Uncreative Labs

Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 169 Location: behind you!

First off, long time no see Shocked

. I am planning a display for next year celebrating the 30th anniversary of the original IBM PC. I was just wanting input on what would be good to display. I have a full system I plan on putting up on display, along with a 64k motherboard and 8088 processor. I also have 2 original manuals along with a few magazines from around that time. ANY suggestions are welcome and WANTED!!!

Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 66

DOS 1.0 or DOS 1.1 if you can find it. (Or some early version!)
Visicalc
IBM 5152 dot matrix printer
IBM 5151 monochrome monitor (ideal for business use)
Old style diskette holding box, Maxell diskettes
Byte magazine
Hayes 300 or 1200 BPS modem

That's a good start ...

Mike
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Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 169 Location: behind you!

I have a dos 2.1 book that came with a pc jr. I also have more 360k disks than I would ever need (some maxell, but most Kodak color disks). I have an ibm 1200bps modem here that I could toss into the display (could provide a graph of download times at 1200bps and at 10mbps). May be time to scour the thrift stores and ebay for a few items Rolling Eyes

Luckily I have almost a full year to plan, so I have time Wink

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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:12 pm

I know it's a little late, but maybe somebidy could do a 30th anniversary display of the XT next year:

IBM 83 key KB
DOS 2.1
all the original documentation including DOS/BASIC manuals
5154 EGA monitor
5151(they can coexist)
5161 with 2 ST-412s
2 IBM FH 360k FDs in system unit
MS mouse 1.0 (green buttons/metal wheel)
Windows 1.00 Premier Edition (really just cool)
5152
8088/87
256k ram

Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 488 Location: pennsylvanai

so far dos 1.0 has escaped me dos 1.1 doesn't do much
but dod 2.1, since it supports a hard drive is usable
I dipute that 2.1 will only SEE 16 megs, I think it can support 21m.

I would ' cheat and not use the xebec controller.
the 2.3 length wd1002 wx1. BUT with a newer superformatter bios is much better. it will fit the socket
( they THOUGHT) I was working when I was copying HD controller bios;
Green monochrome would be authentic.
some kind of FH drive like a seagate st219 ( 15 megs)
remeber the serial card goes in the slot next to the PS