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From: mccann@mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Patrick J. McCann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Information requested on IBM 5150
Keywords: IBM 5150
Message-ID: <1854@mit-caf.MIT.EDU>
Date: 21 Feb 89 20:53:43 GMT
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Reply-To: mccann@mit-caf.UUCP (Patrick J. McCann)
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Organization: Microsystems Technology Laboratories, MIT
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     If this unit was manufactured in 1981 chances are the BIOS will not
support a hard drive  (I found this out the "hard way").  IBM no longer sells
the BIOS chip set that would allow you to add a hard drive.  You could upgrade
with a Pheonix BIOS.  I ended up returning the hard drive, and I bought a 
bought a model 70 instead.  --- Planned obsolescence :(.