It’s an IBM XT with a built-in monochrome display. No battery on the motherboard unless someone added an expansion card that required a battery.
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > > I just managed to score a 5155. Well, soon, it is waiting for me to > pick it up at the University where I used to work. It looks to be in > really good shape and has been in storage for probably two decades or > more. > > A couple quick question for anyone familiar with this system. > > Is it likely there is one of those little batteries on it that would > now be dead and need replacing before I try to use it? > > And, also, would this have a floppy controller on it that was capable > of reading and writing disks from systems like the TRS-80 with an SD > boot track? > > Inquiring minds want to know. :-) > > bill >
