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Ebay 5150 for sale question

richard1074

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Hello,

I was wondering. I am in doubt. For the last months i am searching for a nice 5150 to buy. In the past i owned a few but gave these away. Now i want one again.
Sometimes on Ebay i see some in better or worse conditions.
Now i am thinking of buying this one, but i can see that the screws for the power supply are silver/metal and not black. I have seen other pictures where the screws are black.
What is your opinion on this one ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Refurbished-Very-Clean-Early-IBM-PC-5150-Rev-A-Computer-16-64K/333619520382
On this picture they are black ?
http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5150/early/5150_early.htm
Greetings, Richard.
 
From memory things like screws varied depending on when it was made. Looks genuine to me, and if not, very easily fixed.
If anything the "non authentic" things for me would be the memory card with a silver bracket, all the ISA expansion blanks are silver not black, and the drives are double sided and non-matching.

But still a nice machine, and it's working/tested and had drive maintenance done. So I'd be fine with it.

Sold now, so not sure if you got it or someone else jumped you.
 
Whoops, it's gone indeed. I will keep my eyes open for more 5150's.
Strange idea to mail a computer to someone. I have never tried this. I hope it gets here unharmed.
 
Whoops, it's gone indeed. I will keep my eyes open for more 5150's.
Strange idea to mail a computer to someone. I have never tried this. I hope it gets here unharmed.

I had my early edition IBM 5150 shipped from US to NZ, no damage, was packaged well but nothing over the top.
Monitor can be tricky if not packed REALLY well though - seen lots of people reporting damage on those.

I've had monitors arrive with only cardboard taped to them and no damage. But other parts of the world aren't so lucky.
 
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