The IBM XT, behold the power and a core childhood memory

33 Comments

  1. CorruptDictator

    If it runs and you are willing to put in the effort to clean it up, sure.

  2. Long-Hoof

    Yeah I just got one playing DOOM Eternal at max graphics full Raytracing at 727 fps

  3. S_SubZero

    Actually it’s more fun if it doesn’t work cuz then there’s no issue with stripping it out and putting a sleeper in there. I’m sure someone already has a liquid cooled 14900K/4090 IBM XT but there’s room for more.

  4. fthisappreddit

    If it’s busted amazing sleeper if not hey cool find

  5. YOUR_TRIGGER

    keyboard alone is to some people (pretty sure).

  6. DONT-PM-ME-BOOBS-PLS

    Like someone else said, I think a lot of people would pay that price for the keyboard alone

  7. Paulied77

    Actually, that’s an incredible deal. Those Xr cases alone are going for 200$ on eBay.

  8. NearbyPassion8427

    The IBM keyboard may fetch more than $50.

  9. Dalminster

    Ahh the old 5160, I had one of these things. I didn’t have its predecessor, the 5150 until years later (like mid-90s), but I used the shit out of this thing. I also had a Commodore 128 around the same time.

    I gave both of them to a school when I bought my 5170 aka the AT, which later became more commonly known as the 80286 or just 286.

    Does it power on?

  10. YoMomsFavoriteFriend

    Not bad. It should be able to play Crysis 3.

  11. RLIwannaquit

    for 50 bucks you’d be crazy not to buy it

  12. TimeGhost_22

    It may struggle to play some modern games.

  13. Yuuzhan_Schlong

    I guarantee you somebody on eBay will buy this for $1000. The retro PC market is that insane.

  14. thisshitsstupid

    For sure. The keyboards worth more than that.

  15. THEYoungDuh

    No terrible deal.

    Just curious, where is that? asking for a friend…

  16. fetter80

    Time to dust off the Oregon Trail floppy disk.

  17. AmoebaPrize

    I would cry tears of joy if I found that for $50

  18. Cyber_Akuma

    I love old computers, there are multiple retro computing subreddits too.

    I no longer have my first PC but I still had all of it’s software disks, and have been trying to basically re-create it as close as I can virtually in PCem and 86Box.

  19. Bushpylot

    I paid $2k for one in the late ’80’s. It has turbo

  20. Philosophos_A

    If it works it would be a valuable piece of history and technology.

    If not, there is always room for upgrades

  21. Numitron

    50$ would be a steal for this XT, even in that state.
    The monitor and the keyboard by themselves are worth a lot if still operational.

    This is a case where one man’s trash is another one’s treasure.

  22. worldrenownedballdr

    yes.. for the keyboard alone it worth it..

  23. Even if in need of repair i say yes absolutely yes

  24. Flendarp

    Man I have a basement full of these types of things. Cases of floppies too. People pay money for this junk?

  25. Rs-Travis

    I’d buy It for the keyboard in a heartbeat

  26. TactikalKitty

    If I had this, I might actually get my novel done. Zero distractions

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