ubject: Re: Buying and running an IBM PC-XT in 2020
I decided to get a tvga8900 for mine, as fiddling with 15khz ttl is
just too flaky and problemmatic. Having a real cga/ega monitor would
be cool if I could justify the cost and the space, but a native fix is
an isa vga card so that's my sol
aging tool, ISA tester, etc.
Best,
Jeff
Message: 23
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:20:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ethan O'Toole
To: Bill Degnan , "General Discussion: On-Topic
and Off-Topic Posts"
Subject: Re: Buying and running an IBM PC-XT in 2020
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:59 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
> I could set up an office or classroom of XTs. A funny if not impractical
> practical joke...
About 5 years ago, I set up a classroom of discarded but essentially
modern machines (Core2 Duo but couldn't run latest Windows) at our
Mak
I delivered in a truck to the set up in Quebec the 20 IBM XTs that you see
in the movie Xmen the Apocalypse. I retrieved them after the filming. I
could set up an office or classroom of XTs. A funny if not impractical
practical joke
B
That is awesome!
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: Ethan O'Toole
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 9:32 AM Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 15:10, Bill Degnan wrote:
> >
> > I remember when the IBM XT was too new for a VCF exhibit, back when
> Sellam ran shows.
>
> I can believe that.
>
> I gutted 2 original working PC-ATs in about 1996 for cases fo
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 15:10, Bill Degnan wrote:
>
> I remember when the IBM XT was too new for a VCF exhibit, back when Sellam
> ran shows.
I can believe that.
I gutted 2 original working PC-ATs in about 1996 for cases for
Pentium-class machines. I deeply regret it now but it was 25y ago --
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 7:43 AM Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
> I found this blog post quite interesting. I've left what I hope is an
> informative, helpful comment. I wonder if anyone else here would have
> more to add?
>
>
> https://www.forsure.dev/-/2020/05/19/640-kilobytes-of-ram-and-why-i-boug
I found this blog post quite interesting. I've left what I hope is an
informative, helpful comment. I wonder if anyone else here would have
more to add?
https://www.forsure.dev/-/2020/05/19/640-kilobytes-of-ram-and-why-i-bought-an-ibm-5160/
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