IBM 5140 PC Convertible - Starter Diskette

[jwm3]

I'm looking for a STARTER DISKETTE for an IBM 5140 PC Convertible (IBM's first attempt at a laptop).  I'm a retired IMer with two of these ancient machines, both work fine but lost the diskettes. I've searched on the WEB and on various IBM sites with no luck. I was directed to the following site recently but this link is apparently not working.

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/refdisks/5140star.exe

[JaneL]

Welcome to the forum!

Wow, that goes back a ways!  Hopefully someone has a copy tucked away somewhere.  I posted a pointer back to here over in TPF about it since a lot of people there have some really old stuff laying around.  Good luck!

[erik SuperMod · Accepted solution]

it can be downloaded via the following link:

http://www.retrocomputing.net/parts/ibm/5140/docs/

[jwm3]

Thanks, Jane! 

Yep, it really does go back a LOOONG way!  When the 5140 was introduced, I had already been with IBM for 20 years.

FYI, another person responed with a link where various 5140 files could be downloaded, and I now have what I was looking for (and then some!).

Thanks again,

Bill

[jwm3]

Thanks, Eric....... just what I needed!

Bill

[oldibm]

Hi,

I also got an IBM PC convertable.  It's really a special piece of PC history.

I was trying to enter the BIOS setup manual without success.  Is there any key or button I should press during boot-up to enter the BIOS setup manual?  Or there is a unique way for this computer to enter BIOS setup manual?  Thanks a lot!