21 Jan
1999
21 Jan
'99
2 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Uncle Roger wrote:
I will break with my above comments long enough to say
that if I had lots
of storage space, it would be really cool to get a PC's Limited pc...
My roommate in college had their 12MHz 286 with 640K of *STATIC* RAM.
Oh man... I would have given my right arm for that machine. The front
panel
was really useful, not just that clone fake display set with jumpers. It
showed
POST codes, disk access info CPU speed... That was a cool machine.
Bill Sudbrink
21 Jan
21 Jan
2:33 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Uncle Roger wrote:
I don't know about the static RAM part, but the front panel sounds like
the Dell (PC's Limited) System 210.
Definately cool panel... too bad they never used in on any other box.
<<<John>>>
I will break with my above comments long enough
to say that if I had lots
of storage space, it would be really cool to get a PC's Limited pc...
My roommate in college had their 12MHz 286 with 640K of *STATIC* RAM.
Oh man... I would have given my right arm for that machine. The front
panel
was really useful, not just that clone fake display set with jumpers. It
showed
POST codes, disk access info CPU speed... That was a cool machine. 
3:15 p.m.
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
My roommate in college had their 12MHz 286 with 640K of *STATIC* RAM.
Oh man... I would have given my right arm for that machine. The front
panel
was really useful, not just that clone fake display set with jumpers. It
showed
POST codes, disk access info CPU speed... That was a cool machine.
IIRC, the Everex had a similar front panel that would display the post codes
and the CPU speed, at least for the 286. I have one in the garage that
didn't head for the metal scrap because of that. One of these days, I'll
have to actually check it out :).
5:01 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Marvin wrote:
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Have you seen the LCD panels for Linux boxes?
IIRC, they are 5.25" form factor and fit in a disk bay. They use a serial port
and a floppy power connector. The software can be configured to display CPU
usage, uptime, just about anything you want. Very cool, I'd love to put one on
each of my servers.
I wonder if it could marquee "I wish I were an Alpha."? Just a thought.
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David Wollmann
DST / DST Data Conversion
http://www.ibmhelp.com/
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My roommate in college had their 12MHz 286 with 640K of *STATIC* RAM.
Oh man... I would have given my right arm for that machine. The front
panel
was really useful, not just that clone fake display set with jumpers. It
showed
POST codes, disk access info CPU speed... That was a cool machine.
IIRC, the Everex had a similar front panel that would display the post codes
and the CPU speed, at least for the 286. I have one in the garage that
didn't head for the metal scrap because of that. One of these days, I'll
have to actually check it out :).
22 Jan
22 Jan
7:25 a.m.
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Marvin wrote:
IIRC, the Everex had a similar front panel that would
display the post codes
and the CPU speed, at least for the 286. I have one in the garage that
didn't head for the metal scrap because of that. One of these days, I'll
have to actually check it out :).
Also a 386SX.
FSOT
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Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
2210 Sixth St. (510) 644-9366
Berkeley, CA 94710-2219
7:51 a.m.
New subject: PC's Limited (Everex?)
Didn't the Everex (or am I thinking of something else) have a status panel
for serial/parellel ports?
George
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George L. Rachor george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Marvin wrote:
IIRC, the Everex had a similar front panel that
would display the post codes
and the CPU speed, at least for the 286. I have one in the garage that
didn't head for the metal scrap because of that. One of these days, I'll
have to actually check it out :).
Also a 386SX.
FSOT
--
Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
2210 Sixth St. (510) 644-9366
Berkeley, CA 94710-2219
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