rfp70a.exe P70 386 Reference Disk v1.04 (zipped image)
190-053 PS/2 MODEL P70 386 (8573-031)
189-074 PS/2 MODEL P70 386 (8573-061 / 121)
SHS15F2198 IBM PS/2 Model P70 386 HMS
SHS64F3994 IBM PS/2 P70 386 HMR
tpvol1.pdf HMM for IBM PS/2 P70/P75 and laptops/notebooks
S68X-2377-00 IBM Personal System/2 Model P70 Technical Reference Apr 1989
P70 Supplement for the Hardware Interface and BIOS Interface Technical Reference
P70 Transport Brochure (scan by David Beem)
DASD Storage Interface Specification Micro Channel (REV 2.2)
Planar Types
P70 Old System Board
P70 New System Board
System Firmware
ROM Images
Supported Memory
The Mysterious "Masked SIMM" Revealed!
Old Video Card
New Video Card
Plasma Display Adapter Connector ("Display" on planar)
Plasma Connector Pinout
Plasma Display Auto-Dim Block Diagram
Floppy Drive
Floppy Drive Replacement
Support for 2.88MB Floppy Drives on New System Board FRU 56F9085
Remove P70 Floppy (H2)
ALPS DFP723D15C Rear PCB FP1T08D from a sick floppy
Disable ESDI Controller
Derive MCA Bus from ESDI Ports?
Remove Battery
Pointing Device Port (Not for KB!)
305 Error at Power-Up
P70 Drive Carrier Mounting Hole Spacing
Auto 16/4 Token Ring Card Fits Lower Slot
113 Error
P70 Fixed Disk Drive Connector
Modify 160MB SCSI HD with ESDI PCB?
WD387 60MB Drive PCB
160MB DBA-ESDI PCB
Fitting a SCSI hard drive
Early P70s Loose Configuration After Quick On-Off-On
IBM 7186 - A Black P70
Planar Types
For the original document, go to Dr Jim's P70 Project
The P70 came in two planar versions: the older 38F4688/65X1564,
used primarily in the 20 MHz -061 machines (but also seen in some -121 20 MHz
boxes), and the 38F6973/56F9085 used in 16 MHz and 20 MHz -121 models.
38F4688/65X1564 planars have the 386DX socket immediately to the
right of the 387DX socket, and two BIOS ROMs near the upper left edge of the
board. The 38F6973/56F9085 has the 386DX socket above and to the left of the
387DX socket. Another distinguishing feature of the newer models is the
inclusion of video output filtering on the video card instead of on a 'daughter
card' fitted in series with the video output cable. The newer planar seems
slightly faster on some benchmarks, but the difference is hardly noteworthy.
P70 Old System Board "SYS CARD 386" (Japanese design)
16 MHz: "IGH0254FA", FRU P/N 38F5969, P/N 38F7806
20 MHz: "IGH0254DA-A", FRU P/N 65X1564

146818A MC146818A RTC
4464 NEC D4464G-15L
65 PN 65X1565
66 PN 65X1566
72065 NEC D72065L
8259A NEC D71059L
8042 IBM MPD80C42C-146
BAT 6V Battery
Bus MCA riser slot
Display 16-bit MCA video slot
DMA 90X8134 DMA Controller
Ext FDD Hosiden connector
F1 KB fuse "SOC 1A"
Fan Solder pads
Floppy 34-pin header
GA1 38F7800
GA2 65X1279
HDA Top 34-pin header
HDA Bottom 40-pin header
IND Indicator header
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J1 Power On Password
J2 solder pads
J3 solder pads
J4 solder pads
KBD Keyboard header
Mouse Mouse header
PIO 72X8299
POS1-4 72-pin SIMM slots
Printer DB25 port
PRT 94X1265
PSU Power header
RS-232C DB25 serial
SPK Speaker
UART NS16550AFV
Y1 32 KHz xtal
Y2 1.843 MHz osc
Y3 14.31 MHz osc
Y4 40.0000 MHz osc
Y5 32.0000 MHz osc
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P70 New System Board "SYS CARD DX" (Japanese design)
16 MHz: "IGH 0322DA", FRU P/N 56F9085, P/N 56F7435

