oddball find PS/2-50

Cool... At least you got the reference disk. Keep it around! You will need it if the battery dies or if you change the configuration. You can also download reference disks from one of IBM's FTP sites, I forget which. Go check out comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware and it's FAQ. Let me think... The 286 chip was available in 10MHz and 12MHz IIRC, maybe another speed too. I can't remember which speed the 50/50Z was. Depends. My 50Z has an ESDI drive(and IIRC they shipped with that, too), but any PS/2 drive with that connetor should work. What it is is that IBM added an HD controller to the HD's main board, so that connector is an MCA interface. Don't you love the way the case comes apart, and that little tool underneath the speaker to help take the rest of it apart? Defintley my favorite part of the Model 50. I have three 50Z's, one working and two with no FD/HD/RAM. I'm thinking of using one as a terminal or something, putting in an ethernet card with a boot ROM or something wierd like that. The other I'll probably use as a regular PC if I find some free or cheap PS/2 parts. All three of the 50Z's were free, my 80 was $50, and the 55sx was free. My 30-286 will be gone soon, as I sold it for $10... -------------------------------------------------------------- | http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html - Computers | | http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/ - Star Trek | | orham(a)qth.net list admin call sign coming soon... | --------------------------------------------------------------