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- From: srisk@ccad.uiowa.edu (Scott M. Risk)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Question about PS/1 HD, memory, expandability
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.222330.20291@ccad.uiowa.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:23:30 GMT
- Organization: CAD-Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- Hello,
-
- I have just gotten a PS/1 very cheaply and I wanted
- to ask a few questions about expandability. The model I have
- is a 386sx with 2 mb of memory, a 40 meg HD, and a color VGA
- monitor. It comes in an extremely small case and has no
- slots. (I'm giving this information because I don't know the
- exact model right now.)
-
- 1. What kind of hard drive does this machine have? (SCSI,
- IDE, etc.) Any specific information would be
- appreciated. I want to install one of the free UN*Xes
- on the hard drive, but (at least 386BSD and Coherent)
- can't identify that I even have a hard drive. Also, if
- I wanted to expand to the next size up, (129 meg I
- think) where could this be acquired? Do I need to get
- that directly from IBM?
-
- 2. I would like to expand the memory from 2 to 4 or 6
- megs. Are there SIMM slots on the motherboard that I
- am missing, or is there an adapter board? If so,
- where would one get that?
-
- 3. In the User's Manual, there is a picture of some sort
- of expansion chassis that gives 2 slots in which to
- expand (possibly a hard card). Where could I get one
- of these?
-
- This machine seems to be somewhat old (maybe ~2
- years) and no one around here seems to know anything about
- it. So, without signing up for Promenade or Prodigy, I was
- hoping someone here on the net would know something about
- it. I suppose I could also call IBM directly. I could not
- find a number in the sparse manual set that came with the
- computer. Does anyone know a number at IBM that I could
- call?
- Otherwise I am very satisfied with the computer.
- For the price, it's a great DOS computer. I just want to
- use UN*X too. Thanks for any help.
-
- --
- -scott
-
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- Scott M. Risk
-