72065 NEC D72065L
8042 Outline, not populated
BAT 6V Battery
Bus MCA riser slot
CPU GA 33F5946
Display 16-bit MCA video slot
DMAC 90X8134 DMA Controller
Ext FDD Hosiden connector
Fan Solder pads
F1 KB fuse "SOC 1A"
F2 Fuse "SOC 3A"
FDC GA 33F8602
Floppy 34-pin header
HDA Top 34-pin header
BA Bottom 40-pin header
IND Indicator header
I/O GA 33F5838
J1 solder pads
J2 Power On Password
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KBD Keyboard header
MC146818 MC146818AFN RTC
Memory Controller GA 33F5944
Mouse Mouse header
MS700 57X4111
NS16550 NS16550AFV
PAL 20L8 marked "ROM"
POS1-4 72-pin SIMMs
Printer DB25 port
PSU Power header
ROM P/N 56F7439
RS-232C DB25 serial
SPK Speaker
SRAM NEC D4464G-15L
Y1 32.768 KHz xtal
Y2 14.31 MHz osc
Y3 24.000 MHz osc
Y4 40.0000 MHz osc
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ROM is Hitachi
HN27C301G-20, Datasheet
Thanks to Jay P. Thorne who went through the tedious
process of pulling his P70 apart for the scans I used
for the New System Board and New System Video Card.
Odd, the 8259As have been integrated into one of the
Gate Arrays. The 8042 has also been integrated, but
there is a 8042 PLCC outline to the right of the PS/2
mouse port. PRT has also disappeared.
System Firmware (POST & BIOS)
Firmware stored in EPROM.
ROM Images
Old Planar (FRU P/N 65X1564)
65X1566 / 65X1565 - 18 Jan 1989, rev. 0, 2x D27512-200V10 (right / left)
New Planar (FRU P/N 56F9085)
56F7439 - 16 Dec 1989, rev. 1 / 2 *, 1x HN27C301G-20 (not marked)
* reports rev. 1 for 16 MHz systems, rev. 2 for 20 MHz systems
Supported Memory
From Bob Eager:
The P70 has four 72-pin SIMM slots. Unlike the P75,
the largest SIMM that can be used is 2MB. The speed can be
85 ns or 80 ns.
Just like their big brother, the P70 prefers the
Panasonic SIMM in SIMM2. 85 ns speed.
SIMM1: 65X6249
SIMM2: 65X1309/FRU 90X8625/iGH0258DA
SIMM3: 65X6249
SIMM4: 65X1309/FRU 90X8625/iGH0258DA
The Mysterious "Masked SIMM" Revealed!
2 MB 85 ns P/N 65X249 - FRU 92F0104

Thanks to Tim N Clarke for digging through his private
stash. Notice the places for R1 and R2, yet there is no
solder dots on the reverse for R3 and R4. Yet the
multimeter shows OXOX (pins 67-68-69-70). From this,
"masked" probably means the SIMM's PCB connects pin 68
internally, i.e. in the mask for the traces.
2 MB 85 ns FRU 90X8625 - P/N 65X1309 - iGH0258DA

