IBM PS/2 Model 25

From: Jeffrey H. Ingber <jingber_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue Jan 14 00:14:01 2003

On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 01:04, Lawrence Walker wrote:

 What is this upsurge
> of interest with them ? Simply because they were an all-
> in one machine ? Then I would posit the 20xx line which
> like some Amstrads had electronics which wouldn't work
> unless you had the whole unit. And of course the many
> other all-in-ones like the PET or H-89 or many others.
> It was a design that had long been dead.

I assume this vitriol was aimed at myself since my reply is quoted
below. The interest of the original poster stems from his previous
encounter with the machine - not unlike many other machines which are
collected simply out of nostalgia.

I just though I'd share my setup for the very reason mentioned above.
No more, no less.

Jeff

>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
> On 13 Jan 2003, , Jeffrey H. Ingber wrote:
>
> > I owned a model 25 a number of years ago. This one actually
> > had a 30MB HDD that used a seperate controller. I also had
> > an 8-slot ISA expansion box from a comapny called Pacific
> > Coast Horizons (PCH, I think that was the name of the
> > outfit). Also had an NEC CDR-72 single speed CD-ROM (SCSI)
> > and an MPU-401/MT-32 setup.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 16:38, Daniel Hicks wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks, I am quite familiar with them. In my high school
> > > I was in charging of maintaining the ten that we had in a
> > > small computer lab. If I recall, they had 20-MB hard
> > > drives and a single 720-k floppy drive. we used DOS and
> > > WordPerfect 5.1 on them. The school gave them all to me
> > > after I graduated, and like a fool I trashed them (along
> > > with 10 model 80's, and 10 old Zenith machines) Now
> > > nostalgia is setting in and I would like to get my hands
> > > on one again.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "John Allain" <allain_at_panix.com>
> > > To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:23 PM
> > > Subject: Re: IBM PS/2 Model 25
> > >
> > >
> > > > > I am looking for a good, cheap PS/2 Model 25 (sx I
> > > > > think). ... Again, looking for cheap.
> > > >
> > > > Be prepared. Typically 25's are 8086 with no hard
> > > > drive. The options you want probably existed but would
> > > > make the model considerably rarer.
> > > >
> > > > John A.
> > > >
> >
> >
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> lgwalker_at_ mts.net
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