Which IBM hard-drive ?

Posted on 2019-08-03, 21:25

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by Intel486dx33

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I want to restore my IBM PS/1 486dx-50 with ISA slot motherboard and 1993 bios. I received it with-out a hard drive. I want to put an IBM hard drive in it but I don’t know which ones will work? Models I am looking at IBM or IBM Deskstar IDE 340mb. thru 30gb. 1) DTLA series 2) DCAA series 3) DJNA …

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Re: VCF West is this weekend in Mountain View, CA

Posted on 2019-08-03, 21:13

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by Intel486dx33

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Wow ! At $400,000 each auction price of the Apple-1 that is going to be allot of computer value in that room. You cloud auction one off and buy a BIG house. I hope they have very tight security.

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Re: 486DX2 VLB of my childhood dreams.. It's a reality!

Posted on 2019-08-03, 18:42

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by Intel486dx33

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My build has the following parts... i486Dx2 66 MHz Soyo 025N2 32 MB FPM RAM PT-627A Dual IDE Multi I/O card CL-5428 2MB VLB AWE64 GOLD 3.5" FDD 5,25" FDD CD-RW Compact Flash 16GB HDD Compact flash is not your dream 486 build. The 486-66mhz was most common from around 1993 thru 1994. An IDE 120mb …

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Re: IBM PS/1 max restore?

Posted on 2019-08-03, 18:21

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by Intel486dx33

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More photos.

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Post photos of you computer company memorabilia.

Posted on 2019-08-03, 17:46

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by Intel486dx33

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Hi, I would like to see what computer company memorabilia you have collected. Examples: shirts, posters, nick-knacks, cups, jackets, bags, etc.

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IBM PS/1 Multimedia ( max restore ).

Posted on 2019-08-03, 17:06

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by Intel486dx33

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I have always wanted a Cadillac. Hi, I have acquired an IBM PS/1 multimedia.desktop computer. I think this was the first Multimedia computer built by IBM for the home consumer market. This would have been the pre-built 486 computer I would have liked to have back in 1994. My 1993 custom 486 mid- …

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Re: SB CT1770 w/SCSI info ?

Posted on 2019-08-03, 15:31

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by Intel486dx33

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Similar to an IDE CD-ROM, you need a driver in your config.sys. For SCSI, that is an ASPI CD driver. For that to work, you also need to load the ASPI interface driver for the SCSI chipset. You also need to load MSCDEX like with any other drive. Problem is, since you need more stuff to load (ASPI …

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Sound Blaster CT1770 w/SCSI info ?

Posted on 2019-08-03, 00:34

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by Intel486dx33

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Does anyone know anything about this Sound Blaster 16 card ? It is a CT1770 with Adaptec SCSI. What driver package should I use to install in DOS/Win3.11 ? It has a Yamaha OPL3 too. Do I need a driver for the SCSI CDROM to work ? Or do I just need to configure the onboard SCSI jumpers ?

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Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?

Posted on 2019-08-02, 19:16

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by Intel486dx33

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ibmapc wrote: I"M A PC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsN5hh2G7l8 No thanks, I’ll keep my iPad and mac’s.

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Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?

Posted on 2019-08-01, 21:01

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by Intel486dx33

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Apple - “the people who think they are crazy enough to change the world are the ones that do”. I definitely do not try to live by this reasoning. But it was crazy to sail across the sea, fly like a bird and land on the moon. I think the NEW Mac Pro is Crazy for allowing third party hardware which …

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Re: What sort of PC is this

Posted on 2019-08-01, 20:16

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by Intel486dx33

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I refuse to work with Linux computers. They just don’t have the Prestige of the UNIX shops.

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Re: 486 refuses to boot from any media

Posted on 2019-08-01, 18:58

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by Intel486dx33

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Newer IBM smart drives are not supported with old bios. Also once you get it working fdisk and format the C:\ and install DOS 6.x and run MSD and check your IRQ and DMA settings. Look for conflicts and FREE resources. You can take screen snapshots with you phone or tablet so you don't have to write …

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Re: 486 refuses to boot from any media

Posted on 2019-08-01, 17:02

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by Intel486dx33

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Does it have a NEW battery. Old batteries can cause havoc on the bios. Also reset the ram and cache chips. Bad IDE cables and floppy drives and cdroms. Follow the Process of elimination. Just connect the minimal at first 4 memory Simms. ( FPM ) in bank 0 IDE controller with all ports disabled except …

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Re: What sort of PC is this

Posted on 2019-08-01, 16:52

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by Intel486dx33

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Yeah, It’s a workstation meant to run 24/7/365. It could run software to manage all you corporate computers or fileservers or webservers or network equipment. Run a database , webserver, etc. Mission critical corporate services. Well, they where fun back in the 1990’s. You could network with Windows …

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Re: IBM blue lighting CPU settings ?

Posted on 2019-08-01, 16:34

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by Intel486dx33

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This one: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/KL_IBM_486DLC2.jpg http://www.os2museum.com/wp/ibm-blue-lightning-worlds-fastest-386/ Is this CPU considered a 386 / 486 or Pentium class ? What speed did this operate at ? And was this only put on IBM motherboards ? If so which models ?

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Re: POST diagnostic card/motherboard analyzer + ebay rant

Posted on 2019-08-01, 13:34

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by Intel486dx33

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I bough one a few months back. I don’t remember if I bought it from eBay or amazon. But it was only about $9 and it came with a manual. These are very useful for trouble shooting a ISA motherboard.

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Re: Media Vision PAS16 Jumper settings ?

Posted on 2019-08-01, 13:26

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by Intel486dx33

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Does anyone know who this Sound card is programmed ? Do you need to run the install program to configure the eprom on this sound card ? Or can you just change the settings in Autoexec.bat and config.sys ? Hi! My PAS16 cards can be fully configured by the install program, which in turn, sets up …

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Re: What sort of PC is this

Posted on 2019-08-01, 13:10

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by Intel486dx33

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I had one just like that back in 1999 I think was the year. It’s a Sun Solaris computer ( UNIX ) These computer where the backbone of most Large IT departments and the internet. That workstation must have costs about $30,000 new back in 1999/2000 They used them in large corporation to write binaries …

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Re: Media Vision PAS16 Jumper settings ?

Posted on 2019-07-30, 21:21

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by Intel486dx33

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Does anyone know who this Sound card is programmed ? Do you need to run the install program to configure the eprom on this sound card ? Or can you just change the settings in Autoexec.bat and config.sys ?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-07-28, 15:05

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by Intel486dx33

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I spent the weekend thoroughly cleaning and fixing two AT cases I recently bought. They were in terrible shape but look servicable now. https://i.postimg.cc/9DxNzM3R/D3-CEF850-2-E4-C-45-C1-86-F7-552-AC292-F74-B.jpg The one on the right will replace the current case my 386 resides in. Not sure what …

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