This is an original Panasonic iGH0258DA. Not even markings
for PD resistors. Yet the multimeter shows OXOX (pins
67-68-69-70). PD bit shunts are definitely part of the
SIMM's PCB mask.
Note: the four white outlines under the big
memory chips are SMD capacitors. If you look edge-wise at the SIMM
against the light, you will see SMD caps under the big
chips on BOTH sides..
Kingston KTM-2000/M70 Failures
The P75 will digest Kingston KTM-2000/M70 memory, but
the late P70 planar wants nothing to do with it. When I
was trying to snap a KTM-2000/M70 into the socket, it
looked "bowed", it may be the center notch is not deep
enough? I kept getting not properly seated as a possible
cause.
But whether it was all KTM-2000/M70, or M70/IBM, it
threw a 225.
Peter said:
I cannot recall right from out of my
head if the P70 reads all 4 bits of the PD signal or if
it masks it down to the two important bits only. In this
case certain 4MB modules might be detected as 2MB ...
but end up in an error later during memory count.
Old System Display Card
"DISP CARD(P/GA)", "iGH0253BA", FRU P/N 38F4686, P/N 38F5942 (Japanese design)

41464x8 HM50464CP-12 64Kx4 DRAM
CN4 26-pin plasma display header
CRT HDD15 external video connector
INMOS IMG171P-35 RAMDAC
OSC1 Unk osc (shielded)
OSC2 Unk osc (shielded)
JP1 2-pin jumper Unk (not set)
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JP2 2-pin jumper Unk (not set)
JP3 2-pin jumper Unk (not set)
JP4 3-pin jumper Unk (2-3 set)
JP5 3-pin jumper Unk (1-2 set)
JP6 2-pin jumper Unk (not set)
PDPC 65X1331
VGA 90X8941
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New System Display Card "DISP CARD (GA)", "iGH0334DA", FRU P/N 38F4686, P/N 38F7793 (Japanese Design)

