31 Jul
2013
31 Jul
'13
6:41 p.m.
On 7/31/2013 5:13 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
The Diagnostics came with the base diagnostics to test the system. Each
subsystem you bought had a diagnostic disk with it which could be
punched and used as a blank disk for all the use it did.
I think the Advanced diagnostics came with a separate package, and was
not unavailable, just had to know the right order number. It was
probably held back by resellers, but I never had a problem going to IBM
here and getting a copy of the thing.
Resellers could charge you to install your disk and set the system up if
they held that back.
Jim
>> I have
IBM Diagnostics on Cassette tape that came with the machine.
On Wed, 31 Jul 2013,
Rob Doyle wrote:
I'm packing up for a move and I put it in a
box just the other day.
For the record, it is labeled -
"Personal Computer Hardware Reference Library"
ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS
Copyright IBM Corp 1981, 1982
Version 1.02
6081566
It might have originally been in the inside jacket of on of the
IBM manuals.
I don't have any way to digitize it.
Guide To Operations on some.
On the DISK diagnostics, the
"DIAGNOSTIC" disk came in the Guide To Operations" book.
"ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS" was NOT AVAILABLE to the public, but was necessary
for hard disk low-level formatting.
Once again, third party products were essential.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com