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Re: Anyone got one of these?

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From: Hans Boer
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:00
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In <01bd57cc$20ea1ac0$09646464@110ct>, on 03/25/98 at 09:00,
   "Dan Lyon" <dan@smartdrive.co.uk> said:

>Hi,

>I've just been given a PS/2 Model 56SX.  Yes before everyone dies
>laughing it is a little old, but could anyone tell me anything about it?

>I know that it's a 386 with an MCA bus but I could do with a manual
>and/or some guide to setting it up.  Is there a built in BIOS setup
>routine etc?

you will need one ofv these set up disks:
855657RF.DSK  PS/2 Models 8556/8557 Reference Diskette Version 2.10
              This version has support for the 25/75 DX/3 Processor 
              Option.
855657DG.DSK  PS/2 Models 8556/8557 Diagnostic Diskette Version 2.04
              This version has support for the 25/75 DX/3 Processor 
              Option.
5657MMRF.DSK  PS/2 Model 8556/8557 MultiMedia Reference Version 1.24
955657RF.DSK  PS/2 Models 9556/9557 Reference Diskette Version 1.10
              This version has support for the 25/75 DX/3 Processor 
              Option.
955657DG.DSK  PS/2 Models 9556/9557 Diagnostic Diskette Version 2.04
              This version supports the 25/75 DX/3 Processor Option

tell me the model and I can mail the code to you



Hans Boer
hans.boer@ibm.net

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Subject: Re: Anyone got one of these?
Date: 1998/03/25
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