Denniske1976
Experienced Member
Hi guys,
Went to pick up an old PS/2 Model 70P yesterday... still in working condition and I have to be honest it actually looks like new!! No discoloration or yellowing, even came with the original bag. Model number says 8573-121, booted it and it's got 8MB of RAM, a 120MB harddisk and 386-20MHz processor. So it seems to be pretty original, they put on DOS 6.2 and some other utils. Now I was thinking, I have OS/2 version 3.00 original in the box somewhere. Since it's a 386 with 8MB of RAM, would it be able to handle this? Or is this more like something for the 486 based models?
Otherwise I'll downgrade it to the original DOS version, I have all of them around (might go for PC-DOS 4 or 5 maybe). The screen is also bright as can be, never thought that about a plasma screen. It cost me a bit (50 euros) but I'm very pleased with it and especially since it seems to have had very little use, even the inside is just too clean and dust-free for a computer this age
So, go for OS/2 or stick with PC-DOS?
Also, there's a port on the back to connect external storage, as in external 5.25 floppy drive. Weird thing is, I have one of those but it's got a different plug on the data cable (came with my PS/2 Model 60). It looks like kind of an LPT connector while the connector on the 70P is square with only 6 pins (I think). Would be nice if I could connect an external 5.25 floppy drive so I could tranfer some old software from 5.25 to 3.5 to my newer PC and archive it there. Anything on the external drives that I can use?
Dennis
Went to pick up an old PS/2 Model 70P yesterday... still in working condition and I have to be honest it actually looks like new!! No discoloration or yellowing, even came with the original bag. Model number says 8573-121, booted it and it's got 8MB of RAM, a 120MB harddisk and 386-20MHz processor. So it seems to be pretty original, they put on DOS 6.2 and some other utils. Now I was thinking, I have OS/2 version 3.00 original in the box somewhere. Since it's a 386 with 8MB of RAM, would it be able to handle this? Or is this more like something for the 486 based models?
Otherwise I'll downgrade it to the original DOS version, I have all of them around (might go for PC-DOS 4 or 5 maybe). The screen is also bright as can be, never thought that about a plasma screen. It cost me a bit (50 euros) but I'm very pleased with it and especially since it seems to have had very little use, even the inside is just too clean and dust-free for a computer this age
So, go for OS/2 or stick with PC-DOS?
Also, there's a port on the back to connect external storage, as in external 5.25 floppy drive. Weird thing is, I have one of those but it's got a different plug on the data cable (came with my PS/2 Model 60). It looks like kind of an LPT connector while the connector on the 70P is square with only 6 pins (I think). Would be nice if I could connect an external 5.25 floppy drive so I could tranfer some old software from 5.25 to 3.5 to my newer PC and archive it there. Anything on the external drives that I can use?
Dennis