26 Apr
1999
26 Apr
'99
8:23 a.m.
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:40:16 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: PC question
X-To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
NO!!!!!
Any responsible computer manufacturer of the time included a reset switch.
But we are talking about IBM.
THERE WAS NO RESET SWITCH ON A REAL UNMODIFIED IBM AT.
That's the beef with many machines even we had to add one to a 1 year
old PII from gateway. (!!) Resetting by power cycles is VERY hard
on all parts including wearing out HD fast. I see that same effect
on early laptops HDs that was constantly spinning up/down on demand.
Minor quibble: was the XT power supply 135W?
I think bit smaller than that. I Know it's not 63W. Upgrade was
135W or 180W not sure for offical IBM upgrade.
Many IBM PC PSUs were made by Zenith, I can tell.
My favorite is ones with sloped fan behind protective stamped
grilles. Also these IBM PSUs always have ball bearing fans which is
big boon! :-)
Wizard
email: jpero(a)cgocable.net
Pero, Jason D.