Dear group,
As I am new to the group, I would like to introduce myself.
As a young teenager, I got old IBMs from my uncles and made them fit
again. After that came 20 years of a high affinity with Sun computers. I thought these were very pretty and very well made, however I fell into a
hole every time because I had no assignment for them after they were repaired.
I'm just a DOS/Windows person.
A very nice man gave me two PS/2 model 80s. Both are Type 111. After 30
years I'm going back to my beginnings.
I'll start with two questions:
1.
A Model 80 is locked. We have the key for the other one, but not for the second. Is there a CLEAN way to pick the lock? And is the lock still for sale? Anyone have any ideas?
With kinds from the Facebook PS/2 group i bought this
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07TLK5LRN?psc=1&smid=A29I6D3V6NPO6A&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
and will try it this weekend.
2.
As an IBM returnee, I lost track of the external SCSI connection. I do
have a mca card with a 25 pin. Can I use my Micro DB50 and Micro DB68
SUN SCSI Harddisks and CD-ROM? I did not find ANY Adapter-Cable.
3.
Unfortunately, my last problem is my worst problem. I only have one
floppy drive for BOTH Model 80's. I tried to fix this. The repair was
done by replacing all five electrolytic capacitors. I didn't do a good
job with my first repair, but electrically everything is measurably
clean now. HOWEVER, the floppy still doesn't work.
I have two big wishes:
a) I would like to buy two refurbished working floppy drives. can
someone help me there I would be very grateful, since I can't get any
further without the floppy drives.
b) an alternative would be if I could get a complete parts list in
addition to the PS/2 floppy to standard floppy adapter so that I could cleanly install a standard floppy in the PS/2. This should include the carriage and eject button, right? And if so, does anyone have templates
or parts for sale and knows which template goes with which standard floppy?
Of course I would like to buy the native floppy.
If someone reads this post twice, I would like to apologize, I also
posted this post on Facebook, but unfortunately received little
feedback, except for the pictures.
Greetings and to a nice togetherness, David
https://www.ardent-tool.com/other/MAD.html
https://www.ardent-tool.com/60_65_80/Common.html#Opening_Locked_Unit
"Micro DB50 and Micro DB68 SUN SCSI Harddisks and CD-ROM"
Uh, wow. You mean the connector on the hard drive itself is HPDB50 or HPDB68? If so, IBM never had anything like that, all I've seen is the 50
pin header or a 68 pin Molex as the drive mounted SCSI connector.
https://www.ardent-tool.com/8580/Common.html#Dirty_FDC
MAYBE...
https://www.ardent-tool.com/floppy/8580.html
Just for completeness. Or aggravation.
Your experiences [and hopefully, success!] with the tubular lock may be helpful to Model 95 users.
David Reichelt wrote:
Dear group,
As I am new to the group, I would like to introduce myself.
As a young teenager, I got old IBMs from my uncles and made them fit again. After that came 20 years of a high affinity with Sun computers. I thought these were very pretty and very well made, however I fell into a hole every time because I had no assignment for them after they were repaired.
I'm just a DOS/Windows person.
A very nice man gave me two PS/2 model 80s. Both are Type 111. After 30 years I'm going back to my beginnings.
I'll start with two questions:
1.
A Model 80 is locked. We have the key for the other one, but not for the second. Is there a CLEAN way to pick the lock? And is the lock still for sale? Anyone have any ideas?
With kinds from the Facebook PS/2 group i bought this
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07TLK5LRN?psc=1&smid=A29I6D3V6NPO6A&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
and will try it this weekend.
2.
As an IBM returnee, I lost track of the external SCSI connection. I do have a mca card with a 25 pin. Can I use my Micro DB50 and Micro DB68 SUN SCSI Harddisks and CD-ROM? I did not find ANY Adapter-Cable.
3.
Unfortunately, my last problem is my worst problem. I only have one
floppy drive for BOTH Model 80's. I tried to fix this. The repair was
done by replacing all five electrolytic capacitors. I didn't do a good
job with my first repair, but electrically everything is measurably
clean now. HOWEVER, the floppy still doesn't work.
I have two big wishes:
a) I would like to buy two refurbished working floppy drives. can
someone help me there I would be very grateful, since I can't get any further without the floppy drives.
b) an alternative would be if I could get a complete parts list in addition to the PS/2 floppy to standard floppy adapter so that I could cleanly install a standard floppy in the PS/2. This should include the carriage and eject button, right? And if so, does anyone have templates
or parts for sale and knows which template goes with which standard floppy?
Of course I would like to buy the native floppy.
If someone reads this post twice, I would like to apologize, I also
posted this post on Facebook, but unfortunately received little
feedback, except for the pictures.
Greetings and to a nice togetherness, David
1.
A Model 80 is locked. We have the key for the other one, but not for the second. Is there a CLEAN way to pick the lock? And is the lock still for sale? Anyone have any ideas?
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