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Yzzerdd

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Welcome to the group! I welcome you to post your IBM systems here and pictures as well.
Mine as follows:
IBM PS/2 70-386
IBM PS/2 80-386
 
i've got a model 8580, with the 386 DX/16. it's a beast! maxed out with 16 MB of RAM. it has a Debian 2.1 installation on it, as well as dual boot with DOS. i upgraded the hard drive to a 1 GB DEC SCSI. it has apache on the linux install, but i have no idea what to host on it. ;)
 
The two that I have are a Model 50 and a Model 30-286. I'll post some pictures soon. The Model 50's clock battery is now working and the hard drive is bad.
 
Just picked up a bunch of these, most of them work :-)

- 1 x Model 30 286
- 1 x Model 50
- 2 x Model 56sx
- 1 x Model 56SLC2
- 1 x Model 65sx
- 2 x Model 70 (a very old one from 1988 and a newer one with a smaller system board and IBM CPU, the newer one has a defect floppy drive, the old one works 100% and I think it's the coolest hehe)
 
Hi there! I have a beautiful 8580-A31 with a 386-25, a Seagate 1GB SCSI but without RAM. Trying to revive it! :)
 
Have 2:

1. 8580-A21 (w/4MB RAM & 8MB expansion) - likely the most stable Win95 machine I ever had Was running a few years ago, but likely in need of serious TLC.
2. Model 56SLC2 (w/16MB RAM). Still packed-up in the box it was bought in (way back in '96). Certainly a dead (and possibly corroded) CMOS battery by now. Purchased several of these at one point to re-sell. Sold 2 out of the 3 I had bought.
 
I am in possession of a PS/2 Model 77 with a clock/date problem .... even after replacing the battery
Would replacing the riser card assembly be something to try ?
 
Model 77, originally 486 DX2/66, now has an Evergreen 5x86 133MHz upgrade in it, 32MB (8MB 70ns x 4), 500MB-ish drive with IML.

Used to have an 8525-004, 8573-401 (P75 486), 8573-121 (P70 386), 8580-121, and 8565-061.
 
I am the founder and editor of the Encyclopedia of Sciences and Technologies in Argentina (http://cyt-ar.com.ar/cyt-ar/index.php/Página_principal). I have an IBM PS/2 Model 50Z, without memory. monitor and keyboard, which I wish to get rid off. Are there any parts that may be of interest to any of the members of the forum? I would gladdly send them if they cover the transportation costs.
 
Hi guys,

this group doesn't seem to have had any activity recently, but here goes:

8557 with Reply PowerBoard 486DX2-66 planar upgrade
8570 with IBM (Reply) planar upgrade
9557 SLC3
9577 i/s with IBM "Corvette" Fast+Wide SCSI-2 adapter
9585 xNx with IBM Wireless LAN Advanced adapter
9595 xMx with 486DX-50 complex
9595 (A) with IBM "Cheetah" RAID adapter and 2 x 3-drive Type 1 hot-swap bays and 1GB drives in trays
9595 with ITBU, EE 5.25 FD and IBM "Corvette" Fast+Wide SCSI-2 adapter
PC Server 500
PC Server 320
PC Server 520
PC Server 720
Multiprise 3000 H50

I've had more in the past, having started way back with a now humble 8580-111, but the addiction grew. :D
 
Model 90 fully kitted out with RAM, dead floppy but hopefully will get it running soon :)

I also have the PS/Valuepoint and PC/340. But once I get the Model 90 up I want to collect more PS/2s
 
WBST said:
PC Server 500
PC Server 320
PC Server 520
PC Server 720
Click to expand...
Been looking for a 500 and 720 for 20 years. Very jealous:). At one time thought they hadn't come the the UK.

Here is my collection:
Model 30-286
Model 50
Model 55sx (x2)
Model 56SLC-somthing
Model 57 Multimedia
Model 65sx
Model 77
Model 80 16MHz with 2x 300MB maxtor ruuning os/2 1.3
Model 95 50DX with 256MB RAM! running os/2 warp 4.

Madge smartswitch to network them all.

PC350 acting as a Token-ring to Ethernet router.

Also have a RS/6000 7012 or 7013 cant remember. It looks like a fat model 95. Never got this to work.
 
30-286 upgraded to 386 and 486 along with a st01 scsi card and 240mb scsi drive. We really maxed it out. Hope it can be restored at some point as it was as great machine. :)

Oh and I forgot about the Model 30! This was used as a terminal for a system 36 that was our Days Inn reservation computer. It worked in this capacity for nearly 10 years and then I put an SMC ethernet card in it that would work in 8-bit mode and made a boot floppy so it could be used as a terminal for our MSI property management system. I watched how the techs added terminals and saved $2100 by doing it myself with unapproved hardware, lol. I was 15/16 at the time!

Not PS/2, but I also forgot I have 2x IBM servers, one that was EISA with a P60 an the other is a Pentium Pro 200. Both were the servers at our Hampton Inn back in the day.

Lots of other IBM systems now that I think about it from our other hotels, but none of them were PS/2 except that Days Inn.
 
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IBM PS/2 Model 56 486SLC2

Great machine, surprisingly fast for beeing a modded 386 without FPU (50/25 Mhz).
Still facing various problems due to being not a 0815 standard-pc...but great design and great performance.
 
IBM Model 55sx (8555)
386SX 16mhz
4mb Ram
Future Domain MCS-700 SCSI Controller
1x Maxtor 320mb SCSI HDD (original, not installed)
1x Maxtor 320mb SCSI HDD (not orig, installed)
2x original reference disks

Appears to be an early version.

Acquired it a few months ago and everything works perfectly. Didn't even my need a service/cleaning but I did it anyway lol

**Also, I got two slots open and one is begging for a memory upgrade. Any advice?
 
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