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G4_Pete · 23rd Sep 2018, 9:29 am

I installed two IBM PS/2's in 1989 ( Floppy version no HD) in an air conditioned dust free environment on an uninterruptible supply. They ran a compiled floppy booted compiled basic program displaying data off off the comm port. We did get through quite a few VDU,s though. Apart from very short outages of a few minutes every few years they ran continuously until this year.

So these things must have been well made with quality components. But I do remember they were not cheap the keyboards alone were around an extra £100 at install time .
Pete

23rd Sep 2018, 9:29 am	#45
G4_Pete Hexode Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Southampton, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 419	Re: IBM PS/2 seems to have got stuck! I installed two IBM PS/2's in 1989 ( Floppy version no HD) in an air conditioned dust free environment on an uninterruptible supply. They ran a compiled floppy booted compiled basic program displaying data off off the comm port. We did get through quite a few VDU,s though. Apart from very short outages of a few minutes every few years they ran continuously until this year. So these things must have been well made with quality components. But I do remember they were not cheap the keyboards alone were around an extra £100 at install time . Pete