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Grex Micros Item 153: Do you need a special monitor for a PS/2?
Entered by aruba on Fri Nov 8 21:32:33 UTC 1996:

My co-worker Ming has received a donation of a PS/2 (386) computer for
the Chinese school he volunteers at.  The only trouble is, it came without
a monitor, and he needs to know if he needs a special monitor to go with
a PS/2.  You don't need a special IBM monitor with those machines, do you?
PS/2's are just like any other intel machines, right?

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#1 of 6 by ajax on Tue Nov 12 05:55:05 1996:

Video connectors are among the few PS/2 connectors that followed 
existing standards.  I haven't run across a PS/2 that needed a
special monitor.  Most use VGA monitors, which are kind of expensive;
new monochrome VGAs are around $100, new color VGAs are around $250,
on the low end.  The value of the rest of the 386 system is probably
under $100.

#2 of 6 by keesan on Sun Mar 8 17:58:10 1998:

I am volunteering at Kiwanis setting up computers.  (Anyone else want to
volunteer?).  How do I access the CMOS setup on a PS/2 Model 55?  My guess
is I need a special IBM setup or reference desk.  Where do I get one?
Or make one?  (Volunteers would be welcome Thurs or Sat a.m. 9-12, and you
get first crack at all the interesting stuff that comes in.).

#3 of 6 by kentn on Sun Mar 8 20:46:18 1998:

I'd guess you need a setup or reference disk,too.  You should be able to
find what you need on the net.   Poke around at http://www.pc.ibm.com/
or do a web search.  There used to be several sites that offered PS/2
info in addition to IBM.

#4 of 6 by kentn on Mon Mar 9 03:50:11 1998:

Here are a couple more specific places to look.  The first is an IBM ftp
site and the directory for the reference disks:

   ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/refdisks/

It looks like what you download are disk images that have to
be transferred to a diskette (you'll need to grab the index and
see which disk image file you need; there are a lot of different
reference disks).  Besides the disk image you also need to download
/pub/pccbbs/HowToExtract/ldf.com and the readme.txt file from that
directory (which will tell you how to create a working reference disk).

Finally, there is the Microchannel Enthusiasts Web Page:

   http://members.aol.com/phwimage1/mcaindex.htm

which should give you a few more clues for dealing with MCA machines.

#5 of 6 by keesan on Sat Mar 14 17:54:34 1998:

Jim just got back from Kiwanis, where he finally sold the Model 55 IBM as is.
But he still needs the info for future use.  He does not know how to find the
correct stuff from that website.  Any more details?
        If anyone wants something in particularly used, let us know and Jim
gets first chance at it while volunteering.  (Today he figures he sold about
$200 worth of stuff, and it only took him 10 hours to set up running). Any
other volunteers for computers or stereo would be highly appreciated.

#6 of 6 by kentn on Sat Mar 14 22:50:56 1998:

In the directory ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/ is a file called
'allfiles.txt' (about 1 meg in size) that lists all the file under
the pccbbs directory.  Just scan through that and look for the
reference disks and/or you model of IBM.  There is a reference disk
there for the Model 55, for example.

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