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My IBM PC 5150

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First post, by derSammler

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Finally got the XT-IDE working with a 32 MB DOM yesterday, so my 5150 is complete now. 😀

It's a model from 1984, untouched, never repaired and (unknown to me how) still working perfectly. All I did, apart from cleaning, was populating the empty FPU socket with an original, ceramic Intel 8087 and adding the XT-IDE card in the last empty ISA slot.

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* Intel 8088 + 8087, 4.77 MHz
* 256 KB RAM on-board
* additional 256 KB RAM on original IBM Memory Card
* IBM Color Graphics Adapter
* IBM Floppy Disk Controller
* IBM Printer Interface
* XT-IDE with 32 MB DOM
* 2 full-height 5.25" IBM Floppy Disk Drives
* 63 watt PSU

MS-DOS 3.2 failed to install, so it's currently running MS-DOS 5.0. I also own three copies of IBM PC DOS 3.3, which is what I intend to run on it eventually.

Reply 1 of 10, by brassicGamer

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proper time machine, very nice!

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Reply 2 of 10, by tikoellner

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Congrats! Love these machines. Have a similar system (5160) that I shared here lately.

Reply 3 of 10, by oeuvre

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Those machines are pretty slick and yours seems to be in great shape for its age.

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Reply 4 of 10, by Arctic

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Beautiful case!
Our 2nd computer was an Atari ST built into the 5150 case.
The case seems to be lost, so I cant give lots of details how it was done 🙁

Reply 5 of 10, by derSammler

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Can anyone recommend CGA games from the early 80s that are good, representative for their era, and that can be started from hard disk? I want to fill the 32 MB DOM with some stuff. 😎

Reply 6 of 10, by Jo22

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A few CGA or 80s games were named here, in some of the older threads :

Looking for old DOS Game
The year is 1990 and you still have a PC/XT and can't upgrade. Which games are you playing?
Decent composite CGA games not available in VGA?

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Reply 7 of 10, by 386_junkie

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This is a really really nice system... and it's all complete! Please, keep this good and preserved to the end of days.

I would lose myself happily here for a few hours every weekend... playing the original Monkey Island / PoP. 😀

Enjoy it.

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Reply 8 of 10, by derSammler

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Here's a new picture - now at its final place and no longer in my workshop. Looks amazing, doesn't it? 😊

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derSammler wrote:

Can anyone recommend CGA games from the early 80s that are good, representative for their era, and that can be started from hard disk? I want to fill the 32 MB DOM with some stuff. 😎

Crysis 3 on max settings

Also, how did the 5150 not collect tones of dust?

Reply 10 of 10, by derSammler

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harddrivespin wrote:

Also, how did the 5150 not collect tones of dust?

It did, mind you. I had it completely disassembled for cleaning.

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