Configuring networking/Internet
27:50 Using telnet to connect to a linux box
28:30 Browsing the web with elinks
29:05 Using twitter
29:23 Using email (pine/mutt)
30:37 Using IRC chat natively
31:35 EGA graphics & audio demo: Planet X3 game
32:33 EGA & audio theme: Monkey Island
All of the work in this video was done without changing out any stock components such as the motherboard. No XT's were harmed in the process of making this video! #retrocomputing #ibm #xt
Don't forget to LIKE this video and please SUBSCRIBE to my channel! Press that NOTIFICATION bell so you get to know when new great videos come out that you'll like! I really do appreciate your subscriptions, it makes the countless hours I spend on this channel feel so worthwhile!
If you really like my stuff and fancy spotting me a cup of coffee, don't forget to check out my Ko-Fi and Patreon pages:
https://www.ko-fi.com/alsgeeklab
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On the web & social media:
https://www.alsgeeklab.com
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Jump directly to these sections:
Current setup: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=421
Information about the MP 6311 / HM6311Q Mono/CGA card I use: https://youtu....
Jump directly to these sections:
Current setup: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=421
Information about the MP 6311 / HM6311Q Mono/CGA card I use: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1167
Demonstrations: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1394
------------
You saw a little bit about my old IBM PC 5150 in my repair video, but let's take a deeper dive at this machine, how it was when I got it and how it is now.
------------
Videos mentioned:
Repair of my IBM PC 5150 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FItTR0wBywE
Fixing old hard drives with lubricant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UJ0YE1a1Fs
Removing Rust with Wheel Cleaner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcOJzIZpPyY
------------
Information:
HMC HM6311Q / MP 6311 Mono/Color Graphics card - No information, see link above to jump to my video where I show the jumper configuration sheet.
IBM PC 5150 Rev A Information - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5150/early/5150_early.htm
IBM Floppy Controller Versions - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5150/early/5150_compare_diskette_adapter.htm
Historical Memory Pricing - https://jcmit.net/memoryprice.htm
XT-CF Lite Card - http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/xt-cf-lite
mTCP DOS TCP Stack - http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/
AST MegaPlus II with MegaPack Ram Card - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/AST%20MegaPlus%20II%20-%20Users%20Manual%20-%20August%2083.pdf
PC Limited ZM2 MFM Controller - Might be this card: https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-disk-floppy-controllers/U-Z/XEBEC-AMERICA-Two-ST-506-412-MFM-drives-1220-ASSY.html
CCS Monochrome Display Adapter - Looks to be a "SuperVision" by California Computer Systems, supporting up to 132x44 text (http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?59000-Help-identifying-a-couple-boards-in-my-new-5150&p=471840#post471840)
Clock Command I shows (look under generic) - http://minuszerodegrees.net/rtc/rtc.htm
Jump directly to these sections:
Current setup: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=421
Information about the MP 6311 / HM6311Q Mono/CGA card I use: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1167
Demonstrations: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1394
------------
You saw a little bit about my old IBM PC 5150 in my repair video, but let's take a deeper dive at this machine, how it was when I got it and how it is now.
------------
Videos mentioned:
Repair of my IBM PC 5150 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FItTR0wBywE
Fixing old hard drives with lubricant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UJ0YE1a1Fs
Removing Rust with Wheel Cleaner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcOJzIZpPyY
------------
Information:
HMC HM6311Q / MP 6311 Mono/Color Graphics card - No information, see link above to jump to my video where I show the jumper configuration sheet.
IBM PC 5150 Rev A Information - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5150/early/5150_early.htm
IBM Floppy Controller Versions - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5150/early/5150_compare_diskette_adapter.htm
Historical Memory Pricing - https://jcmit.net/memoryprice.htm
XT-CF Lite Card - http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/xt-cf-lite
mTCP DOS TCP Stack - http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/
AST MegaPlus II with MegaPack Ram Card - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/AST%20MegaPlus%20II%20-%20Users%20Manual%20-%20August%2083.pdf
PC Limited ZM2 MFM Controller - Might be this card: https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-disk-floppy-controllers/U-Z/XEBEC-AMERICA-Two-ST-506-412-MFM-drives-1220-ASSY.html
CCS Monochrome Display Adapter - Looks to be a "SuperVision" by California Computer Systems, supporting up to 132x44 text (http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?59000-Help-identifying-a-couple-boards-in-my-new-5150&p=471840#post471840)
Clock Command I shows (look under generic) - http://minuszerodegrees.net/rtc/rtc.htm
I was fortunate to be able to buy a sealed, new old stock IBM PC 5170 built in the year 1988! What a rare treat. Join me in savoring each piece of retro tech as...
