IBM PC XT
| Description | |
| Manufacturer | International Business Machines (IBM) |
| Model | Model 5160 - PC XT |
| Date Announced | 1983 |
| Date Canceled | Late 1980s |
| Number Produced | Hundreds of thousands |
| Country of Origin | USA |
| Price | Approx. $4,000 - $10,000 depending on options |
| Current Value | $25-$100 |
| Specifications | --- |
| Processor | Intel 8088 |
| Speed | 4.77 MHz |
| RAM | 64K - 640K |
| ROM | 64K |
| Storage | |
| Expansion | 8 ISA slots |
| Bus | ISA |
| Video | |
| I/O | Parallel, Serial, etc. |
| OS Options | DOS, CP/M-86, UCSD-P |
| Notes | The IBM PC XT (eXtended Technology) was the follow-on to the wildly successful IBM PC. It was sold in basically the same box but there were numerous significant changes. Most importantly IBM sold the machines standard with a hard drive. Additional changes include the addition of three extra slots and the elimination of the rarely used cassette port. The basic architecture of the machine was not changed. |
| Related Items in Collection | IBM PC, IBM PC AT, IBM Portable PC and various clones. |
| Related Items Wanted | IBM Version of the Epson MX-80 printer. |
The IBM PC XT in my collection is a complete and original machine that still has the original IBM/Miniscribe 10 MB full-height hard disk running true.
The machine came equipped with a Princeton Graphics display system compatible with IBM CGA.
The inside of the machine shows off the extra ISA slots that IBM Provided with the XT.
And the display shows that the machine is working perfectly.
Also included with the machine are the original IBM manuals: DOS 2.0, BASIC and the XT Guide to Operations.