9 Mar
2008
9 Mar
'08
4:24 p.m.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Philip Belben <philip at axeside.co.uk> wrote
number for the mouse (somewhere). I phoned IBM to
see if I could order
one, and they said it was discontinued, and the replacement (I suspect a
PS/2 mouse with an adaptor) would be 150 pounds. They woudln't tell me
the part number of the replacement, or of the adaptor, so I gave up at
that point.
Ha! Well, please forward on that mouse part# if you find it. Who
knows, one could turn up. I like how the keyboard and mouse ports
are keyed with huge, shaped cowls, like a child's toy. No way to mix
them up
Isn't there a 7 segment LED on the front for POST
display? Don't think
it tells you the RAM, though. Best way to assess RAM is count the
chips, I'd think :-)
There is. I just found a nice page of FAQs on the RT, so I suspect
I'll be deciphering them soon.
I would think floppy. Floppy drives and stuff were
very PC-ish on the 6150.
I'm not at home now, but I was able to check my inventory of my
storage unit and the tape drives I have are model 6157. I had always
thought they were for either a PC or a System/34 type machine, but the
RT FAQ shows one attached to a 6150:
http://www.damage.fi/slas/rt/rtpics.html
Hooray! Assuming the controller is indeed for tape, a drive I got for
free I don't know how many years ago (and tried a few times to sell)
now has a master. What will I do with it? Who knows, but at least it
has a reason to live (assuming it hasn't committed gooey-roller
suicide yet.)