18 Dec
2016
18 Dec
'16
5:33 a.m.
On 12/17/16 9:14 PM, Devin wrote:
I was happy to find a IBM XT for a good price at the
scrapyard today
in very nice condition. It is missing the hard drive, but i have
plenty of those, the controller was still inside.
I had a little issue getting video working at first, i do not have a 9
pin cga monitor laying around, thankfully i found a 16 bit isa card
that also works in an 8 bit slot.
The machine starts up and runs its memory test, however it gives a 301
error. System halts and says press f1 to continue, but no luck,
keyboard is unresponsive. I have tried about 10 different keyboards on
the machine, including some model M keyboards with a ps2 adapter with
no luck.
Model M keyboards are AT-style keyboards, they won't work with an XT
(different protocol). You will need to find a PC/XT compatible keyboard
to use.
- Josh
A quick search does turn up that 301 is a keyboard related error, but
i am not sure what exactly the issue is.
Am i doing something stupid here or am i looking at the possibility of
something being wrong with the machine?
--Devin