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Article #20531Re: POST error codes for IBM PS/2 Model 50
From: Walter Bass
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 17:02
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 17:02
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In article <29gv3o$gtb@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk> djackson@axion.bt.co.uk
(Dave Jackson) writes:
>In article <9328621.28594@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, mikec@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU
(Michael CIAVARELLA) writes:
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>|> Heeeeelp!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>601 Floppy drive/adaptor Power On Self Test failure
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> ... As for the floppy drive.......
And hope that it is indeed the drive. The floppy controller is on the
motherboard for a PS/2 50. This PS/2 'advantage' also comes to light
if you want to use a 1.2M drive with a PS/2, since the on-board floppy
controller (unlike virtually any other floppy controller) doesn't
support the 300kb data rate needed for low density disks in a normal
1.2M drive.
Wally Bass
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