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    From IBMMuseum@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 2 08:48:17 2023
    https://dfarq.homeip.net/should-you-buy-an-ibm-ps-2

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  • From Bradley Nuckols@21:1/5 to IBMMuseum on Mon Oct 2 12:20:25 2023
    On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 9:48:19 AM UTC-6, IBMMuseum wrote:
    https://dfarq.homeip.net/should-you-buy-an-ibm-ps-2

    "If you just want an old machine to use, you’re probably better off buying pretty much anything else. If you have a soft spot for IBM, a PS/1 machine would be a much easier bet."

    YUUUP.

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  • From RickE@21:1/5 to Bradley Nuckols on Tue Oct 3 10:39:27 2023
    On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 3:20:26 PM UTC-4, Bradley Nuckols wrote:
    On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 9:48:19 AM UTC-6, IBMMuseum wrote:
    https://dfarq.homeip.net/should-you-buy-an-ibm-ps-2

    "If you just want an old machine to use, you’re probably better off buying pretty much anything else. If you have a soft spot for IBM, a PS/1 machine would be a much easier bet."

    YUUUP.

    No question, dealing with any Microchannel PS/2 is a challenge today. If someone wanted a retro IBM machine on the cheap and wanted it to run at least Windows 98 (or Linux), there were plenty of Aptiva models that would make the job easy -- or something
    in the PC 300/700 series. If you wanted a small challenge and were looking for a server-class machine, the Netfinity line might be of interest.

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  • From IBMMuseum@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 3 11:05:32 2023
    No question, dealing with any Microchannel PS/2 is a challenge today. If someone wanted a retro IBM machine on
    the cheap and wanted it to run at least Windows 98 (or Linux), there were plenty of Aptiva models that would make
    the job easy -- or something in the PC 300/700 series.

    Well - I'm starting to bring up the "PS/2 Portal" concept again: An adapter that RIPLs to a proxy/bridge, and that could configure a microchannel system over the network if needed. I want to look at aspects of the microchannel multi-processor bus. Chet
    Heath wanted to do that at IBM, but had to leave and start OmniCluster to create the PCI 'SlotServer'.

    If you wanted a small challenge and were looking for a server-class machine, the Netfinity line might be of interest.

    I enjoyed this video recently (comments added) - and can't believe the RAID backplane design that has shades of DBA-ESDI for the 0.1" pitch connections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTq793n2-sA

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  • From Daniel Hamilton@21:1/5 to IBMMuseum on Sun Oct 8 09:46:56 2023
    On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 10:48:19 AM UTC-5, IBMMuseum wrote:
    https://dfarq.homeip.net/should-you-buy-an-ibm-ps-2

    To me, fooling with PS/2s was never about the software, it was about the HARDWARE. The fact it’s a PS/2 is the whole point. Are they better than anything else, except at being proprietary? Probably not, but that’s also kind of the point, at least
    to me.

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