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  • What IBM PS/2 did you own and use back then?

    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 2 20:09:49 2022
    I had my own model 30 286 10 Mhz PC. It came with IBM-DOS v4 (it
    sucked), Windows v3.0, 1 MB of RAM, IBM PS/2 IBM 8512(?) 12" VGA
    monitor, 30 MB HDD, IBM PS/2 2-buttons mouse, and an IBM ProPrinter X24e
    (loud dot matrix through a parallel cable). I got Windows 3.1 upgrade
    (thanks Egghead) and Stacker software to make more free disk space,
    etc.). Added a Creative Labs Sound Blaster (8-bit), an internal Zoom
    2400 modem, and more memory up to 4 MB.

    What about the rest of you? Thank you for reading and hopefully
    answering. :)
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  • From RickE@21:1/5 to Ant on Mon Apr 4 17:03:02 2022
    On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 9:09:54 PM UTC-4, Ant wrote:
    What about the rest of you? Thank you for reading and hopefully
    answering. :)

    Oh, my... so many machines, and my memory is less than perfect -- let's see if I can remember the highlights. I'm only listing the machines I owned, not shared machines or work-related machines.

    2 8530-021 (original Model 30s)
    1 8530-E31 (Model 30 286)
    1 8543 (L40SX)
    1 8550-031
    1 8556-055
    2 8560-071 (Model 60 ESDI)
    2 8570-A21
    2 8580-A31
    2 9590-DLG

    All of them are gone now, most went away in my first purge around 1999, the last 9590 went in 2021. I've still got a fair number of Thinkpads and a couple of RS/6000s, but the bulk of the old computer collection is no more.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to RickE on Mon Apr 4 23:50:07 2022
    RickE <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 9:09:54 PM UTC-4, Ant wrote:
    What about the rest of you? Thank you for reading and hopefully
    answering. :)

    Oh, my... so many machines, and my memory is less than perfect -- let's see if I can remember the highlights. I'm only listing the machines I owned, not shared machines or work-related machines.

    2 8530-021 (original Model 30s)
    1 8530-E31 (Model 30 286)
    1 8543 (L40SX)
    1 8550-031
    1 8556-055
    2 8560-071 (Model 60 ESDI)
    2 8570-A21
    2 8580-A31
    2 9590-DLG

    All of them are gone now, most went away in my first purge around
    1999, the last 9590 went in 2021. I've still got a fair number of
    Thinkpads and a couple of RS/6000s, but the bulk of the old computer collection is no more.

    Wow. my colony and I gave my model 30 286 10 Mhz PC to my uncle's family
    years later before getting a custom built 486 DX2/66 PC in December
    1993.
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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 5 00:48:58 2022
    On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 17:03:02 -0700 (PDT), RickE <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 9:09:54 PM UTC-4, Ant wrote:
    What about the rest of you? Thank you for reading and hopefully
    answering. :)

    Oh, my... so many machines, and my memory is less than perfect -- let's see if I can remember the highlights. I'm only listing the machines I owned, not shared machines or work-related machines.

    2 8530-021 (original Model 30s)
    1 8530-E31 (Model 30 286)
    1 8543 (L40SX)
    1 8550-031
    1 8556-055
    2 8560-071 (Model 60 ESDI)
    2 8570-A21
    2 8580-A31
    2 9590-DLG

    All of them are gone now, most went away in my first purge around 1999, the last 9590 went in 2021. I've still got a fair number of Thinkpads and a couple of RS/6000s, but the bulk of the old computer collection is no more.

    I never owned a PS/2 desk top with a serial number. The only one I had
    with a real case was a lab model 57 SLC that I got in a swap for some
    disk drives and it was never serialized. The other 5 were in wooden
    cases. I had an old M/30, a 30./286, a M/80, a 55SX and my red oak Mod
    70 with the 5" bay. I did have a hand me down 8573 luggable I got when
    the sales folks got Thinkpads. I also had a wooden PC/AT.

