IBM PC XT (5160)

In September 2009 I started to downsize this collection to a few items and then archived this section to its own subdomain at the start of October 2011.

This system

Over the years I accumulated the parts for this system. Unfortunately I never found the time to get it operational so in July 2007 I decided to take some last photos before getting rid of it. Hopefully to someone who can use it.

Images

The complete system. Neither the display or keyboard are original IBM items. - pc-xt-01.jpg pc-xt-01.jpg, 1600x1200, 262KB
The complete system. Neither the display or keyboard are original IBM items.
The front of the unit showing the iconic logo on the left and two full height drives on the right, a 5.25" floppy drive and a hard drive. - pc-xt-02.jpg pc-xt-02.jpg, 1600x1200, 220KB
The front of the unit showing the iconic logo on the left and two full height drives on the right, a 5.25" floppy drive and a hard drive.
The rear of the unit. The only port provided by the motherboard is the keyboard, the remainder must be provided by expansion cards. - pc-xt-03.jpg pc-xt-03.jpg, 1600x1200, 260KB
The rear of the unit. The only port provided by the motherboard is the keyboard, the remainder must be provided by expansion cards.
The unit with the cover removed. The power supply and floppy drives take up the bulk of the space, with the remainder available for full length expansion cards. - pc-xt-04.jpg pc-xt-04.jpg, 1600x1200, 351KB
The unit with the cover removed. The power supply and floppy drives take up the bulk of the space, with the remainder available for full length expansion cards.
A parallel port card. - pc-xt-05.jpg pc-xt-05.jpg, 1600x1200, 492KB
A parallel port card.
Floppy drive controller card. The edge connector on the left serves the two internal drives. The external connector I believe supports two more drives. - pc-xt-06.jpg pc-xt-06.jpg, 1600x1200, 431KB
Floppy drive controller card. The edge connector on the left serves the two internal drives. The external connector I believe supports two more drives.
A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ST-506"  title="ST-506 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia">ST-506</a> controller card for the hard drive.  Two cables run from the left side of the card to the drive. - pc-xt-07.jpg pc-xt-07.jpg, 1600x1200, 384KB
A ST-506 controller card for the hard drive. Two cables run from the left side of the card to the drive.
An <a href="http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/io-cards/A-B/AST-RESEARCH-INC-Multi-I-O-card-SIX-PACK-PLUS-CARD.html" title="SIX PACK PLUS CARD IO card Settings and Configuration">AST SixPakPlus</a> card that provides additional memory, a clock, a game port, and a serial port. - pc-xt-08.jpg pc-xt-08.jpg, 1600x1200, 382KB
An AST SixPakPlus card that provides additional memory, a clock, a game port, and a serial port.

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