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From: hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (Hap Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: 162 and 163 errors . . . meaning?
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:11:59 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


Can someone tell me the meaing of errors 162 and 163?



(let me guess . . planar and floppy disk . . ???? )

hh
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: paul@panix.com (Paul Gatker)
Subject: model 70/25MHZ W/HP SCANJET AND 16" MONITOR
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:23:55 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

For Sale: As a complete package (some parts can be purchased seperately)

.

        IBM Model 70/25mhz Computer

        IBM VGA 8514 Monitor 16" display ($425 seperately)

         8 megabyte 75ns RAM

         115 Meg IBM Hard Drive.

         3.5" Internal Floppy Drive

         5.25" External Procom Floppy Drive

        Irwin Internal 80mb Tape Backup System (w/Software & tapes)

        IBM Internal 1200 baud modem  ($15 seperately)

        HP Scanjet+ Flatbed Grayscale Scanner with OCR software

.          

         Windows 3.1

         Ventura Publisher for Windows ($150 seperately)

.

         All of above: $3000 plus shipping (or best offers).



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: vromano@nyx.cs.du.edu (Vincenzo Romano)
Subject: Re: 4 Mbytes memory modules on a PS/2 55sx: Help!
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 14:45:19 GMT

Jeff Calusinski <U54346@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:

>There is no problem with putting in a 4Meg Simm in any 55sx. The Max on the
>motherboard is 8 Meg. (ie 2 4Meg Simms)
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>STD DISC.

But the fact is that I do know that older PS/255sx's don't have the necessary
addressing lines on the memory sockets! Maybe I'll be able to mount the 4
Mbyte module, but my computer could not be able to "see" the other memory.

The trick should stay in the serial number printed on the rear of the machine.

BTW, the memory modules for the PS/2 series machines (> Mod 30) are NOT Simms
but a "special" (read: "IBM makes everything different") kind of modules.

Vincenzo "Enzo" Romano     .---------------------------------------------------.
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From: hhaas@RAIL9000.gatech.edu (Harry P. Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: High Rate of Mother Board Failures - Why?
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:08:59 GMT
Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute

In article <1992Jul29.150737.35@vtrm01.uucp> flaforest@vtrm01.uucp (Fred LaForest) writes:
>High rate of motherboard failures on PS/2 MOD50, 50z, 55sx, and 60.
>Problem usually starts with intermittent floppy drive errors. Floppy
>is replaced, problem still exists, motherboard is replaced, problem
>is resolved.  Has anyone out there had a similar type problem and
>what resolutions were put in place?

This is a strange coincident . . . 

I have been having exactly this problem with my model 80.  If the machine
was cold (i.e. off for over a day), it would boot with no problems.  If
the machine was warm, it would boot with a 163 error.  I could hit F1 and
boot from SCSI, but the floppy would not work.

Now the complication.  Last weekend there was a thunderstorm.  I had the
machine off and unplugged (modem still connected to phone line.)  Now
(after last weekend) the machine will not boot at all - even from the
reference disk.  I get the errors:  162 - beep beep . . . pause - 163.
Hitting F1 causes the floppy to spin and sounds as if it's reading part
of the reference disk, and then all hangs.

Any help is appreciated.  I'm also soliciting suggestions as to what to
do with the system now . . seems silly to pay several hundred dollars to
repair a 16MHz 386.

hh
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From: cjn@vaal.cpr.upenn.edu (Christopher Nagel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: FAQ?
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:35:07 GMT

Hello,

Does anyone know the phone number of Kingston Technology, who make a 386 upgrade  
for the PS/2 Model 60?

Thanks!

Chris
From: joker@diku.dk (Morten Christian Holmgreen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: CAN ANYBODY READ THIS???
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:45:54 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

Hi there...

I know this is not the correct group for tests, but I really need to
know if the (danish) post is being sent correct!!!

Please e-mail me a OK-line if this is received/read...

Thanks in advance...

Christian
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From: U54345@uicvm.uic.edu (Darius Vaskelis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: power on password of ps/2's
Date: 27 Jul 92 14:11:31 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago

>thankyou for the information it nakes lots of sense only I received the pc
>with nothing!!!!!!! Does anyone know wher I can get a reference disk or
>any info on reference disks ie: whats on them?,can I make one? will anyone
>due or does it have to be foffrom my machine things like th. any info
>would be greatly appreciated again thankyou very very much. also what
>particularly is needed on the reference  diskto  reboot hte machine
>after pulling the system battery wipe ing out the cmos setup (so I can get
>around the power on password) again thank you again

I think that the Reference Diskettes are available from the IBM National
Support Center BBS in Atlanta, Georgia.  It's at 1-404-835-6600.  If they
are not available there, you can always try getting one from a local IBM
dealer.

