A while back someone posed 3 AT style cases on craigslist for free. I was too slow and didn't get them, I did however leave my name and number with the guy in case he ever got more. This was a good month ago. Well lo and behold I get a call in the morning and he has 3 more and 3 newer ones for free! YAY! I quite literally fly across Denver, and turn a 40 minute trip into a 20. The machines I got are basic beige Pentium class machines. 2 of the three had Cyrix chips (pr166 & 120). Nothing of any REAL value, except for the cases. For some reason AT style cases have really gotten scarce recently. But here is the best part! It turns out he had a SEVEN IBM model 25 Type 004 PS/2 machines in his shed. I got to take them for free also!!! The first picture is what I looked like when he said i could "just take them and get them out of my way"
They are all COLOR 8086 machines! All seven have token-ring cards installed as well. I took a random machine, plugged it in and it came to life like the years it spent in a shed were nothing to it. I love the look of the IBM PS/2 series! This has COMPLETELY screwed up my weekend plans for "cleaning the garage." Because the space I cleaned up now has a pile of computers in it. :lol:
I know for sure i'm going to completely "pimp out" one of these boxes. The rest... I don't know yet. The floppy drive doesn't seem to want to work on the random machine I picked up, i'm hoping its just dirty. The basic screen says 62940 bytes free. this seems VERY low, I'm under the impression they came stock with 640kb. Anyway, i'm off to scour the tubes of the Internets for a manual, and upgrade options.
They are all COLOR 8086 machines! All seven have token-ring cards installed as well. I took a random machine, plugged it in and it came to life like the years it spent in a shed were nothing to it. I love the look of the IBM PS/2 series! This has COMPLETELY screwed up my weekend plans for "cleaning the garage." Because the space I cleaned up now has a pile of computers in it. :lol:
I know for sure i'm going to completely "pimp out" one of these boxes. The rest... I don't know yet. The floppy drive doesn't seem to want to work on the random machine I picked up, i'm hoping its just dirty. The basic screen says 62940 bytes free. this seems VERY low, I'm under the impression they came stock with 640kb. Anyway, i'm off to scour the tubes of the Internets for a manual, and upgrade options.
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