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First post, by ScoutPilot19

Posted on 2017-02-02, 08:57

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Decided to post, I think most valuable item in my collection among the IBM-Compatible machines - the IBM AT 5170. THe very first 286 based PC ever by the IBM itself)))).

286/287 6mhz 640k Ram,(512k onboard+128k on ISA card) 20+40mb MFM HDD (I later added ST-251-1 as a second HDD) + SB clone for joystick support.

Now it has an ISA-16 VGA card, as my EGA/CGA monitor is stored away for a while... And it's case is really HEAVY with double-heght MFM HDD))

"Setup" was on a diskette)

Reply 1 of 4, by gdjacobs

Posted on 2017-02-02, 09:41

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Factory bodge wires?

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Reply 2 of 4, by ScoutPilot19

Posted on 2017-02-02, 09:49

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gdjacobs wrote:
Factory bodge wires?

Yes, it was a common practise for the 80s even for the Big Blue. First I saw such wires on a 1993 year 386SX - ES 1863.11 - BeloRussian computer, but later I saw such things on many Western 8088-286-386 machines as well - even on the PS/2 line -on the 53 and 40SX models... or on IBM PS/2 30-286...

Reply 3 of 4, by emosun

Posted on 2017-02-04, 03:06

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I've seen bodge wires on modern xeon power macs. Definitely not to that extent

Reply 4 of 4, by gdjacobs

Posted on 2017-02-04, 04:34

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Reminds me of stories I've heard from IBM iron techs. IBM would issue "patch" documentation for hardware to be reworked with wire wrap -- in the field.

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