I was fortunate to be able to buy a sealed, new old stock IBM PC 5170 built in the year 1988! What a rare treat. Join me in savoring each piece of retro tech as I set it up with PC-DOS 3.30 and EGA graphics.
● Consider supporting LGR on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
● Social links:
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https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews
● Music used in order of appearance:
"Suits and Neckties 1"
http://www.epidemicsound.com
I was fortunate to be able to buy a sealed, new old stock IBM PC 5170 built in the year 1988! What a rare treat. Join me in savoring each piece of retro tech as I set it up with PC-DOS 3.30 and EGA graphics.
● Consider supporting LGR on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
● Social links:
https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews
https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews
● Music used in order of appearance:
"Suits and Neckties 1"
http://www.epidemicsound.com
Simply taking a look at the IBM 5160 that I recently bought at a Goodwill thrift store. Showing startup, operation, diagnostics, gaming, software, and internals.
● Please consider supporting LGR on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
● Twitter and Facebook: https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews
http://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews
I've probably mentioned it in the past that XT-Class PC's dont really do it for me, but there is just something about the original 5150's and 5160's that are just beautiful in their rugged, industrial way.
They are certainly a machine that demands respect.
Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/MrLurch/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mrlurch
Discord: https://discord.gg/x7Avgpfj
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mr_Lurch
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MrLurchsThings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_lurchs_things/
Now that we've repaired our IBM 5160 and detailed the process in https://youtu.be/rFhOEuXodQc , in this video I'm going to go over the system, show every single components and provide you some extra information.
I still have 2 more videos planned, one about actually running some software on the thing, and a final one comparing it with its older brother, the IBM 5150
Quick look at the hardware of an IBM 5160 PC from the early 1980s. Unfortunate no hard drive nor floppy drive is currently with this computer. But both would have been installed in it originally.
I do apologize, I though YouTube still had editing tools, they don't. I meant to say, "I used an ISA video Card." I didn't use an PCI video to test this PC.
Your pal Al shows you how you can turn a 256K original IBM PC XT at 4.77MHz into an Internet using, awesome sounding, 16 colour wielding, compact flash crunching, 8MHz flying piece of awesomeness.
Table of contents / hot rod items are achieved by:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 What items make up the 'Hot Rod'
2:00 640K upgrade : AST Sixpak plus ISA card with 512K RAM, I/O and a real time clock
2:58 ATI EGA card connected to the IBM 5153 CGA display
5:06 A working hard drive light: courtesy of some dodgy cabling I did from the XT-IDE-CF card to the front disk panel LED!
5:59 Floppy Disk Controller
7:15 Sound: Sound Blaster 2.0 Card
8:00 Nasty internal speaker hack
8:55 Internet connectivity: 3c503 3Com network card with the use of brutman.com 's TCP stack.
11:00 Mass storage: XT-IDE-CF card, with a 2GB Compact Flash card
12:14 Faster speed: Orchid Tiny Turbo 286 Card with an 80286-N (8Mhz) and an 80287 co-pro.
16:45 Speed comparison: 8088/XT
17:23 Speed comparison: 80286 speed
18:05 Booting from Compact Flash
19:40 Using the Internet applications
22:30 Configuring networking/Internet
27:50 Using telnet to connect to a linux box
28:30 Browsing the web with elinks
29:05 Using twitter
29:23 Using email (pine/mutt)
30:37 Using IRC chat natively
31:35 EGA graphics & audio demo: Planet X3 game
32:33 EGA & audio theme: Monkey Island
All of the work in this video was done without changing out any stock components such as the motherboard. No XT's were harmed in the process of making this video! #retrocomputing #ibm #xt
Don't forget to LIKE this video and please SUBSCRIBE to my channel! Press that NOTIFICATION bell so you get to know when new great videos come out that you'll like! I really do appreciate your subscriptions, it makes the countless hours I spend on this channel feel so worthwhile!
