Diagnostics for IBM PC AT ver 2.02

From: jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca <(jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca)>
Date: Sat Jan 24 15:35:55 1998

> Ad wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for a disk called "Diagnostics for IBM PC AT ver 2.02".
> > To setup my old 286 with a Seagate type 42 HD
>
> While I don't think the setup disk is difficult to obtain for the IBM, there
> is a shareware program called GSETUP31.EXE that will do the same thing, only
> easier. It should be available at a number of places on the net. I have
> used this program occassionally and it seems to work very nicely. FWIW, it
> will not support the user defined disk drives.
>
Yeah to everything, simtel sites should have several little programs
that allows configuring MOST machines that did not have access to
CMOS settings. Oh, The late type 2 AT and XT 286 motherboards have
late bios that supports 1.44 floppy drive. The offical ibm
diagnostic disk do not have this option within the s/w. Again, the
whole line of early (pre ps/2) 286 machines had 3 types of bios as
well, first one was 17 (I think) hd specs enteries so on until total
of 46 types.

Compaq pre to late 386/486 models requires special disk to access
cmos. After this point, on those machines, on screen shows upper
left, blinking underlined cursor moves over to a blinking block
cursor at upper right for a moment then back to original. Between
that at that point hit F10 key to get into cmos setup and some is
user-defineable as well.

Late PS/2 equipped with IML feature and later ones to enter setup
screen, hit alt+ctrl+ins. Early PS/1's Must have those setup
files at least 2 files for 2 different functions on a bootable disk
and manually start it. (weirdo, kluge thing.)

Jason D.
email: jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca
Pero, Jason D.
Received on Sat Jan 24 1998 - 15:35:55 GMT