The Reference Diskette is specifically tailored for each PS/2 Model, so
you need one for the Models 50/60.  It needs to have the Adapter
Description Files for any Micro Channel adapters in your system; some
common adapters from IBM are already on the diskette.  (*.ADF)

- Darius
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: patchen@chemvx.tamu.edu (Don Patchen : Grading Director)
Subject: Re: Speaking of memory
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Freshman Chemistry Department : Texas A&M University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:10:00 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.192453.4396@ncsu.edu>, fireman@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Tracy L. Brooks) writes...
>Hi folks,
>  
>BTW, I'm running OS/2 2.0 so it must be compatible with OS/2.  I
>currently have 2 2Meg SIMM's on my motherboard.
>

Personally I would recommend putting some 4 meg simms on the board and saving 
a slot.  Since the 55sx can put a max of 8 meg on the board, you might as well
use it.  And it is guaranteed compatible with OS/2.  Just my 2 cents.

Don

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: alh@einoed.in-berlin.de (Adrian Le Hanne)
Subject: PS/2 mod 60, 256 KB Simms question
Organization: Einoed Unix & Netzwerke, Berlin (FRG)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 12:39:29 GMT

Hi,
i got some 256 KB SIMMS lately to swap them with the memory on my expansion
card (which seems to be defect). Unfortunately these standard SIMMS seem
not to be compatible with the type on the PS/2 card (The SIMMS i aquired
run without a problem in several other computers).

Could someone explain me the difference of these SIMMS? For what do i
have to look when buying the right SIMMS for the PS/2 model 60? 

thanks,
Adrian
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: jamesc@genghis.borland.com (James Chuang )
Subject: Re: EMS driver for Mod 50/60 mem expansion
Originator: jamesc@genghis.borland.com
Organization: Borland International
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 02:00:27 GMT


I believe your card is a extended memory card.  If so, then you should have 
a certain amount of extended memory.  What does your machine report when it 
boots up?
If you have extended memory, just use DOS 5.0's EMM386.EXE, which will
provide EMS interface.  Check the DOS 5.0 manual on HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE.
jamesc
From: jnsims01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: WHAT? No hard drives? HELP!
Date: 31 Jul 92 15:13:27 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

We are facing a dilemna which I don't know how to solve. Any help and/or
suggestions you can give will be *greatly* appreciated.

We have a wide range of vendors and models of PC's on campus. Many of them are
older XT class machines which are still in productive use. We are being told by
our main vendor that 1) MFM hard-drives are no longer obtainable, 2) IDE drives
smaller than 40MB are rapidly becoming unobtainable, and 3) they have no
suggestion as to how we can install new and/or replacement hard drives in these
older PC's. We would be perfectly willing to begin installing an IDE 40MB drive
and interface into these older machines, but no one we talk to thinks it can be
done. In these economic times, telling our users to replace the PC when the
hard drive dies is technologically correct but financially unacceptable.
 
Does anyone have a solution to this problem? I know its considered rude to ask
you to e-mail instead of post, but I can't keep up with news and the NETGURUS
are my only hope. Thanks in advance.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: patchen@chemvx.tamu.edu (Don Patchen : Grading Director)
Subject: >>> IBM PS/2 60MB HARD DRIVE FOR SALE <<<
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Freshman Chemistry Department : Texas A&M University
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 05:59:00 GMT

Howdy,

	I have an IBM PS/2 60MB hard drive for sale.  This drive is out of a
55sx and is about 1.5 years old.  It is in perfect shape and has only been in
one machine.

Some info :

P/N	6128255 60MB
FRU P/N	6128282
MLC	C27850
MODEL	WD-387T
	(Straight from the label)

Reason For selling :  I just upgraded to a 120MB hard drive.  :)

Asking 250 dollars, negotiable.  (within reason)

	Please e-mail any responses to patchen@chemvx.tamu.edu

Thanks in advance.

Don
From: RHS@garnet.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Can I upgrade my model 90 486/25 to 486/50?
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:15:20 GMT
Organization: Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: connor.berkeley.edu

I've heard about the ability to add an extra chip which doubles the internal 
speed of a 486 processor. Is there any way to do this with a PS/2 model 90 
running at 25MHz?

