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- From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
- Subject: Re: PROBLEM - adding HD to old 286
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.131528.3373@dmp.csiro.au>
- Keywords: sperry, config, controller card
- Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
- References: <1992Sep8.060200.1400@eua.ericsson.se>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:15:28 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- etxjws@eua.ericsson.se (Johan Wildros) writes:
-
- >Yo !
- >This is the deal, a few weeks ago I bought my father an old 286
- >without a harddisk. I also got him a HD and controller card but ....
- >I've tried to install, configure, or what you call it, but it refuses
- >to work. The HD is OK (checked), the controller card is OK (not checked)
- > The 286 is a SPERRY and it's a kind of funny pc.
- >It will only boot on a special dos 3.3 from commodore.
- >Anyway, the HD is a miniscribe model 3425, the card is an adaptec ACB2002
- >and the pc is thus a SPERRY 286. When I try to configure it it
- >gives me the message - ERROR READING FIXED DISK.
- >Is there anyone that have any ideas ?
- >It would be greatly appreciated !
-
- Have you been in the CMOS to setup the hard-disk
- configuration? Some old 286's need a CMOS setup program
- to change the setup.
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