Subj : multitask or die!
To   : David Drummond
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Thu Nov 29 2001 10:03 am

David Drummond wrote in a message to Charles Angelich:

 DD>> Another is an IBM PS/2 - still to get my hands on it.
 DD>> Similar RAM and drive sizes to the laptop, but I should be
 DD>> able to replace with something more usable. 

 CA> Not necessarilly. The majority of an IBM PS/2 is proprietary. I
 CA> had a difficult time just finding the necessary setup disks to
 CA> get two of them working. IBM decided to erase much of this from
 CA> their servers just six months or more after I found what I
 CA> needed and people on usenet IBM echos were frantically
 CA> downloading all of it to save it. 

 DD> I found a setup disk (on the IBM site), but am unable to find RAM
 DD> to suit. It appears to take ordinary 72pin stuff, but none I've
 DD> tried will work.

No,  you need special IBM parts for these -- they used stuff with a different 
pinout!  Any ram dealer ought to know what you're talking about,  though...

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