PC Ephemera

[Adrian Graham]

On 27/10/05 01:50, "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:

> Do you mean 5150 PC, or 5160 XT?
> By "64K" MB, do you mean 16K - 64K?  or 64K - 256K?

The 16-64K PC.

> The 5150 PC had FIVE slots, cassette port,
> available in 16K-64K (4116 8/1981) or 64K-256K (4164).

In that case I DO have a PC, pity it's 250 miles away right now so I can't
go to check.....it's still the later board though, but it DOES have an
associated 5161 expansion unit that I've seen mentioned elsewhere as
somewhat of a rarity.

http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/ibm/pc.php
 
> The 5160 XT had EIGHT slots, no cassette port,
> available in 64K-256K or 640K.

Check. There's one of those 6 feet away from where I'm typing this.

Time I wasn't here!

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