> In a message dated 4/4/2002 6:28:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> csmith_at_amdocs.com writes:
> > I have a PS/2 - E. It's a little tiny 80387(?) with a 387 math
> > coprocessor.
486SLC-50
> > Four PCMCIA slots, and a floppy drive. Integrated
> > video, parallel and serial. 1.4M floppy, and unknown(right now)
> > hard drive.
Yep.
> > Does anyone know anything about it?
Yes. I have two, one with the Quad-PCMCIA card, one without. They are
slightly sought after. I had a lead on another one (for someone else)
this week from an intern at work, but he threw his out when he moved
recently. :-(
> > What can I do with it? Will OS/2 work? What interface does the
> > hard drive use, BTW?
Ordinary 44-pin 2.5" laptop IDE. 540MB max addressing in the BIOS.
> > What are my chances of getting BSD or linux
> > to drive the PCMCIA slots?
Very good. I have Linux running on mine. I used it as a faux-Cisco PIX
for a development LAN. Had 4 x 3C589 in it, one for a connection to
the 'net and three for simulated internal LAN and DMZs. It ran for
months passing packets (didn't implement any filters, but didn't need
them for development).
> > Anything else I should know about this one?
16MB max. 12MB if you want to use the linear-mapped mode of the internal
video. Personally, I run text-mode Linux, so I'd rather have all the
RAM in the world. If I were running a GUI, it would probably have a
better response with less RAM because of the faster video access.
If you google for PS-2/E and/or the IBM part number 9533, you'll find a
couple of good pages out there, including (from IBM) the disk image
you'll need to configure it (it doesn't have a ROM-based config like
many brands of PeeCees).
-ethan
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Received on Thu Apr 04 2002 - 23:25:20 BST