| Description | |
| Manufacturer | International Business Machines (IBM) |
| Model | Model 5160 - PC XT |
| Date Announced | 1983 |
| Date Canceled | Late 1980s |
| Number Produced | Hundreds of thousands |
| Country of Origin | USA |
| Price | Approx. $4,000 - $10,000 depending on options |
| Current Value | $25-$100 |
| Specifications | |
| Processor | Intel 8088 |
| Speed | 4.77 MHz |
| RAM | 64K - 640K |
| ROM | 64K |
| Storage | 360K 5.25" floppy drive, 10MB hard drive |
| Expansion | 8 ISA slots |
| Bus | ISA |
| Video | CGA or IBM Monochrome standard, EGA and later possible |
| I/O | Parallel, Serial, etc. |
| OS Options | DOS, CP/M-86, UCSD-P |
| Notes | The IBM PC XT (eXtended Technology) was the follow-on to the wildly successful IBM PC. It was sold in basically the same box but there were numerous significant changes. Most importantly IBM sold the machines standard with a hard drive. Additional changes include the addition of three extra slots and the elimination of the rarely used cassette port. The basic architecture of the machine was not changed. |
| Related Items in Collection | IBM PC, IBM PC AT, IBM Portable PC and various clones. |
| Related Items Wanted | IBM Version of the Epson MX-80 printer. |
The IBM PC XT in my collection is a complete and original machine that still has the original IBM/Miniscribe 10 MB full-height hard disk running true.
The machine came equipped with a Princeton Graphics display system compatible with IBM CGA.
The inside of the machine shows off the extra ISA slots that IBM Provided with the XT.
And the display shows that the machine is working perfectly.
Also included with the machine are the original IBM manuals: DOS 2.0, BASIC and the XT Guide to Operations.
(Submitted November 11, 2008 01:06:30 by Frank)
This was my first computer.I got it second hand im 1988.I mostly used it to play chess on it.
(Submitted October 2, 2008 18:40:47 by Keith Burgoyne)
I loaned one of those computers to my cousin. She later threw it out, thinking that it was too old to be of any use to anyone. I nearly killed her. I really really wish I had one of these. Care to sell?
(Submitted August 5, 2008 16:11:49 by Chris)
What a nice, clean specimen. Amazing that the original hard drive still works! you probably could keep the neighbors awake typing on that keyboard at night.
(Submitted July 3, 2008 06:13:29 by (a href=mailto:)atk(/a))
I had one with 5M 5 1/4 inch full size hardisk. Did some heavy C developing with it and TCC v. 1.5.
(Submitted April 24, 2008 01:59:47 by Frode)
In 1985, they also shipped those with two FH- FDDs (like the 5150 PCs) instead of one FH-FDD and one FH-HDD.