Trixter
Veteran Member
The MFM drive has failed in my IBM 5162 (IBM PC/XT-286, it's nearly identical to a 6 MHz AT except has 0-wait-state RAM). In trying to remove and replace it with a 16-bit IDE card, I ran across two annoying issues: First is the already documented 601 POST error when you remove the IBM fixed disk adapter. Secondly, the power supply will not completely start without sufficient load. IBM supplied a load resistor to provide dummy load, but I don't have that.
To generate load, I've just plugged the failing ST-251 back in so that the system will start, but this seems really stupid to have a dead/failing drive in the system just to provide startup load. Is it possible to somewhat easily construct a new load resistor? What would it consist of?
To generate load, I've just plugged the failing ST-251 back in so that the system will start, but this seems really stupid to have a dead/failing drive in the system just to provide startup load. Is it possible to somewhat easily construct a new load resistor? What would it consist of?