More old stuff incoming

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Wed Dec 19 04:57:57 CST 2018


On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 22:42, Grant Taylor via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> I think PS/2s range from 286 - (very few) Pentium.  I don't /think/
> there were any 8086 / 8088 PS/2s, but I could be mistaken.

As "system_glitch" said, there were.

The original model 30 was an 8086, and not even a great one -- it
didn't have true VGA, for instance.

http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/7492.htm

It was also available in a small-form-factor all-in-one case as the Model 25:

http://www.ibmfiles.com/pages/ps2model25.htm

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1183

Easily mistaken for a PS/1. That got me a lot of abuse on Twitter recently.

Then there was the Model 30-286, a sort of mucked-about PC-AT.

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2585/IBM-PS-2-Model-30-286/

And from our own Tezza:

https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/collection/ps2-286-30.htm

They're sort of not "real" PS/2s because they have the AT bus, not
MicroChannel. I think the 30-286 could run OS/2 though.

The same case (or very nearly) was reused for the Model 55SX. I
actually have one of these.

https://ancientelectronics.wordpress.com/2015/08/06/ibm-ps2-model-55sx/

It's a "true" PS/2 with MCA. I hope to get an old version of OS/2 2 or
3 going on mine some time.

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