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IBM 5150  -  Disk Cover Plate


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IBM referred to this as the "DISK COVER PLATE".  The IBM part number is 8529204.    (Reference: IBM 5150 Hardware Maintenance and Service, AUG81, pages 4-4 and 4-5)

This web page exists because some people have expressed an interest in making their own equivalent.

Dimensions of the black plastic component of the plate are 150 mm x 86 mm x 5 mm  (the 5 mm being the 'edge' as shown in photo #4 below)

Photo #1 - front
Photo #2 - rear
Photo #3 - disassembled
Photo #4 - edge