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Capacitors burn when I turn on my 5170 I’ve got a IBM 5170, when I turn on the power, first a capacitor burned out on the HDD/FDD controller. I removed the card, turned on the PC again, than a capacitor burned on the IO card. Does this mean the power supply is bad, or are they just old/bad...

I've just bough a IBM 5160 64-265KB motherboard of ebay, its replacing the two defective 256-650KB motherboards I had. The new board boots fine with it's original 256KB. I've followed the guide here (http://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5160/motherboard/5160_upgrading_256k_motherboard_to_640k.pdf)...

Hey guys, I used to have software like FastLynx, with this you could connect two computers without a network card, and map a drive, to transfer files. Before networks were common to have at home, I've used this with a parallel cable to connect my two DOS machines to transfer files. Could...

I think you are very right!, I'm amazed by your knownledge of this!, But I reather keep it original, if I want a fast PC, I'd better switch to my modern PC ;)

I've recently got a IBM ps/2 model 70, it has a 80386 @ 20mhz. I stil had a 25 mhz CPU, I've put it in, and it's working, but it says it's still running @ 20mhz. Does anybody know why?, thnx!

Last week I got my hands on a IBM ps/2 model 70 80386. I didnt have a mouse, and I've used one of those USB female to PS/2 port adapters to try to use a USB mouse on it. Ever since then my keyboard stopped working, the original IBM model M keyboard. During boot it gives a 301, LED on the...