Richard Stanton
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: ycheung@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Yat Lok L. Cheung)
Subject: IBM 8507 Driver
Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 02:33:47 GMT



Does anyone know where can i get (buy/ftp/..) drivers for IBM 8507 19" 
Mono. Display ?  particularly driver for Win3.1

Thanks in advance,

<Lawrence>..
.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: skyert@vccnorthe.its.rpi.edu (Tory Marlon Howard Skyers)
Subject: For Sale IBM PS/2 mdl 70
Reply-To: skyert@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:10:37 GMT

		Ibm mdl 70 386/20 mhz computer, gift to me before i had a clue
either :)

		4megs ram 
		2 yes you saw right 2 floppy disk drives one a sony and one a 				      		  maxtor i think
		Sound blaster 2.0 stereo MCV works well (1 month old) except the 
		  little windows problem, which by the way ther is a simple         		  solution to, don't use any sounds !!
		Personal Page printer II 360x360 dpi resolution 24 pin dot matrix
		8515 14" xga capable monitor (new model with all the buttons at                    the front so you can actually see what you are messing up!)
		160 mb 13ms hard drive, which is currently stacked to 500mb
					
				Software	
		Although I can offer manual to some of my software i don't have                  manuals for all for one reason or another.

		Norton desktop 2.0, Microsoft win 3.1, MS c++ ver 7, MS software                 Developement kit for win 3.1, Alltype font converter, Word for                   Windows 2.0, Excel 4.0, Corel Draw 3.0, Harvard Graphics, MS                     Entertainment paks 1,2,3, Afterdark 2.0,Simcity for windows,
			I have more but for the life of me I can't remember
		that was windows stuff i have a ton of dos stuff too and 
		a hell of allot of games, almost any game you want i have
		(except atrain, didn't like the box) all of this on the hard
		drive ready to run.

			at the moment with the current configuration stacker
			and all tsrs are loaded high, and ther is 616k free with 
			36k in upper memblocks. In windows it goes to 604k free
I need to sell the computer soon, before school starts) for tuition. oh yeah price, well i have researched it and found that new my computer would cost about
4500 dollars as of july, It is a true IBM don't for get that part with all true IBM parts and periphials.		

			Asking 2700 this is negotiable of coures and i will take 300 dollars off the price if someone buys it in the next week or so. 
Please post messages or email me at:
				     skyert@rpi.edu
tanx Tory Skyers

P.S. long letter i know, i got carried away!! :)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: ycheung@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Yat Lok L. Cheung)
Subject: Re: IBM 8507 Driver
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:20:43 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.023347.2226@news.Hawaii.Edu> ycheung@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Yat Lok L. Cheung) writes:
>
>
>Does anyone know where can i get (buy/ftp/..) drivers for IBM 8507 19" 
>Mono. Display ?  particularly driver for Win3.1
>

	BTW, I am using the 8507 w/ a PS/2 model 70.

	<Lawrence>...


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: vromano@nyx.cs.du.edu (Vincenzo Romano)
Subject: 4 Mbytes memory modules on a PS/2 55sx: Help!
Keywords: PS/2 55sx
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 13:19:56 GMT

I'd like to mount a 4 Mbytes memory module in my PS/2 55sx instead of its
two 1 MByte standard modules. Here is my question.
Can I mount such a module in my computer?
I know that there should be problems with older machines but I don't know if
my machine is new enough to support this module.


Thanks!

Vincenzo "Enzo" Romano     .---------------------------------------------------.
Dept. of Computer Science  | Maybe Computers will never become as intelligent  |
I-56100 Pisa  ITALY        | as Humans. Surely they'll never become so stupid. |
vromano@nyx.CS.DU.EDU      `---------------------------------------------------'
From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: 4 Mbytes memory modules on a PS/2 55sx: Help!
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:42:38 GMT
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866

In article <1992Jul27.144519.7547@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> vromano@nyx.cs.du.edu (Vincenzo Romano) writes:
>BTW, the memory modules for the PS/2 series machines (> Mod 30) are NOT Simms
>but a "special" (read: "IBM makes everything different") kind of modules.

I've noticed in memory ads at the back of Byte and PC Mag, a list of
simms for various IBM models, and another list of "IBM simms" only
these are broken down by speed (70 nsec, 80 nsec,..).  I gather there
are IBM simms and simms for specific models, as you mention above.  

I've just ordered a Tecmar PS/2 32-bit memory board with 0MB.  It
takes "IBM like simms" (80 msec) .  Since I haven't received the
package yet, I'm not sure just which simms they mean.  This *is*
confusing, though!

Can anyone shed light on this?  Is an "IBM memory module" a SIMM ot
not?  If not, what is a SIMM?


