30 Oct
2005
30 Oct
'05
3:03 p.m.
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:13:28 +0000 (GMT)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
I've had the good sense to snap them up where I've been able to get them.
And I have the IBM PC/XT/AT volumes, and also the TechRef for the Compaq Deskpro 386
(which is just as comprehensive as the IBM references, and IMPORTANT because it gives
insight into newer tech that the IBM-AT). And god no, I didn't pay IBM or
Compaq's prices for them.
I also have most of the IBM Techrefs scanned in PDFs.
Tony Duell wrote:
AH, OK. A suprising number of people don't realise that the PC techrefs
exist, or how complete they are.
I had the good sense (!) to buy an almost complete of the PC-familiy ones
(that is, not the PS/3 stuff) when they were just still available from
IBM.
They sure are hard to find elsewhere, though.
Of course therre's docuemntation. IBM sold a
proper TechRef for this
machine with schematics and BIOS source.
I know that -- I don't own a copy and can't seem to find one on ebay or
otherwise (I do look for these things before I ask questions, you know :-) -tony
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