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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Sam on Wed, 20 October 2010, 08:05:35

Title: IBM 5100 Computer & IBM 5103 Printer
Post by: Sam on Wed, 20 October 2010, 08:05:35

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270651703259

I saw this listing and was going to send the seller a question on it but got tied up and went back and it was gone.  Although I'm not a collector, this is one piece above just about all else I'd love to have for a lot of reasons.  Beam spring keyboard, APL, and first "portable" computer.  If it was complete, very reasonably priced compared to other's I've seen, plus it included the printer.  Oh well, my money's better spent on just keyboards I suppose.

Title: IBM 5100 Computer & IBM 5103 Printer
Post by: Shawn Stanford on Wed, 20 October 2010, 18:30:05

Looks similar to the printer that came with the Series/1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series/1