Conversation

Notices

1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 13:58:36 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

   in reply to

   • Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

   @polpo schools and churches just love burning their name into things

   • Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 13:58:37 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

     in reply to

     IBM made this massive vertical case that enclosed the whole system: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/vertical-ibm-at-286.1217153/

   • Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 13:58:37 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

     in reply to

     Some 5170s shipped with this gray plastic panel so you wouldn’t offend anyone who would have happened to see the naked metal back of your computer. This panel is the only thing left from the AT I used when I was a kid; it mounts with Velcro and this 5170 I just got doesn’t have the matching side so I’m holding it up.

   • Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 13:58:37 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

     in reply to

     Gee I wonder who originally owned this computer

   • Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 13:58:38 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

     TIL that the case badge on the IBM PC/AT 5170 can be rotated for when it’s sitting vertically!