Arne Falch wrote:
By the way, I have the new type of display card and
plasma panel. Since the old display card will not work
with new plasma panel (or vice versa), I guess that the
old panel connections are different. The panel is a
Matsushita electric type MD480T640PG4, P/N 38F4744. made
in week 06, 1990.
The machine is originally a model 8573-031 (16 MHz
processor, 30 MB disk), but someone has put in a 60 MB
disk.
Graphics
Peter said:
The VGA port supports all VGA graphics and
text modes including 640 x 480 graphics, 320 x 200
graphics in 256 colors, and 720 x 400 text using any
optional PS/2 VGA color display, and maintains
compatibility with CGA and EGA modes. Unlike to the P75
the P70 cannot drive Plasma and external VGA at one time -
except in DIAGS mode.
As I said in a previous posting: the VGA
chipset on the plasma-video adapter is the same 256K-IBM
/ INMOS stuff as used in the Mod. 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 -
and therefore has the same limits: 640 x 480 at 16
colours ... ending of sending. So the answer is "No -
you cannot get more colours at 640x480".
I'd really tried a lot to get more out of that thing
(back in the good old days) but it simply doesn't work.
The available memory on the bit-planes is too low. You
need at least 512K VRAM (and a better Video DAC) but the
Inmos-DAC *should* be able to get it - probably. It is
specified for a video bandwidth of 18.44 MHz only (which
is 640 x 480 with 60 Hz vertical refresh) - but the main
problem is the missing Video-BIOS mode for 256 colours
at 640 x 480 and the missing V-RAM.
Simple calculation: 640 x 480 pixels =
307.200 pixels total. Each one occupies 4 bit for 16
colours = 153.600 bytes V-RAM (Video Mode 12h).
The 320 x 200 / 256-colour mode (Mode 13h) occupies 8
bit per pixel and therefore a 256-colors mode would need
double the space.
The Video-DAC controls 4 x 64K for each
"Map", where the maps are the bit-planes for red, green,
blue and intensity on the 640 x 480 mode. The Video-DAC
adress buffer resides at A000h - AFFFh (whereas the
locations from A95FF - AFFF are "reserved").
I really tried to write a video driver for
this thing ... but it is hard to replace hardware with
software - especially if you have the hardware missing
to support that. :-D
>is possible to use the display card of a P/2 Model
P70 in another PS/2 system with onboard VGA. I
don't want to use both screens in the same time. I do
not want to use any CRT. I want to use the plasma screen
on my PS/2 Model 55.
As far as I can tell - you can't. The
plasma board is basically a plain vanilla VGA card with
a different output stage for the row/column addressing
of a plasma display. But internally it uses the same
chips, addresses and ports like the generic onboard VGA
of the 55SX - apart from the odd form-factor of this
card.
The card-ID should be EDAF - but there is
no ADF for this card. There is an @EDAF.DGS on the P70
reference and that means the ADF function is substituted
by the board logic setup internally, so you cannot take
it over anyway.
The P70 / P75 have built-in
information on this EDAF card and need no ADF then - the
55SX (and none of the "normal" PS/2 machines) hasn't. In
addition you need the P70 power supply for the high
voltages to run the plasma display.
Plasma Display Adapter Connector
The following figure shows the Signal assignment of the
plasma display adapter connector. The connector contains
the same signal set as of the 16-bit micro channel
connector except two pins; the pin B04 does not provide
the signal 14.3MHz OSC and the pin B45 is assigned with
the signal -KEYSTROKE for the plasma display.
Pin |
Signal |
Pin |
Signal |
B01 |
AUDIOGND |
A01 |
-CD SETUP |
B02 |
AUDIO |
A02 |
MADE 24 |
B03 |
GND |
A 03 |
GND |
B04 |
Reserved |
A04 |
A 11 |
B05 |
GND |
A05 |
A 10 |
B06 |
A 23 |
A06 |
A 09 |
B07 |
A 22 |
A07 |
+5Vdc |
B08 |
A 21 |
A08 |
A 08 |
B09 |
GND |
A09 |
A 07 |
B10 |
A 20 |
A10 |
A06 |
B11 |
A 19 |
A11 |
+ 5Vdc |
B12 |
A 18 |
A12 |
A 05 |
B13 |
GND |
A13 |
A 04 |
B14 |
A 17 |
A14 |
A 03 |
B15 |
A 16 |
A15 |
+ 5Vdc |
B16 |
A 15 |
A16 |
A 02 |
B17 |
GND |
A17 |
A 01 |
B18 |
A 14 |
A18 |
A 00 |
B19 |
A 13 |
A19 |
+ 12Vdc |
B20 |
A 12 |
A20 |
-ADL |
B21 |
GND |
A21 |
-PREEMPT |
B22 |
-IRQ 09 |
A22 |
-BURST |
B23 |
-IRQ 03 |
A23 |
-12Vdc |
B24 |
-IRQ 04 |
A24 |
ARB 00 |
B25 |
GND |
A25 |
ARB 01 |
B26 |
-IRQ 05 |
A26 |
ARB 02 |
B27 |
-IRQ 06 |
A27 |
-12Vdc |
B28 |
-IRQ 07 |
A28 |
ARB 03 |
B29 |
GND |
A29 |
ARB/-GNT |
B30 |
Reserved |
A30 |
-TC |
B31 |
Reserved |
A31 |
+5Vdc |
B32 |
–CHCK |
A32 |
-SO |
B33 |
GND |
A33 |
-S1 |
B34 |
–CMD |
A34 |
M/-IO |
B35 |
CHRDYRTN |
A35 |
+ 12Vdc |
B36 |
-CD SFDBK |
A36 |
CD CHRDY |
B37 |
GND |
A37 |
D 00 |
B38 |
D 01 |
A38 |
D 02 |
B39 |
D 03 |
A39 |
+ 5Vdc |
B40 |
D 04 |
A40 |
D 05 |
B41 |
GND |
A41 |
D 06 |
B42 |
CHRESET |
A42 |
D 07 |
B43 |
Reserved |
A43 |
GND |
B44 |
Reserved |
A44 |
-DS 16 RTN |
B45 |
-KEYSTROKE |
A45 |
-REFRESH |
B46 |
KEY |
A46 |
KEY |
B47 |
KEY |
A47 |
KEY |
B48 |
D 08 |
A48 |
+ 5Vdc |
B49 |
D 09 |
A49 |
D 10 |
B50 |
GND |
A50 |
D 11 |
B51 |
D 12 |
A51 |
D 13 |
B52 |
D 14 |
A52 |
+ 12Vdc |
B53 |
D 15 |
A53 |
Reserved |
B54 |
GND |
A54 |
-S8HE |
B55 |
-IRQ 10 |
A55 |
-CD DS 16 |
B56 |
-IRQ 11 |
A56 |
+ 5Vdc |
B57 |
-IRQ 12 |
A57 |
-IRQ 14 |
B58 |
GND |
A58 |
-IRQ 15 |
Plasma Display Connector


