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mk553
May 20th, 2009, 06:26 PM
If anyone has/knows where I can get one of these hard-to-find items (so it seems), would be grateful!

(On a side note, I wonder if they were ever sold with XTs, or just with ATs and later?)
Jorg
May 20th, 2009, 11:03 PM
The AT came around 1984, EGA in 1985.
I guess, in 1985 you could still buy an XT and additionally EGA- but it might have been an odd combination.

The AT and also EGA must have been very expensive - so either money is an item, or not.

It might help if you put your location in your profile- shipping old monitors by mail has been proven to be risky.
mk553
May 21st, 2009, 06:27 AM
Thanks for the info, Jorg. Being in Texas, USA, I forgot about people being all the way in the Netherlands here!

I wonder, from a collector's point of view, whether an XT with a 5154 EGA would be a bad thing? Similar to placing 1985 corvette seats in a 1965?
mikey99
May 21st, 2009, 06:58 AM
I wonder, from a collector's point of view, whether an XT with a 5154 EGA would be a bad thing? Similar to placing 1985 corvette seats in a 1965?

The 5154 will work fine attached to a CGA card on an XT and gives the
ability to also use EGA graphics with the EGA card. And the monitors look identical except for the wording on the IBM badge. Unless you can find a 5153
CGA much cheaper, I'd go with the 5154.
Raven
June 1st, 2009, 09:36 PM
I wonder, from a collector's point of view, whether an XT with a 5154 EGA would be a bad thing? Similar to placing 1985 corvette seats in a 1965?

If the seats are comfier... it depends on your personal tastes ;)
dongfeng
June 2nd, 2009, 05:57 AM
Thanks for the info, Jorg. Being in Texas, USA, I forgot about people being all the way in the Netherlands here!

I wonder, from a collector's point of view, whether an XT with a 5154 EGA would be a bad thing? Similar to placing 1985 corvette seats in a 1965?

Not really, but that would be like hooking VGA up to it :mrgreen:

Most common combination for the XT was the 5153 CGA display. Although you could buy an XT with a 5154, the price difference meant that people would just go straight to an AT...

5154's are hard to find in working condition