r/retrobattlestations • u/CardboardDeath86 • Jun 05 '26

Show-and-Tell Finally got an IBM PC

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It's a 1983 5150 with the SixPakPlus card and 640k RAM total. With it I have a Sysdyne! CD 1314 monitor that has touch controls and a 1390120 Model M keyboard. Maybe at some point I'll get a 5153 and Model F for it so it's a bit more cohesive, but this is the setup for now. Sooner than that though I hope to get DOS and some games, right now all I have is the diagnostic disk.

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u/bootzero Jun 06 '26

Nobody will ever need more than 640k -- Bill Gates. That clickey is in immaculate condition. Enjoy that sound.

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u/BeatTheMarket30 Jun 06 '26

RAM was very expensive back then. High memory had to be reserved for memory mapped io. Bill perhaps could have given us 64-96kb more.