The IBM PS/2 model 70 again! -E61

From: jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca <(jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca)>
Date: Wed Jan 7 09:25:59 1998

Hi all,

BOY! I nearly bought the door stop for bad deal!
As a prudent protection, I insisted on opening the old box, I found
only stock configuration: 60mb hd, 2mb ram. Not 80mb and 4mb as
previously stated by the store owner. Easy as pie to open it. :)

And, to add to this, I wished that has late model using type 2
motherboard, this one uses type 1 motherboard, it's huge and loaded
with PAL's, little ones, medium ones and rare large chipsets. I
suspect the battery is dead because seller says it's configuration
error "162" I know the basic codes pretty well.

Which is preferable: Hock the offer to half of that $40 as agreed
on to "whip" for being liar? I can't see him bec he's away for his
doc appt til Friday.

What I was lusting at owning a piece of a PS/2 machine for years but
I would love to find a PS/2 motherboard -Axx series for a expensive
song or with a 486 platform attached -oooh. If anyone could suggest
or know of one that does have suitable hi performance older PS/2
alterative to this one would be nice.

To anyone on this list,

Wish list for model 70:
-Type 3 motherboard
-SCSI MCA controller adapter (I've a fast scsi II 540mb hd)
-Ethernet card selectable BNC/10base2 TP.
-P70 or P75. This nice P75 has SCSI as standard (cooler!) and known
to be upgraded to either DX2 or DX4 (hurrah) with voltage adapter but
it requires fancy footwork in soldering work either way. And I do
like the plasma display due to my vision.

I'm curious have anyone ever beaten the "16mb" limit on these series?

Side note for other interests to other collectors while I was there,
saw Zenith LP series with 286 daughterboard (can be upgrade to 386sx
16 and it has own copro socket). One Mac IIcx - what good about this
one? I used to work on similar configuration of that model
when I was at college doing homework. Comments please.

Thanks and keep your aluminum platters spinning!

Jason D.

PS:
When I was at a high school using their 30's also as tech assistent
taking care bunch of large sites loaded with older models. PS/2
machines ranging from 25/30, 50, 55SX (perfect machine but would be
even better machine if IBM soldered in an 25mhz cpu there), 50/50Z
70, and 80. That was about 3 years during summer beginning '89 or
'90. This is where I started to like these PS/2 for it's good
memories so I wished to have one as fun machine. :)
Received on Wed Jan 07 1998 - 09:25:59 GMT