IBM 5160 PC XT - Hardware overview

[@RobertDeloyd]

OH WOW!!! I just purchased 2 of these and this video helped me a lot in identifying the ISA boards. I also have a 5150 I'm going to work on. Always wanted one of these when they first came out and now after 30 some years I get to play with them. Thank you so much for going into detail on the components!

[@robm4134]

Fantastic video -- and channel overall, RetroSpector78! Your reviews and demonstrations are incredibly interesting to watch and I've learned a number of great ideas from your videos. You've earned a subscriber sir!

[@RetroSpector78]

Thx a lot ! And I appreciate every single one of them ! Lots more content to come...

[@tarktakmaz4845]

how beautiful you are repairing with old computers, I am fond of watching your video.

[@adamjozsa3980]

Giving the thumbs up for IDE cable management. Looks great.

[@RetroSpector78]

There is literally no other way to handle the cables in such a system :) It is a very tight fight.

[@adamjozsa3980]

@@RetroSpector78 I am binging IBM videos this week. No one else is doing tight 90 degree folds. It also looks like you are using clips to hold the folds together behind the drives?

[@virtualinfinity6280]

Had one of those back in the day ( an early clone however). Would love to have one now, to tinker with Venix/86, Xenix/86 and PC/IX. These were the "poor man's UNIX box" back in 83/84. Somewhat the "godfather" of what we knowadays have with Linux on PCs...

[@datashed]

I have a SixPak Premium in my 5150! These boards are pure gold for a 51x0 owner.

[@alexanderalfonsson5874]

Great video! Definitely hope I can get my hands on one of these some day.

[@RetroSpector78]

Thx ! One of the first retro computers I bought turned out to be an IBM 5162. Had no idea about model numbers at the time and did not know how rare that particular model was. After that it took some time to find my next affordable IBMs (5150 / 5160 / 5170 / 5155).. But with patience they will pop up. If you're just into retro and just what to have an XT experience there are also lots of clones available. These should be more easy to find and a lot cheaper.

[@1andonly_j-rod]

i have a 5160 xt i'm looking to sell

[@davida.7586]

Very good review and very detailed explanation. Thank you very much !

[@Decco6306]

Hey that's cool. the hard drive controller uses a z80 as the processor. that's crazy that a mainstream cpu used as a main cpu in other computers are just used as the controller for the hardware. Imagine having to use an i3 for your sata controller lol

[@altbeetle1998]

very beautiful controller board with translucent light green textolite

[@347573]

wow the components are shine like new!!

[@347573]

how did you clean all of them so well?

[@AdamJessopmazdamjmx5]

Could someone please link me to the videos relating to the last paragraph of the description of this video? Or have they not been made yet?

[@RetroSpector78]

Adam Jessop hasn’t been made unfortunately ... still on my todo list.

[@AdamJessopmazdamjmx5]

@@RetroSpector78 Ok, thank you for your quick response.

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

Was there any disadvantage in having RAM on a card compared with having it all on the motherboard?

[@DxDeksor]

Very nice video as always ! It will actually serve me well soon as I now have almost every parts to build back one IBM XT like this ! I only miss a case (that should be fixed soon), and a IBM floppy disk drive, everything else is ready (though my two motherboards seem to need new caps). Sorry to ask you that on KZbin, but do you have any IBM spare drive (even untested or not in working order) that you'd be willing to trade ? I have several old spare parts that I'll probably never use, so I'd rather exchange them against things I will actually use ^^

[@RetroSpector78]

Have lots 5.25 inch floppy drives here, but no spare full height IBM Tandon drives I'm afraid. Where are you located ?

[@DxDeksor]

@@RetroSpector78 I'm in the North of France. And you're from Belgium I believe since I see you have many Dutch and French softwares, right ?

[@jambam6762]

nice video but can you please do a short video of the cables that is connected from the colour monitor to main unit please, because I think my colour monitor cable is wrong, so please show your cables at the back please and any details please.

[@RetroSpector78]

Should be straightforward. MDA / CGA / Hercules use 9 pin d-sub connectors (like a vga card but with 2 rows of pins instead of 3). If it has a vga card it will have a 15 pin 3 row d-sub connector. And you can’t hookup a “modern” vga monitor to an old ega/cga/mda/hercules videocard.

[@zachz96]

I see a z80 on the MFM controller

[@RetroSpector78]

Nice catch :) I believe the z80 and accompanying instruction set was used in lots of products.

[@Romanon26]

Your PC speaker is turned to wrong side. It should be turned to right

[@RetroSpector78]

Nice catch ! I got it like that and I never really took any notice. Thanks for pointing it out !

[@JenniferinIllinois]

So the 5160 is actually a 5150 + 10. Hehehe...

[@72launchpad]

Your speaker is on the wrong side of the mount.

[@RetroSpector78]

So I've been told :) young and inexperienced at the time :)