Looking for PDF manual of AST sixpakplus with battery in the center

[jtan2000]

Hi

Please help me on this two AST sixpakplus
Refer to picture A1-A4 AST sixpakplus card with battery in the center of the board.
Refer to picture B1 2 chips are missing and what are they for ?

How do I determine which type and anyone has the PDF manual or link to download ?

The manual I found in the net are type 1 with the battery is on the top of the board.

Thanks

 

[offensive_Jerk]

This matches your part number 201177
Missing ICs may be for COM2 which was an add on option.
https://retrocmp.de/ibm/cards/ast/ast.pdf

According to this manual you may have either type 2 or 3

SixPakPlus (Type 2) AST Part Number 201177-002
SixPakPlus (Type 3) AST Part Number 201177-003

 

[offensive_Jerk]

Turns out I recently acquired a PC with the same card that has the battery in the middle of the board. The manual that shows the battery on top of the board seems to apply to this card as well. At least for the switch settings and port enable headers.

 

[bburley]

I have just scanned this manual a few days ago. But it is 15MB and too large to upload here. I will look for relevant pages...

 

[bburley]

Those chips are optional - Schematic for that section is attached

 

[bburley]

I have just uploaded the complete manual to archive.org - https://archive.org/details/ast-six...nsion-board-users-manual-000172-001-a-1984-09

 

[jtan2000]

@bburley Thank you very much for sharing and uploading the manual.

 

[modem7]

I have just uploaded the complete manual to archive.org

Thank you.

I have also hosted it at [here], after performing OCR and page de-skewing on the PDF.

 

[bburley]

I am glad it was helpful At some point I will try to upload more manuals.

 

[bburley]

I have now uploaded the SuperPak Utility Programs manual for this card - https://archive.org/details/ast-sup...y-programs-users-manual-000114-001-b.-1984-05

 

[bburley]

I found this link in another thread on this forum - http://www.textfiles.com/computers/ASTRESEARCH/
It contains a few technical bulletins for the SixPakPlus

 

[modem7]

I found this link in another thread on this forum - http://www.textfiles.com/computers/ASTRESEARCH/
It contains a few technical bulletins for the SixPakPlus

Those 'technical bulletins' are also on my website in the 'AST bulletins' section at [here].

 

[bburley]

Good to know - your website is an incredible resource!