PC Ephemera

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Joe R. wrote:
> At 01:52 AM 10/27/05 +0100, you wrote:
> 
>>>Mine was for the PC, not the XT; but even with 256K on the mobo, it wasn't
>>>the memory that made me ditch the thing.  It was the FIVE EXPANSION SLOTS!
>>
>>And what is wrong with the 5161 expansion cabinet? 
> 
> 
>    Well besides being HUGE and the fact that it didn't support all of the
> cards, it costs $2585! (with a hard drive)  That's almost three times what
> I paid for my first XT clone!   FWIW I've only seen one of the things. They
> must not have sold many of them.

At that price, it's no wonder!

I've seen two or three at various IBM manufacturing sites.

Peace...  Sridhar