stevens56
Joined: 06 Jun 2010
Posts: 2
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Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:16 am |
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Greetings,
I have an IBM AT 5170 that I purchased new in 1987. I used it until
1999, with the addition of a new 486 motherboard (since failed) and
larger hard drive, and it has been in storage ever since. I just
reinstalled the original motherboard and booted the thing up, and it
works--it boots up off the hard drive and the floppy. There are three
caveats: the battery backup for the BIOS is missing, the current power
supply is an AT-form factor power supply but does not accomodate the
larger, original, motherboard, and there is some cosmetic damage to
the bottom front of the plastic bezel. Other than that, the case is
in good condition, and I have the keys, quick-reference guides,
plastic cover for rear of unit, manuals for all hardware, driver
disks, etc. I also have the original boxes. This was my first
computer. I paid a ridiculously large amount of cash for a genuine
IBM (in retrospect probably not a sensible plan in 1987) and am a
little bit sentimentally attached to it. I hate to just throw it out.
I can send pictures of stuff if you want. If you want it, or know
someone who wants it, you can have it for the cost of shipping it from
here to there.
J. Stevens
Contains:
original 286 6 MHz motherboard
original IBM 1711 5-1/4" 1.2 Mb floppy drive
original IBM 68X3815 floppy/hd controller
original IBM 619339 "Guide to Operations" in cloth-covered slipcase,
with original IBM Dos 3.21 and Diagnostics and Exploring discs
original IBM 6361134 "BASIC Reference" in cloth-covered slipcase
Priam InnerSpace ID62-AT-D2 62 Mb hard drive (added late '80s)
Teac FD-235 3-1/2" floppy drive (added 1992)
GSI Model 18 Intelligent IDEa IDE adapter (added early '90s)
MCT-MGP Monochrome graphics adapter (original Hercules adapter failed
some time ago)
Also:
Magnavox 7BM623 Professional PC 80 amber TTL monitor (nice little
monitor--lightweight and very crisp)
original IBM XT-series keyboard (not compatible with AT
computer--immaculately clean)
Cherry KXN3-8451 XT-series infrared wireless keyboard (not compatible
with AT computer--immaculately clean)
Panasonic P2200 Pinwriter
A few miscellaneous adapter cards |
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