14 May
2018
14 May
'18
4:16 p.m.
Folks,
Just to say I did end up doing a re-install of OS/2 on a smaller drive, which took most of
today, but the P390 software is now installed and I have loaded VM/CMS and IPL'd a
simple 3-pack system copied from Hercules. The readme that comes with the P/390 V2.5
software explains how to set up the systems so PCOMMS can talk to it. I still don't
have the screen resolution working at 1024 x 768 which the manual says it should. Oh and
PMVNC also runs so I can remote control the beast. It was all a bit of a slog, mostly
because OS/2 is a bit of a slog. The P/390 was the easy part.
Thanks to all who helped,
Dave
14 May
14 May
4:32 p.m.
I seem to recall having to install some vram chips on my P/390 to get 1024x768 resolution,
but I think that was on my PC Server 330...
I?m glad you got it working! That is awesome! Did you get networking functional?
Have fun!
-Ben
Sent from my iPhone
On May 14, 2018, at 4:16 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Folks,
Just to say I did end up doing a re-install of OS/2 on a smaller drive, which took most
of today, but the P390 software is now installed and I have loaded VM/CMS and IPL'd a
simple 3-pack system copied from Hercules. The readme that comes with the P/390 V2.5
software explains how to set up the systems so PCOMMS can talk to it. I still don't
have the screen resolution working at 1024 x 768 which the manual says it should. Oh and
PMVNC also runs so I can remote control the beast. It was all a bit of a slog, mostly
because OS/2 is a bit of a slog. The P/390 was the easy part.
Thanks to all who helped,
Dave
11:40 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Huntsman <BHuntsman at mail2.cu-portland.edu>
Sent: 15 May 2018 00:32
To: Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic
and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Restoring a PC Server 500 P/390 - now running
I seem to recall having to install some vram chips on my P/390 to get
1024x768 resolution, but I think that was on my PC Server 330...
It?s a separate display card. Real pain. The server came with a dead Cirrus Logic card but
it now has an "IBM Display Adaptor/A" (I think) which should do 1024x768x256
colors. Must check.
I?m glad you got it working! That is awesome! Did you get networking
functional?
Not through to VM. That?s next (after sorting the display)
Have fun!
-Ben
Sent from my iPhone
On May 14, 2018, at 4:16 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Folks,
Just to say I did end up doing a re-install of OS/2 on a smaller drive, which
took
most of today, but the P390 software is now installed and I have loaded
VM/CMS and IPL'd a simple 3-pack system copied from Hercules. The
readme that comes with the P/390 V2.5 software explains how to set up the
systems so PCOMMS can talk to it. I still don't have the screen resolution
working at 1024 x 768 which the manual says it should. Oh and PMVNC also
runs so I can remote control the beast. It was all a bit of a slog, mostly
because OS/2 is a bit of a slog. The P/390 was the easy part.
>
> Thanks to all who helped,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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