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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Dumpster diving pays off (sorta)
Message-ID: <6550@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 90 01:13:09 GMT
References: <19768@nuchat.UUCP>
Reply-To: draper@cpsin1.UUCP (Patrick J Draper)
Organization: Engineering, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing
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In article <19768@nuchat.UUCP> seven@nuchat.UUCP (David Paulsen) writes:
>Attention computer archeologists: HELP!
>
>I recently rescued an ancient IBM-PC from the dumpster.. and it works!
>
>My question: what exactly do I have to do to this beast to install a
>harddrive?  Installing the drive in my AT clone was easy.. I don't
>have any documentation for this sucker, and don't even know where
>to begin. 
>
>This is an oooold computer, a model 5151 according to the nameplate on

I don't believe you can do too much in the way of a hard disk, at least
not a full or half height drive. There may be a possibility that you can
upgrade the bios. I'm not familiar with hard cards, but my impression is
that they need to be supported by the bios the same as regular hard
disks.

According to <begin underline>The Winn Rosch Hardware Bible<end
underline> (how do you underline anyway?) the original IBM PC introduced
in 1981 cannot handle advanced video adaptors (presumeably EGA) or hard
disks.

Hope that helps.

Patrick Draper   ----  Michigan State University