XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: krw@att.bizzzz   
      
   On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:06:45 -0600, Robert J. Stevens wrote:   
      
   > Harlan Osier wrote:   
   >   
   >> Yes, modern PCs are low-tech, they will explode after 2 weeks of   
   >> use.PCs and homecomputers from the 70s or 80s are still working today.   
   >>   
   >> So I use an old IBM XT at home with 5.25" drive an 10MB Hard disk,   
   >> much more reliable than the crappy plastic - PCs of today.   
   >   
   > Got Three Myself. one is a PC the other two XT's. All three run with HD's   
   > Got a couple of XT Boards that won't complete Post.   
      
   I have a "first-day order" 5150 in the basement.  I haven't powered it on   
   for tenish years, but it might still work.  ...expansion chasis too.   
      
   > I am trying to find a schematic for the Board.   
      
   The schematics were in the Tech Refs.  You might fine one on Ebay for a   
   couple of bucks.  The schematics might even be on the web.   
      
   > I have two Post Code   
   > cards; one is 8 Bit. Specting one in from Honk Kong any day now. Has   
   > anyone ever tried to build a card that would check out a M/B even if the   
   > Prom and CPU were busted????   
      
   No help here, but I'd suspect these last.  They were even socketed, so   
   swapping shouldn't be an issue either.   
      
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