    I could get parts but cases were closely controlled items. ;-)

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Apr 5 12:48:27 2022
    My first working PS/2 in '95 [IIRC] was an 8595-0KF, SOD-K, XGA. Used it
    as my portable system at times. Sucked walking up a flight of stairs
    with it.


    On 4/2/2022 20:09, Ant wrote:
    I had my own model 30 286 10 Mhz PC. It came with IBM-DOS v4 (it
    sucked), Windows v3.0, 1 MB of RAM, IBM PS/2 IBM 8512(?) 12" VGA
    monitor, 30 MB HDD, IBM PS/2 2-buttons mouse, and an IBM ProPrinter X24e (loud dot matrix through a parallel cable). I got Windows 3.1 upgrade
    (thanks Egghead) and Stacker software to make more free disk space,
    etc.). Added a Creative Labs Sound Blaster (8-bit), an internal Zoom
    2400 modem, and more memory up to 4 MB.

    What about the rest of you? Thank you for reading and hopefully
    answering. :)

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  • From JWR@21:1/5 to Ant on Thu Apr 7 20:10:37 2022
    On 03-04-2022 03:09, Ant wrote:
    I had my own model 30 286 10 Mhz PC. It came with IBM-DOS v4 (it
    sucked), Windows v3.0, 1 MB of RAM, IBM PS/2 IBM 8512(?) 12" VGA
    monitor, 30 MB HDD, IBM PS/2 2-buttons mouse, and an IBM ProPrinter X24e (loud dot matrix through a parallel cable). I got Windows 3.1 upgrade
    (thanks Egghead) and Stacker software to make more free disk space,
    etc.). Added a Creative Labs Sound Blaster (8-bit), an internal Zoom
    2400 modem, and more memory up to 4 MB.

    What about the rest of you? Thank you for reading and hopefully
    answering. :)

    The first PS/2 I owned I never used in earnest. But it was the start of my MADness.
    I bought it at a computerfair back in '98 or '99 for 75 guilder (yep, Dutch), now around 55 US$.

    It was big and heavy:

    IBM PS/2 Model 95 XP 486 8595-V01 55-1L6W7

    POS.EXE reported this:
    ----------------------------------- Machine ----------------------------------- Model/submodel: f8 16 (BIOS revision: 05)
    Planar: ID ff9fh; disabled
    Description: Model 95 486DX/33 (type 1B)
    This configuration has not been tested
    ----------------------------------- Memory ------------------------------------ Connector A1: 8MB 70ns parity
    Connector B1: 8MB 70ns parity
    Connector A2: 8MB 70ns parity
    Connector B2: 8MB 70ns parity
    Connector A3: 8MB 70ns parity
    Connector B3: 8MB 70ns parity
    Connector A4: 8MB 70ns parity
    Connector B4: 8MB 70ns parity
    -------------------------------- Slot contents -------------------------------- Slot 1: ID: 8effh; IBM PS/2 SCSI Adapter with cache (32/16-bit); enabled
    POS bytes: f1 fc a0 ff ff ff
    Slot 2: ID: ffffh; empty
    Slot 3: ID: ffffh; empty
    Slot 4: ID: ffffh; empty
    Slot 5: ID: 8fdbh; IBM XGA Display Adapter/A; enabled
    POS bytes: 0d 6e fd c0 00 00
    Slot 6: ID: ffffh; empty
    Slot 7: ID: 627dh; 3Com 3C529-TP Network Adapter; enabled
    POS bytes: 01 00 00 c3 ff ff
    Slot 8: ID: ffffh; empty
    -------------------------------- System board ---------------------------------

    Diskette: disabled; port 3f0h; irq 6

    What it didn't report were some added "paperweights" (to make it stand stable ;) ):
    IBM 0661 400MB
    IBM 0661 400MB
    IBM DPES-309540 535MB
    IBM WDS-3200 200MB
    IBM Toshiba XM-4101 BME
    IBM ITBU 80/120

    Still have it....


    --
    Jelte,
    Admirer of the letter of IBM with blue Ishiki

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