IBM PS/2 Model 56 with 486SLC3 upgrade
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- A solidly built member of IBM's Personal System/2 line of computers, with a clock-tripled 486SLC3 processor upgrade which turns it into a very capable DOS and Windows 3.1x machine. I also plan to try installing IBM's OS/2 Warp 3.0 on it.
the IBM 486SLC3 is such a great upgrade for 386SX. I just got a PS1 2123 and i've been on the look for the IBM 486SCL3 upgrade board but these are super rare
I love the PS/2 line of computers from IBM. They look like a classic computing workhorse ready for work. Kids these days and their super-cool cases...
I have such a soft spot for the PS/2 because I learned touch typing on one (Model 25) in tenth grade back in the day.
Man, that looks like a speedy windows 3.11 and DOS machine! Great stuff! Hope its still kicking :D
Thanks! :D I really appreciate it! It's rare that I find someone who enjoys my style. :)
also, this machine is capable of running windows 95. i have a non upgraded verison of this same model and windows 95 runs really well. Also, there is a video on my channel demonstrating the windows 95 installation process on this computer.
I think we had something like this in our computer lab in high school, but my school was too cheap to buy any version of Windows...we had to use DOS even after Windows 95 came out.
1992 was about the time I started computing, started out on an old Commodore VIC-20 someone gave me
Another crippled PS/2 (due to the 16bit bus) from IBM. The wider slot is for video cards like the XGA-2, it passes its video output via those pins so you can use the built in VGA port. The 3Com card is actually 32-bit MCA. The SCSI port is typical IBM NIH, they could have used the micro-50 pin port there if they really wanted to.
Love that rainbow colored ribbon cable. Did they honestly expect people to identify individual traces by their color with that many of them? :P
My school had the 386 version of this machine in its computer lab.
Also, that DB15 port on the ethernet card is an AUI Ethernet port. You can use transceivers with it for RJ45 or coax ethernet, among others.
He is pulling your leg :) Battlefield 3, the new First Person Shooter online game, it is like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3...
Its like to make a cold start of an old automobile. Quite classic.
Speaking of old, small hard drives, I found a 261MB Seagate in the loft the other day, seems an amazingly small amount of space today! Awesome PS/2 too, shame about the RAM limit!
I wish I could find myself an old IBM PC like this....
@Tr3vor42532 I use several: PC Tools SI, Norton Utilities SysInfo, CoreTest, etc.
the long 16-bit MCA slot is indeed for an XGA video card.
that's one hell of a machine! me likey
Yes. I have 486 with 4 megs of memory, and 250 megs hard drive, and I run Win 95 IE. Obviously system doesn't work fast but it works.
Did you find out who made the hard drive? My guess is that it's an IBM, as they had a plant in Greenock, I think, in Scotland. I can't think of any other company who might've made a hard drive in the UK.
With a few ISA's this baby can be turned into the "ULTIMATE" DOS 6.22 Gaming Machine,possibly also a decent PC early Win95 Games. I'm trying my self to get one,i also want a Hot Rodded 5150 with a Pentium MMX Mobo for daily use.
That is a totally awesome DOS computer!
@CenaTv2 Yes, but MCA sound cards are incredibly rare and expensive. I could install a SCSI CD-ROM drive, but I'd need to relocate the hard drive to somewhere else in the case.
you can buy an IBM PS/2 mouse new at unicomp for $7. they are identical to the original PS/2 mouse that IBM manufactured, it even has IBM branding on it.
@uxwbill It is a Delta power supply.
Nice 😀. FreeDOS can probably run on it. IBM made nice computers.
Thank you for this video. I am hoping to add internal 5"25 disk drive into this model but dunno if its possible at all.
I have an IBM PS/2 Model 80 with a 486 upgrade I need to rescue one of these days. Unfortunately, the original monitor/keyboard/mouse are long gone, it's just the computer itself now (because it was too large for anyone to bother throwing out).
@JinzoDefiler No need, I already have an XGA2 card on the way for it!
