IBM 5170

RH-0CDY

One of a pair of IBM 5170s picked up from Ctrl-Alt-Rees at the RC Table Sale. Both purchased requiring full restoration.

Details

Manufacturer
IBM
Model
5170
Year
1988
Chassis
desktop
CPU
Intel 80286-6
Installed RAM
9× 41256 (256 KiB + parity)
Drives
5.25" 1.2MB floppy; 5.25" 360K floppy
Condition
Partially working
Source
RC Table Sale (ctrl-alt-rees)
Acquired
2026-07-26
Notes
Motherboard replaced from the original which is faulty and requires more diagnostics. Original board was RH-JKDJ. Both drives seem to be faulty. Power supply is untested, might contain RIFA capacitors.

Machine

Catalogue model
PC/AT 5170 — IBM PC, 1984

Motherboard

RH-UJDXmotherboard

IBM 5170

Chipset
discrete
CPU family
286-class
BIOS
IBM AT (1985 variant)
Ports
DIN keyboard

Parts

0

Nothing fitted in it yet.

Files

No files for this one yet.

History

Acquired 2026-07-26 from RC Table Sale (ctrl-alt-rees) · held 2 months

2026-08-19
variant: (empty) → PC/AT 5170
2026-07-30
duplicated to RH-B7F0
2026-07-29
cropped a photo
2026-07-29
cropped a photo
2026-07-27
condition: Working → Partially working
2026-07-27
summary: The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was r… → One of a pair of IBM 5170s picked up from Ctrl-Alt-Rees at the RC Table Sale. B… notes: Motherboard replaced from the original which is faulty and requires more diagno… → Motherboard replaced from the original which is faulty and requires more diagno…
2026-07-27
drives: (empty) → 1x 5.25" 1.2MB ; 1x 5.25" 360K notes: Motherboard replaced from the original which is faulty and requires more diagno… → Motherboard replaced from the original which is faulty and requires more diagno…
2026-07-27
added 3 photo(s)
2026-07-27
created

Photograph