No doubt ebay frequenters have seen this, but I thought I'd post it for those that don't frequent it since I've not seen one come up since getting involve in vintage 7 ish years ago. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5120-computer-with-documentation/122889...
VCF has one. It could be our "featured artifact" (we don't call it "artifact of the month" anymore) one of these days. Something I remember about it -- I'm not strong, but that thing is HEAVY. On Jan 6, 2018 1:22 AM, "Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
No doubt ebay frequenters have seen this, but I thought I'd post it for those that don't frequent it since I've not seen one come up since getting involve in vintage 7 ish years ago.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5120-computer-with- documentation/122889930833?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo% 3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D44040%26meid%3Dcb58bb4e099e4 d369c21a8ea437fe919%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1% 26sd%3D332504162483&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982
Well the fact that they’re showing it running is a good thing, I just hate to think about all the various vintage systems that didn’t make it through the hurricane and severe floods in Texas over the summer On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 10:13 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Cool, I thought maybe we didn't. I've never seen one of these in person.
DC
On 1/6/2018 5:11 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
VCF has one. It could be our "featured artifact" (we don't call it "artifact of the month" anymore) one of these days.
Something I remember about it -- I'm not strong, but that thing is HEAVY.
On Jan 6, 2018 1:22 AM, "Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
No doubt ebay frequenters have seen this, but I thought I'd post it for those that don't frequent it since I've not seen one come up since getting involve in vintage 7 ish years ago.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5120-computer-with-documentation/122889...
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
Yes that is a hefty box, and an odd hard to carry shape. About 95 pounds. The External Disc drive weighs even more, ans although it's a box on wheels, its still hard to move if it needs to be carried because its about 3 feet high. I am a bit surprised that IBM sis not just stick a handle on it and call it a "portable" like was done with so many things in the 70-80's, you know like 25" color TV's.... Interesting machine though. On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Well the fact that they’re showing it running is a good thing, I just hate to think about all the various vintage systems that didn’t make it through the hurricane and severe floods in Texas over the summer
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 10:13 AM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Cool, I thought maybe we didn't. I've never seen one of these in person.
DC
On 1/6/2018 5:11 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
VCF has one. It could be our "featured artifact" (we don't call it "artifact of the month" anymore) one of these days.
Something I remember about it -- I'm not strong, but that thing is HEAVY.
On Jan 6, 2018 1:22 AM, "Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
No doubt ebay frequenters have seen this, but I thought I'd post it for those that don't frequent it since I've not seen one come up since getting involve in vintage 7 ish years ago.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5120-computer-with-documentation/
122889930833?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE% 26ao%3D1%26asc%3D44040%26meid%3Dcb58bb4e099e4d369c21a8ea437f e919%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D332504162483& _trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
-- Matt Patoray Owner, MSP Productions KD8AMG
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