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
Subject: Re: High Rate of Mother Board Failures - Why?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 12:48:57 GMT

flaforest@vtrm01.uucp (Fred LaForest) writes:

>High rate of motherboard failures on PS/2 MOD50, 50z, 55sx, and 60.
>Problem usually starts with intermittent floppy drive errors. Floppy
>is replaced, problem still exists, motherboard is replaced, problem
>is resolved.  Has anyone out there had a similar type problem and
>what resolutions were put in place?

With several thousand desktop systems of various flavors (including a lot
of PS/2's) here I haven't seen any particularly visible number of such
motherboard failures.  Given the popularity of IBM-bashing on usenet I
would have expected that if other shops had seen a lot of these systems
failing we would see postings to that effect.

Off-the-wall suggestion for the techs who are having this problem: check
the AC power the PC's are plugged into.  Even with over thirty years
of engineering experience I continue to be amazed at the electronic filth
one finds coming out of a power outlet.  Especially in older buildings 
(especially those originally built more than 20 years or so ago) there
are numerous ways that the nice sinusoidal waveform at the AC generator
can become contaminated.  Older buildings, designed before electronic
equipment became common in offices, just don't have the wiring architecture
that is necessary to keep the power clean.

And it's sometimes the computer equipment itself which is to blame.  If
you really want to see some pure garbage on a power line, get a power
analyzer (such as the monitors built by Dranitz) and watch what happens
when a LaserJet II is running.  Every time the idle timer jogs the drum
it puts a tremendous spike back into the AC power wiring.

Or do an inventory of what equipment is plugged into the same AC branch
circuit as the computer.  There seems to be some natural law which says
that users will always use the wires serving the computer to also provide
power to coffee pots and space heaters.  Especially if the computer outlet
is clearly marked "for computer equipment only".

It might be a good idea to call your local electric utility company.  Many
of them have engineers on the staff who will assist you in resolving problems
caused by the AC power circuits.

Joe Morris / MITRE
From: joker@diku.dk (Morten Christian Holmgreen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: CAN ANYBODY READ THIS???
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:38:41 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

joker@diku.dk (Morten Christian Holmgreen) writes:

>Hi there...

>I know this is not the correct group for tests, but I really need to
>know if the (danish) post is being sent correct!!!

>Please e-mail me a OK-line if this is received/read...

>Thanks in advance...

Thanks for all the replys, it seems the problem is gone now and
we are back on line again here in Denmark.

Thanks again to all of you...

Christian
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu
Subject: Re: 4 Mbytes memory modules on a PS/2 55sx: Help!
Reply-To: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu
Organization: New Mexico State University - Electromagnetics Group
	<1992Jul27.144519.7547@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 22:24:43 GMT


>But the fact is that I do know that older PS/255sx's don't have the necessary
>addressing lines on the memory sockets! Maybe I'll be able to mount the 4
>Mbyte module, but my computer could not be able to "see" the other memory.

	Must be pretty old! My 3 year old model had no problems with 4MB
SIMMS.

>The trick should stay in the serial number printed on the rear of the machine.
>BTW, the memory modules for the PS/2 series machines (> Mod 30) are NOT Simms
>but a "special" (read: "IBM makes everything different") kind of modules.

Not to be nitpicky or anything but SIMM refers to the packaging of the
chip and the PS/2 modules are SIMMs by this definition it's just that
they're 36-bits whereas the "standard" SIMM is 9-bits.
	Whenever I bought memory for mine I always specified "PS/2 memory
module" but most of the companies know what memory your machine takes  if
you tell them it's a PS/2 model ##(sx), and it's not too old!

Gary Hennigan
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
From: cgarnett@amhux1.amherst.edu (Craig Garnett '87)
Subject: Re: ****HELP!!!! 55sx Hard Drive Failure****
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 12:55:11 GMT

jjs@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Jay Jeffrey Schuh) writes:
: 
: HELP!!!!!!!!!
: 
: The 60 MB ESDI Hard Drive in my 55sx died on me.  I know that it's
: the controller card and not the hard drive itself that failed.  Does 
: anyone know where I can get a new controller card (the card on the
: very bottom of the drive).  If that is not available can anyone give 
: me suggestions where to get a new or rebuilt hard drive (pref. rebuilt).
:
Get yourself a copy of the Computer Shopper. There's a number of places
that sell drives real cheap, and I saw a couple of ads in the back 
offering real IBM drives for machines like the 55sx at shockingly
reasonable prices.

-Craig