9595 Ardent Tool
Of Capitalism
V2

The MCA Mafia


Most of these pages were originally from Louis Ohland's 9595 Ardent Tool of Capitalism collection of pages.

IMPORTANT: The information on these pages is years out of date, and this resource is no longer maintained. This page was created back in 2003 or so when its original author (Louis Ohland) removed his informational PS/2 pages and replaced them with stuff pertaining mainly to the RS/6000. I took it upon myself to try and meld the two worlds together, with the original goal of providing the latest information in one place, since I had much more space available for hosting files. I didn't realize how much work that would be, and after completing this index page, very little else happened. Many if not all of the links to external sites on this page, and the pages linked below, have gone bad. Please visit ardent-tool.com for the most up-to-date information pertaining to IBM PS/2 systems and related hardware.

If you can get to a Usenet server, the comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware newsgroup is still fairly active. As of this writing in late 2021, you can at least read it via Google Groups. Also, please feel free to send me an e-mail about anything pertaining to IBM PS/2s, Microchannel or related hardware and systems. (I don't have parts, though, so I can't be of much help to you there.)

-William Walsh, March 12th, 2014 and December 19th, 2021

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Identification 3172 IC 3550 5140
5494 6152
7546
7552 7561/2 7568 8525
8530 8533 (N33) 8535 8543 (L40SX)
8550 8551 (N51SX/SLC) 8554 (CL57) 8555 (55SX)
8557SX 8560 8570 8573
Diags/Utilities CPUs Hard Disk System Registers
Memory Errors/Batteries Networking 8580
8640/41/42 9533 9552 9553
9556/7 9576/7 9585 8590/9590
8595/9595 Complexes Reply Boards Accelerator boards
SCSI Sound Reference Material Capitalist Tools
Components Open Source OSes Security & Privacy Floppy
CD-ROM Mag. Optical Drives AIX for PS/2 Why MCA?
Reference Disk
Video Adapters IDE HD Controllers
Scanner/Printer Communications
RS/6000
Memory Expansion

1

Identification

Open / close 85 / 95
Install mem in 85 /95
95A PSU Air Baffle
Simple Model 95 setup
Quick 'n Dirty Setup
Create Refdisk/Diags

Systems

3172 IC
Common Devices
Errors
Maintenance Mode
Current Op Status

3550 (MCA TP Dock)
System Board
Power
Power Supply
Errors

5140
5140 Stuff

5494 RCU
Common Devices
Message Codes

6152/RT PC
RT FAQs

7546
7546

7552
Common Devices
Data Output BIOS
Processor Card
Resource Module
DASD Module
Power Supply

7561/62
7561 (in Germany)
Common Devices
Planar
Power

7568 Gearbox
Common Devices
Power
Processor Card
DASD Module
System Resource

8525
286 Planar
Model 25 Resource


8530
30-286 Planar

8533 (N33)
Common Devices
Power

8535
Riser

8543
Planar
Errors
Power

8550
Drive Controllers
Procom MC Pira IDE
Tinkering
Reply 8550 OEM
50 Planar
50z planar
Riser Hack
Power Supply

8551 (N51SX/SLC)
Common Devices
8551 Errors
8551 Power

8554 (CL57)
Common Devices

8555 (55SX)
Procom Riser
Planar
Power

8557SX
8557SX Planar

8560
Planar

8570
Common Device
Type 1 Planar
Type 2 Planar
8570-25MHz Planar
8570 Reply OEM
Power Supply

8573
Common Device
P70
P75
P75 Sysbench Results
Errors

CPU

Evergreen
Make It 486 ?

IBM Upgrades
70/80 DLC2 Upgrade
70/80 486DX33
(OEM Hyperace 486)
855x SLC2 Upgrade
855x SLC3 Upgrade
8556/57 Cached CPU

Kingston
486/Now
386SX Now
SX Now Upgrades

ASMP vs. SMP

Motorola (RTC Chip)

Hard Drive
IBM Model Trivia

Microchannel
MCA Terms
Data Transfers
DMA Controller
Int4b - Why IBM used it

System Registers

CMOS Registers
POS Registers
Watchdog Timer
System Partition / IML
Bus Evolution
Cooling Fans (electric)
Mouse
Keyboard
Serial
Parallel
ExpressPrint
Hotrod
Operator Panel
Books
CP Codes
View with LPT1
Project Boca
Security Features
LogicLock

Memory

 Presence Detect
Memory Reference
Error Handling

Error Codes

Numeric Error Codes
Beep Codes
Audio Symptoms
(Ultimedia)
Misc Errors
General Errors
SCSI Errors
Ref Partition Access
96-8N1 Error
IML Errors (I999)

