How are you getting two drives in one bay like that? Does the chassis have attachment points for the upper one?

It's troublesome indeed.

First of all please mind that the bottom drive is in this case only attached with one screw inserted from the bottom of the case.

Then you need an adapter - can be diy. This is just a simple rectangular plate with screw holes to lock the drives together (if you need photo, let me know). I also noticed that the front screw of the top drive locks against the diagonal part of the bay which should stabilise the drive from the left side (the bottom screw uses right rear hole of the drive).

Generally it works and is an official way of doing this kind of manouver, although not really elegant.

really nice!
is the monitor an EGA one?

I initially thought so because I was told by the seller it was EGA, but it happens to be 5153, so CGA. I hooked it to EGA card and it's quite usable.

Looks brand new and straight out the shop!

I tell you... I wouldn't mind having this on one of my desks.

even CGA it's still a great monitor... just be careful not to feed it hi-res EGA signal, I think I've read that it could cause damage to the monitor ...

Nice one. 😀 I own a complete and mint 5150 with CGA as well. Even bought an own desk for it. These are really great-looking machines.

Do you have the original keyboard as well, or did it come with the one in the picture?

This is the saddest part. It came with the keyboard. I disassembed it for cleaning and my lovely (f******) cat dropped the bottom part. It cracked I will need to find some replacement. I'm angry as the keyboard made to survive 30 years with the previous owner and in my hands one day was enough to get it badly damaged 🙁

Makes me glad that the original keyboard has a bottom part made of steel. Have not dropped it yet, but if I would, it would rather break the floor than the keyboard. 😁

I replaced the bottom with another one salvaged from some blue label I had around. It fits perfectly. There is just some negligible difference in colour.

You can play Arkanoid with the mouse?

Yes, absolutely. In the beginning the game asks you to choose your video hardware (EGA/CGA/Hercules) and your input device (Keyboard/mouse/joystick).

I'm guessing by the completeness of the PC the previous owners had it since new?
Its vey nice indeed and working HDD, saves sooo much hassle 😀

Yes, it was purchased by a Polish big beat (Polish term used for Rock'n'Roll) artist (quite renowned) who emigrated to Sweden in late 60s. He bought this computer in Sweden in 1986 and brought it back to Poland. The computer was used, among other things, for midi sequencing. I guess in Poland there weren't many people who could possibly afford an original IBM XT these day.

Nice computer and interesting story.

Cracking machine, mate. I find these computers really exciting for some reason, as I'm well into the history of computing. And although the 5150 was the first, I prefer the 5160, as there were some big improvements over the PC. The screen looks amazing!

Thanks!

So far I:
- installed Nec V20 processor;
- installed RTC clock that goes between U18 ROM and it's socket.

I' still need to get the Lo-tech XT-IDE adapter. I'm also looking for some turbo card (such as Orchid Tiny Turbo), but those seem impossible to find.

I agree with keropi do not feed hi res EGA modes.