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LGR - Unboxing An Unused IBM PC Convertible

🕑 Added 2019-02-17 02:21:54 +0000 UTC

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Great video I don't see this machine talked about that much ( =

Tktagmedia

That's a really nice find... though I think the seller was took a little generous in their definition of brand-new.

moosemaimer

Those prices for the extra ports... you'd think this thing was made by Cisco.

The 8-Bit Guy

Wish I had known you wanted one of these. I had one in pristine condition I gave away just a couple of months ago because I didn't think I'd ever get around to doing a video on it and it was taking up space.

Seán Byrne

I look forward to seeing that printer in action - It sure is compact, never mind for a dot matrix! One thing's for sure, modern laptops are getting smaller and lighter and printers are getting larger and heavier.

Nothing weird about smelling the goods. My ~15 year old DragonBall books still smell new - can't get enough of that paper + ink smell. Unwrapping and opening a new movie/game is also sensory bliss for the nose.

Deckard Games

You gotta love how IBM never gave into the color craziness of the 80s and 90s. Always so professional with their stuff. Almost pedantic in a cool way. That printer. Make a cable for it? No! Let's do a dock thing. Looks like a transformer. IBM blue, my favorite color. You got to stop smelling computers. You PC perv 😁

ck3ml

You should take this machine in to a coffee place and do one of those retro in action shots with one of the old cameras in the window. Printer and all,

Alyxx the Rat

Looking forward to more videos on this thing. I agree it just has a really sleek design that still kinda looks timeless.

Myles MAN

I have one of these! It’s my only computer from the 80’s. I have the printer attachment as well at the crt you could plug in. I think it’s pretty neat

Dave Langley

Looking good, have been enjoying these little filler episodes, wish I had held onto some of my old gear, but storage always was an issue while flatting, appreciate being able to watch you bring these things back to life.

Gary Leigh

You should see if it's covered under warranty and have them fix it. Tell them it was bought as 'new'.

Jessie Cook

When you first mentioned there being something with the printer, I thought about the Adam "psu in the printer" issue

LGR

Happy to hear that!

Yes, this is the type of video I like. I made myself a nice grilled cheese sandwhich to enjoy while watching. It's unfortunate that it has some issues, but hopefully those can be fixed. It's refreshing to have another one of these videos after so long, but I did enjoy your videos on the pointing box, and on the my first keyboard.

LGR

Pretty wild huh? It's the only machine of its time that does that, at least in my collection!

The Enforcer

An IBM unboxing video for a Saturday night? Don't mind of I do. It boggles my mind that a portable PC at that time would have a detachable monitor.

LGR

Yeah it's an odd choice either way. None of my other IBM letters have that!

the watermark on the letter from IBM is likely the brand name of the paper used to print it. Nice paper used by businesses is often watermarked like that. although strangely that implies that that letter was a one-off, or IBM was trying to look extra business-y

LGR

That one side showing just the floppy disk insertion especially still looks nice.

Steve Lovelace

Classic IBM design on those boxes. They don't look dated at all.

LGR

Thanks! I know it's not everyone's preferred kinda content, but I feel the experience is well worth documenting :)

evistre

Super neat. I enjoy your unboxings of new old stock like this. The experience of opening a brand new piece of computer anything is entirely different these days!

LGR

I've got one but it doesn't power on. Probably the PSU but I haven't taken a good look yet.

LGR

Oh dang, how much did it end up going for? Cuz yeah, this one I got was a bit more than I'd bargained for initially

Nice one, Clint! I've been wanting to get my hands on one of these things for a while but I've got to stop impulse buying old tech. It would complement the IBM 5155 I have rather nicely, I do think. Am curious, if you're able, do you ever plan on obtaining a 5155, if you don't have one already? It's a really neat machine.

Nice! Coincidentally, I lost an auction for a boxed example a few days ago - I’m running out of room for impulse buys though so it was probably for the best. At least, I keep telling myself that...