PS/2 Batteries
Bob Eager's site

Misc
ROM Basic
ESR

ROM
.BIN files

Network Interface Cards

Grab Bag
Nic Cards

3Com EtherLink
3C523 (TP)
3C527
3C529 (TP)

Cabletron
Cabletron

IBM
NIC Evolution
TR Network 16/4
TR 16/4 Busmaster
Auto 16/4 TR Adapter
Dual LS MC 32
Lan Adapter /A
Lanstreamer MC32
Auto Lanstr MC32
PC Network
Peermaster
Peermaster Modes
Peermaster Errors
Turboways 155
Wireless LAN ISA/MCA

Madge

Smart Ringnode Series
16/4 MC RN (S16)

Olicom
Olicom 2335
Olicom 3129

SysKonnect
FDDI-xM (SK-522x)

SMC /WD
General Info
3016

8013xP /A

Digital
DE-212
Digital Ethernet

NetWorth
EtherNext

MAU, Cables, Info
Linux TR Project
4033-001
4033 Testing
8228 MAU
8227 Access Point
8227 Errors
(I'm a) Token Male
IBM TR Cabling
8226 RJ45 Connect
Tokin' but not Smokin'
Token Ring FAQ
TR Troubleshoot Guide



8580

Common Device
Planar Memory
0xx, 1xx, 3xx Models
Axx Models
8580 Power

8640 (Server 320)
320-MCA
320-EISA
EISA Configuration

8641 (Server 500)
8641
(For planar, see 95A)
8641 Power

8642 (Server 720)
Common Devices
CPU Cards
PCI Bridge Card
PCI Error Codes
Corollary Errors
(CP,TP,EP,IP,FP,HALT)
Other Error Codes

9533 PS/2 "E"
9533 Planar
9533 Power

9552 (TP700/720 /c)
Common Device
TP700 Planar
TP720 Planar
Errors
Power
Test Common Devices

9553
Planar

9556/57
Common Devices

9576/9577
9576
9577
Lacuna Planar
Bermuda Planar
76 / 77 Power
New 76/77 Page

9585
X models
K, N models
9585 Power

90 (All models)
Planar
Power

95
Common Devices
G-M model Planar
N-Y Model Planar
Power
Serverguard

Complexes
Complex ID Matrix
Complex vs. planar
The complex itself
Complex ID Outlines

Type 0
-x0x (386DX-20)

Type 1
-xGx (SX-20)
-xJx (DX25)
-xKx (DX33)
Upgrade DX2-66
Upgrade DX50


Type 2
-xHx (SX25)
-xLx (DX2-50)

Type 3

-xMx (DX50)

Type 4 Complexes
-xNx (DX2-66)
-xPx (P60)
-xQx (P66)
-xYx (P90)
Important Info for Y Upgrades!
Old P90 Upgrade page

P/390
PC Server to S/390 Connectivity

P/370
P/370 environment
MUSIC/SP on P/370
MUSIC/SP OS

NCR
3350

Reply Planars
Reply System Specs
8525 Powerboard
8555 Turboboard
8570 Turboboard
8580 Powerboard

Accelerators
AOX MCMaster
RT Accelerator
IBM Wizard
Xtend Renaissance

SCSI

SCSI FAQ

The Official SCSI FAQ

Adaptec
AHA-1640

BusLogic/SDC
BT-640 / SDC3211B
BT-646 / SDC 3211F
SDC1611 (AHA-1640)

Future Domain
MCS-600/700
MCS-350
MCS-200

IBM Storage Controllers
HD as DASD?
DASDDRVR.SYS
SCSI (Tribble)
SCSI w/cache (Spock)
SCSI-2 (Patriot)
SCSI-2 FW (Corvette)
SCSI-2 DFW

IBM RAID
FW RAID (Passplay)
FWSR (Cheetah)
95A RAID Bays
Install HD in HS Trays
RAID Controller Util
RAID w/o RAID
Controller

RAID Levels
RAID Controller
Features

Iomega
PC4B/50

Mountain
16 Bit Host

Mylex
DAC960M

NCR
53C710/Dual SIOP

Simulex
IX4000 IPI-2 controller

SCSI Related
Linux DAC960 PCI site

SCSI Driver for Linux


Trantor
T-260/T-228

Enclosures
IBM 3510

Sound

ChipChat
Sound Card

Diamond
RIO PMP 300

IBM
Audio Over MCA Bus
Audiovation
MWAVE and MIDI
M-ACPA
Windsurfer

Piper
Soundpiper

Reply
CT2501 (w/wo SCSI)

