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[2]
2M-XBIOS
[5]
5150ROMS
5160ROMS
[7]
704 KB of conventional memory
[8]
8-bit checksum
8255 - I/O pin assignment
[A]
A20 gating
AC power adapters for laptops/notebooks
Addressing problem
Allocation units
Antivirus software for DOS
AT2XTKB keyboard converter
Automatic (distributed) termination
[B]
Backpack CD-ROM drive
Batteries, 'CMOS'
Bench top power supply use for IBM 5150/5160 motherboard
BIOS expansion ROM
BIOS passwords
BIOS settings
BIOS video modes
Boot ROM
[C]
Capacitors in parallel
CGA
Clock (RTC) software
Clusters
'CMOS' batteries
CMOS settings
Commonly failing electronic components (in vintage computers)
Continuous tone
Conventional memory
Conventional memory - 704 KB
Copying a BIOS ROM to a file
Cross-linked files
Crossover cable for floppy - wiring
[D]
Dallas RTC module replacement
DASDDRVR.SYS
Datacomp DFK-700FI keyboard
Distributed (automatic) termination
DOS
DOS error messages
Drives - Logical versus physical
[E]
EGA
ElectroStatic discharge (ESD)
ESD
Expanded memory
Extended memory
[F]
Fast A20
Floppy crossover cable - wiring
[G]
GSETUP
[H]
Hard disk drive clocks
Hard sectored floppy
Hazards
HIDman AXP
History of 5150/5155/5160/5170 motherboard failure at the VCF
[I]
IC relabelling
ICs mounted in frame
IDE-to-USB adapters
IDE - 'Identify drive' command (pointer to www.os2museum.com)
'Identify drive' command (pointer to www.os2museum.com)
I/O port lists
ISA PicoMEM - My initialisation procedure
[K]
Keyboard converter, AT2XTKB
Keyboard converter, HIDman AXP
Keyboard converter, ps2pico and ps2x2pico
Kodak Disk Drive Analyzer
[L]
Laplink
Laptop AC power adapters
LED speed displays
LLF
Logic analyser
Logic probe
Logical drives versus physical drives
Low-level format of MFM/RLL hard drives
LPT (parallel) port POST board
[M]
Master boot record (MBR)
MDA
Memory addressing problem
Micro Solutions backpack CD-ROM drive
Microsoft mouse
MFM/RLL hard drives - Low-level format
Models
Monitors/terminals repair database
Multimeter
[N]
No screen - Am I at a DOS prompt, or am I in Cassette BASIC ?
Notebook AC power adapters
[O]
Option ROM
Oscilloscope
Overload of PSU
[P]
Parallel (LPT) port POST board
Parallel port types
Patch wires
PCem V17 - Creating a VM of type 'IBM XT'
Physical drives versus logical drives
PicoMEM - My initialisation procedure
POST board - LPT/parallel
POST cards
POST codes - Warning
Programs
PS/2 - DASDDRVR.SYS
ps2pico
ps2x2pico
PSU - Overload and underload
[R]
RAM
RAM addressing problem
RAYXTFDC
RAYXTIDE
RAYXTMFM
Relabelling of IC's
Resistors in parallel
Resource conflict
RLL - 'MFM Limitations Still Haunt RLL Controllers'
ROM - Copying a BIOS ROM to a file
RTC module replacement
RTC software
[S]
Safety hazards
Seagate ST-412 - MDC for spindle rotation
Serial drive
Serial ports
SERTEST
SETUP software
Soft sectored floppy
Software
Some floppy maths
Speed displays
System board photos
[T]
Tandon TM100-2 - Miscellaneous
Test equipment
TESTMBR
Timeline
Transferring files from a modern PC to an old PC
Turbo/non-turbo displays
[U]
Underload of PSU
Unformatted capacity of floppy disks
USB-to-IDE adapters
[V]
V20 problems
Video modes via BIOS
Virus
Visible indication of failure
[W]
Willem MCS-48 adapter
WIPEMBR
Wiping the master boot record (MBR)
Write precompensation cylinder (WPC)
[X]
XT clone motherboard - Diagnosis
XT-IDE card
XTIDE Universal BIOS (XUB)
XUB