VOGONS


First post, by Notchmaster

User metadata
Rank Newbie
Rank
Newbie

I have a IBM PS/2 model 80 set up in 86box with a 486DX-33 and 8 MB of ram, I have it all setup with it's reference disk and I have installed MS-DOS and a couple of applications on it, it seems to be working fine.
The problem comes when I try to install an XGA adapter in it. I have the option disk for the XGA adapter, so I copied the .adf file to the reference disk, and I booted to the reference disk. It asks if i changed anything, which i did, and run the automatic configuration tool.

When I run it however, this error pops up :
https://imgur.com/SHweqR9

So I pressed enter to reboot, and check where the conflict is. Turns out, it's in the "ROM address range"
https://imgur.com/MBt8Syq

It says "No Resources Allocated", and I cannot change it to anything else pressing the F5 and F6 button. I have tried changing every other setting on the built in feature section and on every other MCA hardware I have (which is only a SCSI drive controller), but I still cannot change the "ROM address range" option to anything other than "No Resources Allocation"

Pressing F1 for help puts this up, which leads me to believe that there should be something here since it's the only XGA card installed here.
https://imgur.com/37CT59Z

Another weird quirk is that when trying the "Test the computer" option in the reference disk, the program freezes.

When booting the computer with these errors in the reference disk, this error pops up :
https://imgur.com/WhIBaWb

I am totally confused on how to fix this since searching for this on the web gives zero results regarding this topic at all.
Can any IBM PS/2 experts help? Thanks.

Reply 1 of 2, by PhantomEight

User metadata
Rank Newbie
Rank
Newbie

Did you upgrade your reference disk? For the XGA adapters and some other adapters, you have to upgrade the reference disk. It's not as simple as copying the ADF, SC.exe needs to be replaced with an updated version.

Make sure you get the complete options disk: https://www.ardent-tool.com/video/XGA1.html

Download it, write it to disk, and BOOT the options disk. You should see a menu for it to upgrade your Reference disk.... do it up. Then hopefully it should work.

Additional reading: https://www.ardent-tool.com/video/xga_files.html#XGAOPT

Reply 2 of 2, by Notchmaster

User metadata
Rank Newbie
Rank
Newbie

That might be the problem. I use the options and reference disk from there, but as written there,
"WBST Clarke:
As initially created, the Model 70/80 Reference & Diagnostics Diskette v1.12 only has SC.EXE (System Configuration utility) v2.1, which needs updating to at least v2.2."
However, I do not know where I can get 2.2 SC.exe.