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- From: cescsg@nmsu.edu (Jeff Cooper)
- Subject: Re: 5150 memory question
- Message-ID: <cescsg.8.721074870@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: NMSU Cooperative Extension
- References: <92304.135352ERSHC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <1992Nov1.194259.10063@mydual.uucp>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:34:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov1.194259.10063@mydual.uucp> olson@mydual.uucp (Kirtland H. Olson) writes:
-
- >Since the machines have 10 Meg drives, I believe they have a ROM upgrade.
- fwiw, I've never found any. Most of those old "dogs" that had the 10M
- drives HAD a bios date of 10/27/82. (Earlier ones would not support HD's).
- And since its got SixPak+ cards, hes probaly in good shape.
-
- If the motherboard says 16-64K, they ARE pretty much junk. (I don't
- think that will happen; see above.) It'll probably be labeled 64-256K.
-
- IF the fella with the original request hasn't gotten his info, email me, (my
- BITNET address is cescsg@NMSU). I'll mail you an honest to goodness orginal
- IBM manual, and a copy of the 6pak+ manual. Give me your post address.
-
- Your were educational, weren't you? New Mexico has a state law forbidding
- donation of state-funded resources to private parties. (This is a good-old-
- boy state, and they always pass laws aimed primarily at politcal rivals.
- But sometimes they screw-up and have beneficial results.!)
-
- Did you ever notice on TV news, they frequently interview some clown, and
- behind them is a real-live XT? And quite often you see the original 5151
- monitor. We've still got 30 of those things around here. They are only
- agravating if one is used to a 486. Many of ours are running WordPerfect.
- Hey, I just help fix 'em; I'm not in charge of budgets or an officer of the
- hardware fashion police!
-
- Quite obviously, these are my opinions, and do not represent those of the
- State of New Mexico, nor that of New Mexico State University, nor those of
- the NM Cooperative Extension Service.
-
- jeff
-