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Is this the CF card reader I need for IBM PS2 model 30 286?

I bought a version of this from TexElec: https://texelec.com/

When I installed the card and booted from a floppy to DOS 5 I was able to run fdisk and format the CF card. (I used a 1gb card which is probably not ideal...it's a little too big and slows things down in certain DOS directory operations, at least at first.)

Once the drive was formatted I was able to install DOS and it worked perfectly. So in my experience it was pretty straightforward.
 
Red_Donkey said:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ISA-Compac...778356?hash=item420a4ece74:g:q7QAAOSwJAxdoQmI

Is this the one I need, when my HDD sooner or later fails, and I need to boot onto a CF card instead?

If so. How do I set the computer to boot onto the CF card? Do I set boot sequence with the System Disk? How does this work?
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yes that one will work. you set up the system with the IBM starter diskette, but the XT IDE bios does the rest :)

https://texelec.com/product/isa-compactflash-adapter/
https://monotech.fwscart.com/XT-CF_...lash_-_rear-accessible/p6083514_19915453.aspx
 
Agent Orange said:
Seems kind of expensive to me. I got a similar one all the way from China for around $10US.
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I HIGHLY doubt what you purchased was an XT-IDE for $10 otherwise send me a link and i'll buy 20 of them..

what you probably got from China is an IDE-CF adapter which WILL NOT work in a PS/2 Model 30 286 without a separate 16bit IDE controller with another card that has an XT IDE Boot rom. (network card boot rom socket for example)

the PS/2 Model 30 Does not support just any old IDE device
 
pinkdonut666 said:
I HIGHLY doubt what you purchased was an XT-IDE for $10 otherwise send me a link and i'll buy 20 of them..

what you probably got from China is an IDE-CF adapter which WILL NOT work in a PS/2 Model 30 286 without a separate 16bit IDE controller with another card that has an XT IDE Boot rom. (network card boot rom socket for example)

the PS/2 Model 30 Does not support just any old IDE device
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Okay, here's your link: https://www.eio.com/products/syba-s...h3916lTxpCiwWZJBE3TnZHxraGu4CKSgaAkw2EALw_wcB

Works with just about any CF card on an IDE controller. I'm not vouching for "any old" PS/2 however. Use an ISA EIDE controller with a BIOS on it like a SIIG.
 
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