Sound Blaster
Pro MCV/ MCV

Syntrillium
Audiovation - CoolEdit 1.53

Digital Audio
Digital Audio on SCSI Bus

Roland
MPU-IMC

Ref Material

IBM

PCCBBS
Vintage PCs
EPRM 4 Sep 01
PS/2 HMM 4 Sep 01
Announcement Letters
Pubs Catalog
Pubs Ordering System
All Ref/Starter Disk

FCC
FCC ID# Search

PS/2 Newsgroup
comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware

PS/2 FAQ

Capitalist Tools

POS Adapters
Store Loop Adapter
Store Loop Errors
4693 Store Loop
POS Expansion
Flat Panel Display
4695 POS Adapter

Open Source OS

Open Source OS


Floppy
5.25" Ext Drive Ad.
4869 Ext Floppy
General Floppy Info
Drive Pinouts
Data Migration Facility

CD ROM
CD Install (SCSI)

Magneto Optical
127 / 230 MB MO
3360 Optical Disk Drive Adapter

AIX for PS/2
AIX PS/2 General Info

Why MCA?
Why MCA?
Why MCA "The Song"


Create & Use Refdisk
Instructions

Procom Tech Products
General Info

Video

ATI
Graphics Ultra Pro
8514 Ultra

Artist
Artist XJS (5080)
Winsprint 1000i (5075)
Winsprint (5090)
TIGA Info

Cornerstone
ImageAccel MC164


IBM
6091-019 Monitor
8514/A
9504 Monochrome
9507 LCD Monitor
ActionMedia II
3151 ASCII Terminal
3151 Models
3151 Errors
Image Adapter
Image-I Adapter
InfoWindow GPIB2 & VGA
M-Motion Video
PS/2 TV
SVGA Adapter/A
Video Capture
XGA
XGA-2

Matrox
Impression, Ultima Drivers
Illuminator
MG-108-M

Magni Systems
PS/2 VGA Producer

NEC
Multisync Graphics Engine

Radius
Multiview 24

Reply
Video Board

SGI
Iris (mine)

STB
Powergraph
ERGO-MC

Misc
Video Term Pinout

Video Musings
13W3 Trivia (Pinouts)

HD Controllers

ARCO (CMS)
AC-1070/75

IBM
3270 (short B)
5250
ESDI / MFM
PCMCIA

Kingston
DataCard 16/32

Sigma Data
IDE card

IDE Pinouts
XT/MCA/ATA IDE

Tape
6157 Streaming Tape
ITBU

Printer

LaserMaster
LMXK

IBM
4216 Printer
3116/Optra R+

Scanner

HP
HP ScanJet Adapter

IBM
3117 Scanner

Scitex
Star (?)

Communications

IBM
Dual Async
Multiport/2
Portmaster
Waverunner
14k Modem Wake-On-Ring
Fax Concentrator
Wireless LAN
V.35

DigiBoard
MC/Xe
MC/Xi
MC-IMAC

GammaLink
CPMC

Millenium Engineering
EON-2M

National Instruments
MC-GPIB

3com/USR
Courier V.32bis w/ASL
Courier HST

AVM
B1 Active ISDN

Allen Bradley
1784-K2

RS/6000

Model Time-Line
7207 1/4" Tape Drive
7006-41x
7012-32x Desktop
7013 Deskside
GXT150L (?)
GXT500 (D?)
SCSI I/O Contlr 4-1
Ultimedia (7-6)

IBM Memory Expansion

286 Mem Expansion
80386 2-8MB Exp.
2-14MB Expansion

Orchid

Ramquest Extra 16/32

Kingston
KTM 609/II
KTM/16000-386
MC64/PS64


Copyrights/Trademarks/Legal Info

This revised index, some graphics, some adapter outlines and some pages are Copyright © 2002-2015 by William R. Walsh. Some Rights Reserved. Last Updated: 06/14/2015. This resource is no longer actively maintained!

Most outlines and much content from pages was originally assembled by Louis Ohland. He retains all rights to that material compilation and all board outlines marked with initials "LFO".

Other material in this compilation of information may be property of others, and may or may not be noted as such. Trademarks and product names are used for identification purposes only. Files and software made available from this site remain the copyrighted property of their respective owners.

Please note that this site is provided for the convenience of MCA system owners. All materials here are provided as-is and on a "use at your own risk" basis. Some pages are known to contain information that may not be correct for all circumstances. If you have any doubts, it is suggested that you ask the comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware newsgroup before actually doing anything you are unsure about.

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