AT&T PC 6300 Plus Unix box

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Wed Oct 6 07:58:23 1999

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> On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 19:25:40 -0400 (EDT), Bill Yakowenko said:
> >What makes you think it is a 6286EL? I know next to nothing
> >about these AT&T boxes, so I never would have guessed anything
> >besides what it says on the label. Is it just because it's a
> >286 box? It quite definitely says "6300 PLUS" on the machine
> >itself and on all of the floppies that I got with it.
>
> I have been reading this 6300 discussion for a while, but I still don't
> know which computer exactly this is. I know the Italian firm Olivetti
> built the 6300 series for AT&T, just like they built a number of DECpc's
> for Digital. I only know the original Olivetti's, and can't determine
> which Olivetti hides behind the 6300 label. The standard 286 Olivetti
> clone systems I have used, always complained about a parity error if there
> was RAM memory removed from the system and this was not updated in the
> cmos setup.

The 6300+ has no setting. The memory amount was set by dip switches
on the motherboard. It's kind of a 286 XT board with NO CMOS
equivalent. It does have a clock battery (nicad) but it has drive type
set by dip switches as well.

Bill
Received on Wed Oct 06 1999 - 07:58:23 BST