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Encyclopedia: IBM Personal Computer XT
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The "IBM Personal Computer XT", IBM's model 5160, was an enhanced machine that was designed for business use. It had 8 expansion slots and...
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IBM/XT Classic Computer Original IBM/XT; LIKE NEW ; (Has less that 25 Hrs. of use); I know because I bought it new and kept it all this years The IBM /XT is a classic collectors item. It was the first computer to use a hard drive. Only a 10 Mg. hard drive, but more than sufficient for the programs of the time.
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We'd never need the extra speed offered by a 6MHz machine(!). Fortunately I kept my job. About expansion abilities, Derek Brewer specifies: The IBM XT could, with the color monitor, be upgraded to the later EGA graphics card.
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Not the original IBM PC, but the next best thing. This XT has 512K RAM. The goodly sized box on its left is a 20 meg hard drive. The monitor is Most Recent Comments for the IBM XT PC: Click here to view all comments for the IBM XT PC and to leave your own.; Click here to view comments about other IBM computers.
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Many 286386, and 486 computers have been built with the same slot-width as the IBM XT, resulting in the term ISA, or Industry Standard Architecture.
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I got an IBM PC XT around 1985. A lot of us at IBM were getting XT's to log on to our office systems from home. IBM had the Assistant Series - Writing Assistant, Graphing Assistant - my first intro to graphics... a far cry from today's Freelance Graphics.
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We'd never need the extra speed offered by a 6MHz machine(!). Fortunately I kept my job. About expansion abilities, Derek Brewer specifies: The IBM XT could, with the color monitor, be upgraded to the later EGA graphics card.
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