I'm a little late on this thread .. it's hard to keep up.
Besides the Tech Ref manuals and the Hardware maintenance manuals, the
Sams ComputerFacts have also been helpful. I'm a big PCjr fanatic, but
I find the hardware literature from the PC, XT and AT to be helpful
because it is all very closely related.
Besides keeping the old classic cards, I look for (and hold) good
general purpose cards. Future Domain 85x series SCSI cards are a good
example; they work in eight bit systems like the PC and the software is
functional enough to drive hard disks, CD-ROMs, etc.
While we're on the topic, I've been trying to find an XT tech ref. I
want it for the BIOS listing of the hard drive adapter. This kind of
thing is useful when grafting one of the old MFM controllers onto a
PCjr. Does anybody have a source for these? (I have the Jr tech ref
and an AT tech ref, but finding an XT tech ref has been difficult.)
Mike
mbbrutman at
brutman.com