Yeah, I'm here in the states, New York to be specific. I would be very interested in getting ahold of a copy of the ROM chip to replace the nonfunctional chip on my machine's board, as well as copies of whatever software I can find. I don't know what software was available for the System/23, probably mostly just business software, right? What operating system did it run, or was it just some flavor of BASIC with disk commands?

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Ian Primus ian_primus(a)yahoo.com On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 03:53 PM, Geoffrey Thomas wrote: > I have a complete working system - at least it was last time I fired > it up, > other members of the list have expressed an interest in parts, > software etc. > Both are in the states , assume you are too ? > > Geoff. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Primus" <ian_primus(a)yahoo.com> > To: <cctech(a)classiccmp.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 8:14 PM > Subject: IBM System/23 problems > > >> My IBM System/23 doesn't work properly. When turned on, it displays a >> series of numbers on the screen, and stops at "FD". Of the numbers >> printed, "0B" is inverted and flashing. I found a listing of the error >> codes in google's cache of classiccmp.org (part of the archive seems >> to >> be down). >> http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:83dbK69EHG8J:www.classiccmp.org/ >> mail-archive/classiccmp/1997-07/0566.html+IBM+System/ >> 23+error+site:www.classiccmp.org&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 According to this, >> the error code "0B" indicates that one of the ROM chips on the logic >> board has failed. I looked at it, and it is soldered to the board. >> Desoldering and replacing it with a socket shouldn't be a problem, but >> I will need to find another ROM chip. Does anyone have a spare chip, >> or >> the ability to copy a good chip? Also, once I get this machine >> working >> again, I will need to find some software for it. I would assume that >> there is no place to download System/23 software, or even a way to get >> files to usable 8 inch floppies. I have a few disks given to me with >> the computer that may be bootable, but I don't know. I don't really >> know a lot about the System/23 other than the fact that it's really >> heavy. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks! >> >> Ian Primus >> ian_primus(a)yahoo.com >> >