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LGR - Brand New IBM PC AT! Unboxing & Setup

🕑 Added 2017-03-18 19:05:40 +0000 UTC

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Zeke

I'd like to thank you for rubbing off your love of old hardware onto this guy. I went to Goodwill today and walked out with 2 electical typewriters, and one massive IBM Correctable Selectric II. I'm a sucker for anything that Big Blue made!

Tom Scott

This video excited me enough to become a patron. Thanks from a fellow cable smeller.

I literally could smell the ink when you mentioned "glossy magazines from a car dealership"

Wow. Just wow.

the way that black table wobbles makes me nervous.

Loved this!

mavrick

I'll just cut open this box........*tape just comes off*.......*puts boxcutter down*

How can I buy one, too?

floverSaeu09

Ooohh what a sexy beast :D

Anders Enger Jensen

Dang, Clint! This is awesome. I could totally feel the vibe and I was instantly back in 1989 when my dad bought our first Bull Systems Zenith desktop AT with 1MB of RAM and 20 MB HDD, monochrome VGA monitor, DOS 3.3, Windows 2.11 and Word Perfect 5.0 because he was writing his Master's Degree at the time. I was of course giddy just like you at the age of 11-12 and you know that comic strip of Calvin and Hobbes where Calvin is waiting for this hat with propeller on top that he ordered from a cereal box, and his mom is always telling him that it hasn't arrived yet? That was me for like three weeks! ^_^ So when the darn thing finally arrived, I was all like "This is so exciting I gotta pee first!" Unfortunately nothing came with it, Win 2.11 and all the rest was back ordered and I could only boot it up and watch the screen go: "No operating system detected. System halted." flashing me as I turned it on. What a bummer! Luckily a local PC-guru from our school came that very same day and showed me how to install the DOS 3.3 and taught me basic DOS navigation, Edlin and everything I needed to get around. Shortly after we got Windows 2.11 and a few games, and from there rest is history with my own 286 a few years later and all the goodies that came with that. Looking forward to the next episode with upgrades and sound cards! :D

SammyToesis

This must be the world's happiest unboxing! Great video, and I can't believe these things are still being preserved.

That wobbly table is freaking me out!

Incredible! An original, NOS IBM 5170 from 1988 that works straight out of the box after almost 30 years! What a time capsule! I understand why you're so incredibly happy Clint, you just don't find something like this in the original packaging and untouched for so long nowadays. Kudos for the guy that's selling them as well. Can't wait to see what comes next for the 5170. Congratulations! \^^/

We had the portable! (My dad worked at IBM). Jumpman and Kings Quest memory overload!

evistre

Too cool! You sound stoked. :D

LGR

Not much makes me happier than a new-old IBM :)

LGR

Wow, that's wild to see what's left of the place this very machine was put together. Thanks for sharing!

Stuart Marshall

Hey Clint, I have very vague memories of visiting Greenock when I was a kid in the early 80s. Didn't realise it was home to an IBM plant! I found this page which you might like... <a href="http://catchingphotons.co.uk/blog/industrial/ibm-greenock/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://catchingphotons.co.uk/blog/industrial/ibm-greenock/</a>

Very nice ! Such joy in your eyes :D

Retail Archaeology

I didn't know you were allowed to upload porn YouTube 😀

Marcus Zertuche

Dude I don't think I've seen you THIS giddy before! LOL! REALLY cool computer! I had a keyboard similar to that Model M when I was about 3 or 4 years old and I know the feeling! XD Old computer specs and tech are way beyond my knowledge as far as components go and I kinda want to dive into that world being a computer tech myself since I did not have the knowledge back then. =P Great video man!

LGR

Hope you enjoyed!

LGR

Well, as mentioned, it doesn't recharge them :) Also mentioned in the intro it was 8MHz.

LGR

For the time being, yes! <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-FACTORY-SEALED-IBM-Personal-Computer-AT-5170-Model-339-286-512KB-30MB-/322447170008?" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-FACTORY-SEALED-IBM-Personal-Computer-AT-5170-Model-339-286-512KB-30MB-/322447170008?</a>

Kugelschreiber

a boy in the computer case!

DGDW (Derek G. Weber)

6Mhz or 8Mhz? SHOCKED that a warehouse of these exists!! I would have expected all of them to have been sold at most two years after manufacture. This was a huge model for them. How does that happen? You can get lithium AAs if you end up using one of those battery cases Because.... why not? :)

Purple Tentacle

I've never seen you more giddy, Clint! So... uhhh, does this guy have any left to sell? It's odd how excited I was to see various games I had as a kid in that boring software catalog - Jumpman, King's Quest... even Gertrude's Secrets!