Original IBM 64K Memory Kit in original box on ebay....

[Scott Stevens]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:27:58 +0100 (BST)
"Witchy" <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> >>I really don't see the point in something like this. There are many
> >>easier and cheaper ways to get 9 off 4164 DRAMs (which IIRC, is all
> >this>kit consists of).
> >>
> >>-tony
> >
> >    There will be somebody on E-bay that will want it!
> >
> 
> Aye, I'm a collector and museum owner as well as an interested
> hardware type of bloke so getting an original IBM PC upgrade kit still
> in its packaging is interesting for me, though the kit would never be
> used because both of my 5150s are maxed out.
> 

Unfortunately, a 4164 kit is 'rather late' for the IBM-PC.  Now, if it
were a kit of nine 4116 chips for the original IBM PC1, it would be more
impressive.  (the first generation IBM PC motherboard had four rows of
16K DRAM chips with just the first row of nine soldered in, for a total
of 64K on the motherboard- any additional memory had to be on the I/O
channel.)  I USED to have two of those first generation motherboards. 
Yet another regret is that I don't have them anymore.