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Article #20235IBM-AT with un-identified parts and features
From: Fer de Jong
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:06
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:06
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Hello, after opening a original IBM AT that I received a while ago I found a card that I would like to know more about but of course I never received the manuals with the computer. The card is a full length AT card that drives the floppy and the harddisks. It is marked AT-2000 and has no others names on it. It has a number of jumpers (about 9 I think). Can anybody tell me what this is, and more important what the jumper settings mean, I need to hook the harddrives up to another controller (RLL instead of MFM) but can not get the system to boot if I just disconnect the harddrives from the current controller. Is one of the jumpers for turning drive B: off as shadow of A: ??? Another question is: Is there a magic key to press during boot time on a genuine IBM AT (8 Mhz / 512 KB) to get some sort of installation menu? Last: Is there a backup'ed clock on the motherboard, if so I found the battery that goes with it but is dead, does anyone know the properties of this battery???? All other basic information about an IBM AT or references to documents are more than welcome... -- Fer F.de Jong European Organization For Nuclear Research <Ferry> @ IRC Division ECP - RA ESPRIT - HARMONY fer@work.cern.ch "Isn't 'lousy Monday' a terrible way to +41 22 767 3826 (office/Switzerland) waste 1/7-th of life." +41 22 767 3900 (fax) +33 50.42.74.13 (private/France)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!news.netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!dxcern!work!fer From: fer@work.cern.ch (Fer de Jong) Subject: IBM-AT with un-identified parts and features Message-ID: <1993Jan27.120602.24766@dxcern.cern.ch> Sender: fer@work (Fer de Jong) Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:06:02 GMT Lines: 37