IBM 5150 TV Commercial

[frozenfire75i]

Found a TV commercial form IBM introducing the 5150 PC. Check it out!

http://www.vintageibm.net/docs/ibmtv.wmv right click and save target-as

[Trixter]

That is awesome! Is it possible to get it in better quality, though? (ie. interlaced MPEG-2 format) I'm pretty good at cleaning up VHS tape, but need a full NTSC interlaced capture to do so (I use both fields).

[frozenfire75i]

That is awesome! Is it possible to get it in better quality, though? (ie. interlaced MPEG-2 format) I'm pretty good at cleaning up VHS tape, but need a full NTSC interlaced capture to do so (I use both fields).


Thanks I did not record the file myself, found it online after looking up some other IBM 5150 PC stuff.... But I would love to be able to restore it or clean it up any ideas?

[tezza]

LOL, great ad Eric! Thanks for putting it up.

I notice the actor takes the keyboard and puts it in his lap. IBM certainly emphasised the notion of a "detached keyboard" as a selling point.

Tez

[Trixter]

Thanks I did not record the file myself, found it online after looking up some other IBM 5150 PC stuff.... But I would love to be able to restore it or clean it up any ideas?

Not once it gets that small and transcoded, no. You really need a full-field capture (better yet, the source tape) to do it properly.