Well I finally got the IBM - mine is a 6151/115. Not sure what the
last digits signify. Original hard drive? I didn't think it's like
IBM to put the hard drive size on the faceplate like that.
Keyboard connector - definitely odd. Fortunately the 'board itself is
a regular Model M, which made replacing the keys damaged in shipping
easy. Unfortunately the cable is not modular on the keyboard end, so
I'll have to make sure to keep it out of range of the cats :)
The mouse looks like a strange connector, too. Unfortunately I got no
mouse with the system :(
Don't know how much RAM I've got. How can I tell? The system doesn't
turn the display on until AIX is booting, so if there's a POST screen
I can't see it.
As everyone noted, it is *heavy*! I'm used to heavy workstations from
the mid-80s (Sun 3, SGI and the like) but this one tops the list, at
least in my collection.
There is what looks like the standard IBM 37-pin external floppy
connector on one of the cards. Is that what it is? Or maybe for a
tape drive? If it's the latter I may even have a drive for it...
All in all an interesting historical footnote machine. I booted it
and played Hunt the Wumpus on it last night, so I'm happy with it. :)
It also had a Stallion 16-port RS-232 card in it, with breakout box,
which I removed so as not to damage the cabling going to the box.
Cool as it is, it's unlikely I will ever use more than one external
serial device on this box, if any. Can anyone make use of this kit?
I'd be happy to trade it for just about anything - help getting a copy
of the O/S for this machine would be ideal. I believe these are all
ISA slots, so perhaps it will work on a PC also? Here's a pic of the
box:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiclassiccomp/2318580337/
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jht