Yeah, I'm here in the states, New York to be specific. I would be very
interested in getting ahold of a copy of the ROM chip to replace the
nonfunctional chip on my machine's board, as well as copies of whatever
software I can find. I don't know what software was available for the
System/23, probably mostly just business software, right? What
operating system did it run, or was it just some flavor of BASIC with
disk commands?
Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 03:53 PM, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
> I have a complete working system - at least it was last time I fired
> it up,
> other members of the list have expressed an interest in parts,
> software etc.
> Both are in the states , assume you are too ?
>
> Geoff.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Primus" <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:14 PM
> Subject: IBM System/23 problems
>
>
>> My IBM System/23 doesn't work properly. When turned on, it displays a
>> series of numbers on the screen, and stops at "FD". Of the numbers
>> printed, "0B" is inverted and flashing. I found a listing of the error
>> codes in google's cache of classiccmp.org (part of the archive seems
>> to
>> be down).
>> http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:83dbK69EHG8J:www.classiccmp.org/
>> mail-archive/classiccmp/1997-07/0566.html+IBM+System/
>> 23+error+site:www.classiccmp.org&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 According to this,
>> the error code "0B" indicates that one of the ROM chips on the logic
>> board has failed. I looked at it, and it is soldered to the board.
>> Desoldering and replacing it with a socket shouldn't be a problem, but
>> I will need to find another ROM chip. Does anyone have a spare chip,
>> or
>> the ability to copy a good chip? Also, once I get this machine
>> working
>> again, I will need to find some software for it. I would assume that
>> there is no place to download System/23 software, or even a way to get
>> files to usable 8 inch floppies. I have a few disks given to me with
>> the computer that may be bootable, but I don't know. I don't really
>> know a lot about the System/23 other than the fact that it's really
>> heavy. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!
>>
>> Ian Primus
>> ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
>>
>
Received on Wed Sep 24 2003 - 17:27:04 BST