I like the BIOS ROM extension better myself, but what I grabbed is what I
grabbed ... It occurred to me last night that I had not changed the CMOS
settings for the drive, so the nice 600+MB IDE drive that I stuck in there was
being treated like the old full-height monster that it replaced.
Today's project will be to put a Promise EIDE MAX in a spare slot - that will
give it the BIOS extension that it needs to recognize larger drives. I'm also
going to run DIAGs on the beast and work out some other problems.
It's been a fun project so far. This AT is in a rack-mount case which is even
more overkill than the original AT case. The funny thing is that somebody
ditched the presumably industrial rack-mount coverings and built a plexiglass
cover for the case that gives you see-through views of the top, front, and two
sides. Horrible for inteference, but really fun to look at.
Besides the 5154 EGA display I have an original monochrome display, but it
doesn't work at all. I'm not sure that it is even getting power. I have the
Sams schematics for it, so when I get some free time I'll open it and start
looking for simple things like blown fuses.
I found this machine where I work and it hasn't come home yet, and may never due
to work policies. So whatever I get it to do is a bonus. It'll complement the
PCjr I keep in the office nicely.