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Here are the books IBM supplied for the 5150 Personal Computer and some other neat items.

Guide to Operations V 2.02

Above is the IBM Guide To Operations Manual, this pretty much is your basic all around how to manual for the IBM 5150 Personal Computer. 


BASIC V 1.10

Above is the IBM BASIC Reference manual, a must have if you plan on programming or using BASIC for the IBM 5150 Personal Computer.


Technical Reference Manual V2.02

Above is the IBM Technical Reference Manual, lots of cool stuff in there for your real computer geeks ;-)


Hardware Maintenance And Service Manual V 2.02

Above is the IBM Hardware Maintenance and Service Manual, this is a good place to start if your having problems with your IBM 5150 Personal Computer.

Technical Reference: Options & Adapters Volume 1
 
Above is the Technical Reference Options And Adapters manual V1, This covers all of the technical information expect the system board.
 
 
Technical Reference: Options & Adapters Volume 2

Above is the Technical Reference Options And Adapters manual V2, This covers all of the technical information expect the system board.

 

 

Above is a letter that came with every new IBM 5150 Personal Computer, It's a letter thanking you for buying an PC.

 

Above is the IBM 5150 Personal Computer sales forecast for 1981-1985 projecting total sales. This shows IBM was not expecting the 5150 to be such a smashing success it turned out to be.

 

Above is a 20 page hand drawn beta design of the IBM 5150 Personal Computer. This was the document that the team in Boca Raton proposed to the IBM board of directors for this new low cost IBM personal computer. The IBM board approved this design and said you have one year to get it shipped out. 

 

This is an IBM catalog of the PC itself and all the accessories you could get with the IBM 5150 Personal Computer, towards the end of the production run for the 5150. This was scanned from a binder titled "A Guide To IBM Personal Computers"

 

 

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