I had a model 77 but dont got it anymore... but still got the maxtor 540mb scuzzy it was onboard scuzzy too.
Yes.
Had one ... Exchanged it for an IBM PS/2 model 40sx - as it looks the same, but has IDE HDD and ISA bus)
@SpeakerFreak95 I'm pretty sure those where ps/1 machines.. pretty ubiquitous at schools at the time since this ps/2 where much more expensive and advanced.
bakc when computers "looked like computers".... I actually miss the clinical beige and greys...
Nice system, it looks to be in a great condition! It must be fun to upgrade an old system to the max, are you oing to use it for something?
Where on Earth did you find this vwestlife? wherever and however you got it, it was a good find.
Brilliant, thanks for sharing.
and naturally awsome videos you do :)
@EastAngliaUK Somewhere I have an old copy of 3DBench which would run on it!
What is that benchmark software that compares the computer to other Ibm computers and hard drive speed and stuff?
I bet that computer fails less than my 2016 Alienware does.
Mine was a Gateway SOLO 2000. There's a video on it on my channel if you're looking for more details.
These supposedly have an XGA-2 chipset and there is supposedly a driver for it (perhaps OS/2 only?).
No, it has "Enhanced VGA" onboard, which can do 256 colors at 640x480, but only OS/2 has a driver for it. The XGA-2 is an MCA card which does have Windows drivers.
@@vwestlife I thought that seemed like an odd choice for this low-end of a machine at the time. I read that somewhere, though. Thanks for the info!
I’m really curious how these SLC3 upgrade processors compare to let’s say a 486DX2-66
Not even close. The 486SLC is based on the 386SX, so it's limited to a 16-bit data bus.
Very cool I wonder if it will run 3DMark 2011?
The Hard Drive is actually a IBM from the seektest and sound and capacity already saw that...
IBM DALA-3540 is the Drive, maybe it was a Drive from an Apple becouse the Drives froma IBM pc never say designet to... and not the IBM Drives...
@Say0n What is BF3?
Thank you Great review!
You should install windows 95, or maybe even NT 4.0 on that and make a vid
Hey there vwestlife! long time viewer. Just got myself one of these machines from an estate sale. It's got a particular problem where after being powered on for 20 seconds, it shuts down, then power cycles, on and off, 3 seconds off and half a second on. Have you ever heard of this? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for all the content over the years!
Sounds like a power supply problem. Either that or one of the devices in it is drawing too much current and causing the power supply to shut down to protect itself. Try unplugging the drives and expansion cards and see if that helps.
Thanks for your reply. I took the machine apart and unplugged everything, except the motherboard. It still showed the problem. I unhooked the power supply and separated it from the machine, and shorted the "ON" wires and the power supply still showed the "Cycling" problem. Seems I have a bad PSU. Dang. Inside the PSU nothing seems physically stressed, so it looks like I'll be on the lookout for a new one.
Thanks again for your reply and your help!
You're welcome! :)
Why do you always install PC-DOS 2000 in every DOS - Windows 3.1 era computer that you get?
Because it's the best version of DOS for me.
at the End of the Video, I have that Same Mouse for my IBM Aptiva
Install an xga card and install windows 95 on that beast!
Could you run windows 95 on these? I think this is what we had at school in the mid 90s but it was dos I think.
what was your first computer ever in your life?? my was an hp vectra 386/20n
Colored cables !
Me too.
What was the Roland card that you removed?
I didn't remove it. The previous owner did before they sold the computer to me. It was a Roland MPU-IMC card: ohlandl.ipv7.net/sound/Roland_MPU-IMC.html
What did one of these cost new?
nice thanks :D
Can that run Windows 95 Microsoft Internet Explorer on it?
Monitor cable (he thicc)
Could this be capable of a sound card and cd-rom drive?
Absolutely.
BF3 capable?
why do you prefer pc dos 2k?
Because it's the newest version from IBM.
@vwestlife Battlefield 3 xD
battle field 3
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Uh huh now i noticed it doesn't have isa hah