LGR - IBM PC 5150 Vintage Computer System Review
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Date: 2022-04-14
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Comments and reviews: 10
Eric
I would love it if PCem offered a facade for the various PC models it emulates. It would be great to have the look of the original monitor and of the original system unit sitting beneath it. At least I have the right keyboard for it! I'm using a big honkin' Unicomp that is a lot like the IBM Model M keyboard. Perfect for using on that emulated IBM AT. Then the only thing missing would be that kick-ass power switch: D and getting to use the physical disk drives, of course.
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I would love it if PCem offered a facade for the various PC models it emulates. It would be great to have the look of the original monitor and of the original system unit sitting beneath it. At least I have the right keyboard for it! I'm using a big honkin' Unicomp that is a lot like the IBM Model M keyboard. Perfect for using on that emulated IBM AT. Then the only thing missing would be that kick-ass power switch: D and getting to use the physical disk drives, of course.
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GermanRexLP
I-ve got mine today, and I was such a happy person until now, but when i start up the PC, the PSU fan turns on, but no beep is to hear and the floppy drives are silent. Does anybody know, how I can fix this problem? The eBay seller said it-s fine, and i get my 5151 moniter in one week so i can-t see now if anything is displayed. I paid 200- for it, I hope somebody can help me. :o
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I-ve got mine today, and I was such a happy person until now, but when i start up the PC, the PSU fan turns on, but no beep is to hear and the floppy drives are silent. Does anybody know, how I can fix this problem? The eBay seller said it-s fine, and i get my 5151 moniter in one week so i can-t see now if anything is displayed. I paid 200- for it, I hope somebody can help me. :o
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Jojy
I actually just got my hands on an almost unused, perfect condition 5150. The original model, not one of the revisions. It's fascinating to use a PC like this, considering it came out more than a decade before I was born. Don't know if you'll see this, LGR, but you are probably one of the biggest reasons I got into collecting old computer stuff, and I've got to thank you for it.
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I actually just got my hands on an almost unused, perfect condition 5150. The original model, not one of the revisions. It's fascinating to use a PC like this, considering it came out more than a decade before I was born. Don't know if you'll see this, LGR, but you are probably one of the biggest reasons I got into collecting old computer stuff, and I've got to thank you for it.
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johneygd
Huh i alway's tout that the ibm pc dit had a cga chip builtin along with a color monitor, but NOPE you had to buy them saperatly.
It even ditn't had a graphics chip only text, am mean in 1976/77 yes i can understand that but for 1981? Mm not really, oh well it atleast is expendiblw and it set the standard for what pc's are today, it's awesome legendary system.
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Huh i alway's tout that the ibm pc dit had a cga chip builtin along with a color monitor, but NOPE you had to buy them saperatly.
It even ditn't had a graphics chip only text, am mean in 1976/77 yes i can understand that but for 1981? Mm not really, oh well it atleast is expendiblw and it set the standard for what pc's are today, it's awesome legendary system.
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Mark
I had one of these and gave it away! I wanted to share my love for these things but the person I gave it to threw it away in the garbage. The person I gave it to said it was too slow--my point here is if you like these kinds of things (classic hardware, just be carefull of who you give it too as they may not see things the way you do. Just a heads up!
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I had one of these and gave it away! I wanted to share my love for these things but the person I gave it to threw it away in the garbage. The person I gave it to said it was too slow--my point here is if you like these kinds of things (classic hardware, just be carefull of who you give it too as they may not see things the way you do. Just a heads up!
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sfx1999
I miss the satisfying thunk power switches used to have. I had an old Packard Bell 486 as a kid that I found out used a 386 case. Had an HP Deskjet 500C that was built with steel. Right now I have a LaserJet 4 that has a hell of a power switch and causes the lights to dim quickly when it starts to warm up.
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I miss the satisfying thunk power switches used to have. I had an old Packard Bell 486 as a kid that I found out used a 386 case. Had an HP Deskjet 500C that was built with steel. Right now I have a LaserJet 4 that has a hell of a power switch and causes the lights to dim quickly when it starts to warm up.
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Rahaan
Re the keyboard: the XT had a different keyboard protocol to the later AT and PS/2 and the rest.
If you use the wrong kind of keyboard, when you type you get random characters and craziness.
Some keyboards had a switch on the underside to select either of the XT or AT protocols.
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Re the keyboard: the XT had a different keyboard protocol to the later AT and PS/2 and the rest.
If you use the wrong kind of keyboard, when you type you get random characters and craziness.
Some keyboards had a switch on the underside to select either of the XT or AT protocols.
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Robert
While this one did start it all for the PC market, it seems that most on eBay that I see for DOS-based PCs are Windows 98 Dell Optiplexes, supposedly, that seem to have Pentium 4s with Win 98SE on them, which would be WAY too much juice for anything written in the early to mid '90s.
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While this one did start it all for the PC market, it seems that most on eBay that I see for DOS-based PCs are Windows 98 Dell Optiplexes, supposedly, that seem to have Pentium 4s with Win 98SE on them, which would be WAY too much juice for anything written in the early to mid '90s.
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John
Yeah, you had to provide your own cassette deck if you were going to use that jack. The entry-level model came with 16KB and no floppy drive, as they were assuming tapes would be popular with the PC like they were with C64s, Speccies, etc. They ditched the cassette jack for the XT.
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Yeah, you had to provide your own cassette deck if you were going to use that jack. The entry-level model came with 16KB and no floppy drive, as they were assuming tapes would be popular with the PC like they were with C64s, Speccies, etc. They ditched the cassette jack for the XT.
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Zzyxx
This computer had a 309 page Technical Reference manual, with details of every block inside the CPU box.
16 bit 8088 processor, 20 address lines (1MiB of Max memory access. Whatever games you may play, inside it is just executing opcodes, just opcodes! Binary 1s and 0s.
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This computer had a 309 page Technical Reference manual, with details of every block inside the CPU box.
16 bit 8088 processor, 20 address lines (1MiB of Max memory access. Whatever games you may play, inside it is just executing opcodes, just opcodes! Binary 1s and 0s.
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