31 Jul
2009
31 Jul
'09
2:36 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Chris M wrote:
You should invest in a multimeter. 20$ or so from
Radio Shack or even
Walmart (probably in the automotive section). This way you can measure
$2.99 at Harborfreight
Good price if there are no critical lethal issues requiring accuracy.
Besides swapping boards, try removing the socketed
chips (CPU, etc.) and
replacing just those. Or using that CPU in another computer or board.
You have to have something else that runs an 8088 by now, don't you...
Regards and best of luck.
P.S - get a copy of "Inside the IBM PC", Peter Norton. Has to be PC-era.
I don't agree
Get a copy of the IBM PC Technical Reference Manual.
Schematics
Source code for the BIOS
Maybe one of Scott Mueller's R&U