IBM 5160 PC XT or how I learned to stop worrying and love retro computers again.  

Heh, still making my way through DOScember videos as I find more of them. And man, I really enjoyed this! Great idea with the Watson cocktail pairing. Very tasteful upgrades and updates to the XT too, I especially dig the hidden Gotek.

Alley Cat ! it was the first game I played on a IBM-compatible in 1991 )... I also use and collect vintage computers - have IBM PC 5150 in my collection)...

Thanks to #DOScember, I've found so many new retro tech channels! One who came up with the idea is pure genius.

hey man, youve made a great video about this old computer and i love it, thanks for sharing 😊 my dad had this thing when i was 4 years old now im 40, and miss this old friend of mine that showed me Kings Quest 1 and all those oldschool games!

Cool! I like the magnetic door for hiding the adapter.

Personally, I thin there is nothing wrong with collecting, as preseving things will serve its purpose in time. but what is important to retro computing, is developping and maintaining a community of users. Luckily, we live in an era with alot of harware back-engineered where we can buy brand new 8 bit isa cards, for example. the fact we can today build a brand new 8088 xt from brand new parts is the most important development. That way, most of us can enjoy being actual users, and be protected from the unreasonable price inflations of the old (and failing) hardware.

I like this video Jeremy. It reminds me of my Dad's IBM PC XT. My computer was a Tandy 1000 TL/2. Too bad both have been recycled in 2000. I use PCEM and 86box to emulate them on my Core 2 Quad machine.

Took me a minute to realize we talked about your black Mac and benches on the Computer Reset page! Thanks for the great video!

Awesome videos dude, thanks

Great video. So glad I stumpled upon this!

That actually looks like a pretty good port of Q*bert (maybe helped by the fact that Q*bert arcade hardware runs off an 8088 as well).

Clones usually had a couple of breakouts for mounting ports. XT hadn't even the hole for the external power supply...

Hi Jeremy - nice job on this #DOScember video.

I love your stealth GoTek drive in your hard drive bay. That's so slick with the magnets to hold the faceplate on. Have you considered swapping out the stock 8088 processor in your machine with a NEC V20? It's still an 8088 but with a little extra boost in speed and a few more CPU instructions to make things playa little nicer.

The original PC will always be special and valuable for obsviour reasons, but one that I absolutely like is the Zenith Data Systems Z150 series, which are PC xt clone. The very neat thing about them is that they have no motherboard, it just a 8bit ISA back-plane that reminds me of oldschool S-100 systems. The baseline system is 3 long boards, one of which is a CPU board, and can be switched between 4meg or 8meg speed. And alos, it may be a clone, but like the IBM, it is quality build... built like a tank.

Cool, gained a subscriber +

#100, well deserved.

you can use the joystick port from the multi-io card

Foto the broken bit of the monitor try super glue plus baking soda.

What kind of shelving is that being used to display all those systems?

In the childhood photograph, it looks like you have the same beard as you do now. Good video though.