Arne Falch wrote (edited):
I used a scope on the connections, and I
was able to identify pins for 4 databits, pixel clock,
vertical and horizontal sync. There are still 2 or 3
unknown signal pins, one is probably a blanking or data
enable pin.
Ok, here is my first try at the pinout:
Pin:
1 - Vertical sync, active high. 15 ms period, 62 us high pulse.
3 - Horizontal sync, active low. 32 us period, 3.8 us low pulse.
5,7,9,11 - Pixel Data
13 - Data Enable? One long 8 ms high pulse, then many 32 us period pulses, with high time = 6.3 us. Then pattern repeats.
15 - Display Data clock. Approx. 40 ns period, my guess is frequency is the same as one of the oscillators.
(Ed. 4x10(8) inverse is 25 MHz)
17 - Display On/Off. Low signal = on. Goes high after 10 min display blanking timeout.
19 - Blanking. 1.1 ms low, 2.7 ms high, 1.1 ms low, 11 ms high, then pattern repeats.
Maybe the 1.1 ms periods is longer when the display is blanked at the top/bottom in CGA/EGA mode? I will look into this when I get software that enables CGA/EGA mode.
21 - Unknown signal. No visible activity.
23,25 - GND
All even-numbered pins are GND.
Signal connections:
Pin
1 - Pin 16 on 74LS241 via 330 ohm.
3 - Pin 18 on 74LS241 via 330 ohm
5,7,9,11,13,17,19 - 38F461 (large IC)
15 - 38F461 (large IC) Goes to a pin with GND pins on both adjacent pins
- this corresponds well with a clock signal.
21 - Unknown. No visible activity.
P70 Auto Dim Block Diagram
Auto-dim function:
The plasma display has an auto-dim function. It
automatically turns the plasma display off after the
specified period since the last keystroke. Any
keystroke returns the plasma display on.
A desired value for the period can be specified
approximately in the range 1 to 120 minutes during the
system configuration by the backup copy of the
reference diskette.
Note: For German
models, the background intensity of the screen is
selectable. The background intensity does not affect
the auto-dim function.
The auto-dim logic is integrated in the PDC on the
adapter card. (See Figure 4-3.)

