16 Jan
2002
16 Jan
'02
10:03 p.m.
You'll know the 30 from the 30-286 when you see the bottom (where the 55SX
and 30-286 have their ID tags) is dark brown, the case is plastic (on the
30) and there are 4 screws on the 30 as opposed to the 30-286 and 55SX with
2 on a steel lid/case.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Tothwolf
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:31 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Fwd: 2 IBM PS/2s, DC/MD area
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Russ Blakeman wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote:
Well, at least I've got a general idea what I've got stored away now. I
may have to go unbury them tonight, just to satisfy my curiosity.
-Toth
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
Model 40 and below are ISA, 50 series and above are microchannel. The
30-286 and 55SX used the same case but the 30 (8086) had a similar but
plastic beige/brown (as opposed to all beige steel) case. Right, I didn't even think about the ISA
machines. I've seen so many
of the microchannel systems that I often forget about the others.
As I think about it, I might actually have several model 25s
instead of 50s. Guess I'll find out once I uncover them.
It's hard to confuse them. The 25 is an all-in-one. The easier ones
to confuse are the 30 and the 55SX, as they came in the same case.