12 Apr
2008
12 Apr
'08
11:17 a.m.
Liam Proven wrote:
I have a whole load of memory expansion boards and an Intel 80486DX-33
upgrade for a Model 80 (! -- I used to use this in my 80-061, but I've
since found an 80486BL2-66 upgrade for my 80, which is what I now use),
which I would be willing to trade if you could get me an 80-Axx system.
I've been looking for some time.
I am running
a Model 80-061 with many (4?) IBM 80386 XMAs and the machine
is perfectly stable running Linux with 46MB RAM. If I had an 80-Axx (which
I would love to get, for the cache), it would be 48MB.
[Gasp]
*Envy!*
Not only could I only find the one memory adaptor board, I've never
been able to get any Linux distro to even boot on my 80-A21. I was
recommended to Slackware but I got nowhere. Still, NT3 runs very nicely on it. Much better than
Warp Server did,
which could not drive my obscure, unheard of network card, a certain
"Novell NE2000/MCA". I mean, who's ever heard of Novell?
The problem with the NE2000/MCA, is that it calls itself "NE2000", but
yet is not fully compatible with the original 8-bit ISA NE2000. They
should have called it "NE2100" or something.
I never got Warp running properly on my Thinkpad
Butterfly either.
It's only VGA res, but I wanted at least 16k or 32k colours, sound and
the modem, but nope. IBM O/S on IBM H/W, but no joy.
I thought the Thinkpad 701C doesn't have an SVGA chip. Does it indeed
have one?
I recently rescued one of the little 386sx or 486slc
desktops from a
skip. Model 56? I don't recall. I shall try OS/2 on it at some point,
if I can max out its RAM.
The 16-bit 486SLC boxes are the 56 and 57. (The 32-bit versions of the
same are the 76 and 77). The difference between the 56 and 57 are the
chassis and number of slots. Maybe number of bays too, but I can't
remember clearly.
Peace... Sridhar