Was there a best 16-bit computer for #BBS 'ing back in the day? Which machine did you use? Have I missed any?

#Amiga #AtariST #IBMPC #IBMXT #IBM286 #Macintosh #AppleIIGS #NECPC98 #SharpX68000 #SinclairQL #CommodorePC

ibmxt aint no commodore,tho.

That 286 accelerator card works. It give this IBM 5160 a nice period correct boost. Doesn’t do much for disk access performance and could us a 287 since even the 8087 blows just the 286 math out of the water.
#retrocomputing #ibm #ibmpcxt #ibm5160 #ibmxt

Took me embarrassingly too long before I figured out why CTRL-ALT-DEL wasn’t working on the 5160. Can you see it?
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The IBM 5160 is all back together, no errors and clean boot to disk. Unfortunately nasty knocking from the HDD so the old WD12 may be dead.
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IT’S ALIVE! Start up with the basics and this IBM XT 5160 is working. Some tweaking of the on video card and we have color mode. Time to keep going with the assembly.
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All cleaned up and it’s time to re-assemble this IBM XT 5160.
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From the outside this IBM PC XT is pretty clean. Although all the case screws are missing and the parts sticker shows signs it may have been in a humid environment. But opening it up and it’s loaded. Let’s keep digging.
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Next on the bench – an IBM PC XT (5160). Looks pretty clean. Time to dive in and see if it’s complete and there’s still life in this classic.
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I spotted this #IBM XT in the wild at one of my customers' meeting rooms.
Beautiful machine with two floppy drives and a tape drive.😍
#RetroComputing #IBMXT