If you really like my stuff and fancy spotting me a cup of coffee, don't forget to check out my Ko-Fi and Patreon pages:
https://www.ko-fi.com/alsgeeklab
https://patreon.com/alsgeeklab
On the web & social media:
https://www.alsgeeklab.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/alsgeeklab
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alsgeeklab
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alsgeeklab
Jump directly to these sections:
Current setup: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=421
Information about the MP 6311 / HM6311Q Mono/CGA card I use: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1167
Demonstrations: https://youtu.be/yXPpLLYMRqI?t=1394
------------
You saw a little bit about my old IBM PC 5150 in my repair video, but let's take a deeper dive at this machine, how it was when I got it and how it is now.
------------
Videos mentioned:
Repair of my IBM PC 5150 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FItTR0wBywE
Fixing old hard drives with lubricant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UJ0YE1a1Fs
Removing Rust with Wheel Cleaner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcOJzIZpPyY
------------
Information:
HMC HM6311Q / MP 6311 Mono/Color Graphics card - No information, see link above to jump to my video where I show the jumper configuration sheet.
IBM PC 5150 Rev A Information - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5150/early/5150_early.htm
IBM Floppy Controller Versions - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5150/early/5150_compare_diskette_adapter.htm
Historical Memory Pricing - https://jcmit.net/memoryprice.htm
XT-CF Lite Card - http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/xt-cf-lite
mTCP DOS TCP Stack - http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/
AST MegaPlus II with MegaPack Ram Card - http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/AST%20MegaPlus%20II%20-%20Users%20Manual%20-%20August%2083.pdf
PC Limited ZM2 MFM Controller - Might be this card: https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-disk-floppy-controllers/U-Z/XEBEC-AMERICA-Two-ST-506-412-MFM-drives-1220-ASSY.html
CCS Monochrome Display Adapter - Looks to be a "SuperVision" by California Computer Systems, supporting up to 132x44 text (http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?59000-Help-identifying-a-couple-boards-in-my-new-5150&p=471840#post471840)
Clock Command I shows (look under generic) - http://minuszerodegrees.net/rtc/rtc.htm
I was fortunate to be able to buy a sealed, new old stock IBM PC 5170 built in the year 1988! What a rare treat. Join me in savoring each piece of retro tech as I set it up with PC-DOS 3.30 and EGA graphics.
● Consider supporting LGR on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
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The IBM Personal Computer XT, often shortened to the IBM XT, PC XT, or simply XT, is a version of the IBM PC with a built-in hard drive. It was released as IBM Machine Type number 5160 on March 8, 1983. Apart from the hard drive, it was essentially the same as the original PC, with only minor improvements. The XT was mainly intended as an enhanced IBM PC for business users. Later floppy-only models would effectively replace the original model 5150 PC. A corresponding 3270 PC featuring 3270 terminal emulation was released later in October 1983. XT stands for eXtended Technology.
Banatao made his mark as "having developed the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and transceiver chip, the first system logic chip set for IBM's PC-XT and the PC-AT, ...
He said that when the family returned to Russia, they brought back from Italy an IBM PC XT computer, meaning they were “in the early 90s, one of the few families in Russia who could actually teach ...
FreeDOS, the open-source OS that is helping keep the legacy of DOS alive, will turn 30 next week ... For example, there's a community of enthusiasts who restore classic computers like the IBM PC 5150, PC XT, and PC AT, and put FreeDOS on them ... .
Instead of being forced to live with a IBM PC / PC XT’s 4.77MHz 8088CPU, you could swap it out and replace it with a Mach 10 card that essentially upgraded it to a 9.54MHz 8088 CPU.
Show additional share options. Show additional share options. A friend recently sent me the trailer of a forthcoming film from Apple TV+ with this message ... Fortunately, while in Cambridge I had saved up my stipend to purchase an IBM PC XT machine ... Dr.
In the mid-1980's, Microsoft produced an expansion card for the IBM PC and PC XT, known as the Mach 10... But why go to all this trouble to upgrade your IBM PC to something roughly equivalent to an IBM ...
Since 1984I';ve lived in four countries, plus the US. Finally returned to the US just over 20 years ago ... I have a photo somewhere of myself working with an IBM PC AT (couldn't afford an XT), with an amber monochrome monitor ... Yeah, right ... .
MichaelCalma sees the rapid development of technology making a huge impact on our lives. "Equitable access to credit is another key facet of financial inclusion ... Gaming was his gateway into tech, via an Atari game console then an IBM PC/XT ... *** ... ....