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PC XT 5160 Motherboard with patch wires

VCFed about 2 months ago

I have this 5160 motherboard that just blew a tantalum capacitor, and noticed a few things about it while working on it. 64-256KB Board p/n 6320155 Chips are mostly dated early/mid 1984 The tantalum capacitors are common 2-lead, not the more usual 3-lead …

Hardware Setups • My New MiSTer

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Hi,just want to show my new build. Had a MiSTer previously when the project started years ago, but was always dissatisfied with it because of the available options regarding the casing, so I sold the setup not long after and sticked with my MiST. Until re …

GaGe CompuScope Lite PC/XT Drivers/Software

VCFed about 3 months ago

I recently acquired a CompuScope Lite digitizer card from ~1992 with a PC Bus interface compatible with an IBM PC/XT. I'd like to test this card as it seems like a pretty interesting product to turn an XT with Hercules graphics into an oscilloscope, but I …

Can I get UMB for my XT with this setup?

VCFed about 4 months ago

I recently bought this card (the only memory expansion card that I could find that shipped from within Europe, though not from within the EU), to expand the memory of my 256 kb XT (using the 64-256 k motherboard version). I've started to read up on UMB an …

IBM PC XT 5160 and Hard Card

VCFed about 6 months ago

Selling an IBM PC XT 5160 plus a rare functional Hard Card and VGA! Has 256KB of RAM, 5.25" and 3.5" diskette drives and a parallel card. I installed a VGA card so you can use the machine with any modern LCD display. The case is in okay shape …

IBM PC XT-286 & "The choice of the right hard disk drive"

VCFed about 8 months ago

Hi there, I have another one of my unresolved dilemmas again. Which disk should, according to correctness and historical accuracy, be placed in the IBM PC XT-286? My piece was manufactured in 1986 and came with a non-original ST-251 disk. I know that I …
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PC-XT Clone - HELP Repairing Battery Damaged Traces

VCFed about 8 months ago

Friends, I am trying to repair the Battery Damaged PCB Traces in the Battery area of this PC-XT Clone motherboard. As I do not have any other reference, I will highly apricate if you can give your keen eyes and experience and draw me a trace diagram on th …

IBM XT 286 (5162)

VCFed about 8 months ago

Hi, I am looking to buy IBM XT 286 (5162). Please direct message me the picture and price. Thank you. notes : https://dfarq.homeip.net/ib... …

Does Turbo Assembler or MASM come with an IDE?

VCFed about 9 months ago

Hi, What type of integrated development environment do you guys use when coding assembler in DOS for a PC-XT? it seems like neither TASM nor MASM comes with an IDE. Are there any good IDEs I could use or am I stuck using MS-DOS edit? Thanks! …
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Using PC XT ROM BASIC To Host XTIDE + BIOS Reverse Engineering Misc.

VCFed about 10 months ago

I haven't found any thread that describes this subject in detail, so decided to write a small wiki that covers the whole process. And I have also included a section on how to reverse engineer an XT BIOS so that it can search for Option ROMs above 0xF600. …
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General Old Hardware • Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Vogons about 10 months ago

I'm writing in mid-2023 and there has been some excitement around this "laptop" semi-authentic reproduction of the PC-XT. https://www.aliexpress.com/... … id=VVMHZvFEioW5There has been an LGR video: https://www.youtube.com/wat... …

Why some later PC/XT keyboards won't work on some clones

VCFed about 11 months ago

So, I've been putting my Tava computer (5150 clone) together and trying to get things set up on it, and I remembered that for whatever reason it did not like any of my XT/AT switchable keyboards. One of my Columbia Data products machines has the same issue …
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Raising the Bar for IBM PC/XT Emulation: MartyPC

Retro Computing Forum about 11 months ago

See here for details of the newest latest and most cycle-accurate PC/XT emulator, MartyPC. (Also available in-browser) Here’s an image from the startling CGA-mode demo, Area 5150: MartyPC has a cycle-exact implementation of the 8088 CPU, …

FREE!! — IBM PC-XT (Model 5160) with Samsung MA2575 12" Amber Monitor

VCFed about 11 months ago

This is sort of a repost. I decided to let this go for FREE. Of course, if you need it shipped, then you'll have to pay for shipping. I really don't want to put this stuff into electronics recycling. This PC-XT has a problem with its hard disk subsyste …

IBM PC-XT (Model 5160) w/ Samsung 12" Amber Monitor

VCFed about 11 months ago

IBM PC-XT (Model 5160) with Samsung MA2575 12" Amber Monitor 640 kB RAM, with 512 kB Expanded Memory This machine is loaded. 256 kB Motherboard with 8087 Math Coprocessor IBM 60X5867 Expanded Memory Board /w Daughter Board 512kB XMA plus Paralle …

General Old Hardware • Does Anyone Recognize This Hercules Compatible Video Card?

Vogons about 11 months ago

I recently purchased a PC-XT clone (manufactured and sold by THE - Thompson, Harriman, Edwards), and it arrived with a Hercules-compatible video card. I am delighted - this is an unexpected luxury - but I do not recognize the card and was hoping to look u …