18 Oct
2000
18 Oct
'00
1:36 a.m.
Bill Pechter wrote:
Actually, the 6300+ was pretty similar with just a different motherboard
and more memory capacity.
The 6300+ ran SysV Rel2... and I think 3.
The fix for the floppy insertion is electrical tape placed between
the drives... 8-)
Too bad about the hotline, Right Choice bbs and the old AT&T PC
community -- which was pretty large in NJ.
Bill
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The Olivetti/AT&T/Xerox machine had 16 bit
and 8 bit slots. The 16 bit
are Pre-AT. They also handled the byte order differently so there were
other issues.
This sounded like the 6300+, a pre AT 286. It ran Unix (SYSV 3.0 I think).
I used to provide network support for these machines (and the 7300's, 3B1's,
3B2's, 3B5's, 3B15's, but not the 3B20S or 2B20D). One thing to watch out
for: a floppy will fit nicely under the floppy drive (I've had calls and
actually did it myself once when not paying attention).
BTW: the hotline is not longer there so don't call in to register the
warranty card (someone offered it her on the list). ;-)
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