Recent content by jfl5150

I am trying to use an IBM type M German keyboard with a 5160, DOS 3.3 English. It works OK using keyb gr - or keybgr DOS drivers, but I cant get the Alt Gr key to be active to access the additional "triple function" keys. As far as I know, the 5160 could also be delivered with a type M keyboard...

I have searched the web many times for documentation. This board looks like a full lengh ISA 8 bit Quadram or Diamond multifunction board, 2 UART, 4 banks of RAM, and RTC based on a M5832 chip, game port. BUT it has 3 ROTARY 16 positions (0 to F) configuration switches... Marked as Microforce...

Those old floppies are everywhere on IBM PC and XT's I found extremely helpful troubleshooting guide and original maintenance manuals on this link http://maben.homeip.net/static/S100/tandon/diskette/ Salvaged 3 units out of the 5 I had been able to gather from eBay in Europe...

:confused: I am new to the forum, from Southern Germany I just put together a 5150 (256k) from parts from other machines, with a Tandon HDD and a 10M ST412 FH HDD with original Xebec controller and original MDA Works great, runs Lotus and Dbase.... I cant get my diagnostic disk images to...