The sequence of auto-dim operation is as follows. (See Figure 4-3.)
- During the system configuration, plasma display may be
enabled (PDP ENABLE bit is set) and a value corresponding
to the specified period is stored.
- When the auto-dim function is enabled. the AUTO-DIM
ENABLE bit is set by POST (Power-on Self Test).
- The up-counter increases each minute with a interval
pulse derived from the VSYNC (Vertical Synchronization)
signal.
- The comparator compares the count and the value
specified for the period, then the result is latched.
- The result is gated twice into the plasma display.
If the AUTO-DIM ENABLE bit is set and the count has
reached the matching value, the plasma display is disabled
and the up-counter is reset. Otherwise, nothing is
performed.
- Go to step 3.
Floppy Drive
P70 comes with ALPS DFP723D15B 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy drive. FRU 38F5936
Floppy Drive Replacement
From Bob Eager:
The diskette drives on these machines suffer badly
from the ingress of dirt and dust, mainly due to the
orientation of the drive. The head mechanism also has
to push the heads up against gravity, which causes
excessive actuator spindle wear. Both of these can cause
slow response to the Power On System Test (POST),
generating errors such as 601 (diskette drive failure)
or 162 (configuration error due to the failure of the
drive to be detected).
The correct FRU number for a replacement diskette
drive is FRU 38F5936. However, it seems that FRU 64F0162
will also fit, and is electrically compatible. This drive
is commonly used in the following machines:
Model 55SX (8555), Model 60 (8560), Model 65SX (8565)
and Model 80 (8580). It is also used in some Model 85 (9585),
Model 90 (8590) and Model 95 (8595) systems, except of course
when a 2.88MB drive is fitted!
Note that the 8560, 8565 and 8580 have also used a different
drive with a 40 pin card edge connector rather than the 34 pin
header; this will not fit. In all cases, it will be
necessary to remove the plastic drive sled from the base before
fitting the drive to a P70. The blue plastic button may be
a different length, so it may be a good idea to keep the button
from the old drive (it simply pulls off) to fit to the
replacement drive.
Floppy Drive Adapter
Adapter designed to allow replacing a failed IBM P70/75 drive with a
standard PC floppy drive:
IBM PS/2 P7X Floppy Drive Adapter (by Malte Dehling, GitHub)
Support for 2.88MB Floppy Drives on New System Board FRU 56F9085
While desperately searching for a working drive,
research turned up some assertions that the 2.88MB
64F4148 worked (Sony MP-F40W-00). The floppy header is
on the correct side, the only downside is that the
floppy eject button is about 1/8" too long to shut when
a floppy is in the drive. Not a bad trade-off.
I dunno, maybe the FDC Gate Array adds
functionality to the NEC D72065L. But the new planar
does support the 2.88MB under the original Refdisk (at
what capacity I dunno). If you patch the original
Refdisk with XGAOPT
it updates some things...
End result is a choice for 2.88MB Diskette. Note that
running autoconfiguration sets it to 1.44MB, but hey, it
still works!
Remove P70 Floppy
(I have two -121s, one has the H1, the other has an H2.)
Remove Floppy (H1)
Remove Floppy (H2)

Open the plasma screen so you can get your hand behind
it.Grasp the lower edge of the drive cover, pull out and
forward. Once it snaps off (you will feel it, pull the
cover up and out. If you grab onto the floppy slot, it
should give you enough of a grip to do it.

Unscrew the black screw at the bottom
center of the drive carrier. If you look between the
floppy cable and the grounding strap, you will see it.
Thank God it's a captive screw. It's a combo
standard/phillips screw.
With the retaining screw loose, push the drive
carrier up until it comes free of the case clips. Now
you have full access to the floppy drive mounting
screws.You must remove the floppy from the carrier
before you can take the floppy cable out.
Install Drive Carrier
Reverse action of removal. Hook on case
clips and pull down. When seated, screw in the black
retaining screw in the bottom center. Now look at the
sides of the drive carrier. Notice the slots about half
way up the carrier- they go straight in, then go down.
Look at the cover- it has two posts... slide the cover
onto the carrier, make sure the eject button is lined up
with the hole. Now push the cover down until it snaps
into place. Congratulations, break out the Jolt!
ALPS DFP723D15C Rear PCB FP1T08D

The image is of the rear or bottom PCB from an ALPS
DFP723D15C floppy drive, P/N 38F7802 FRU 38F5936. It is
correctly oriented in the position it would be when
installed, e.g. with the 34 pin header pointed down.
Not a fun day. Many of the solder joints in the lower left
have a "grainy" look to them. Oddly enough, the power
component in the lower left corner by J4 (floppy motor
power) has green corrosion on BOTH sides. One would think
if it was from a leaking cap, it would be toward the
source of contamination.
At this point, I am hesitant to start recapping, due to
the poor looking solder joints of a whole bunch of teeny
tiny components. Heck, some SMD components have the grainy
solder appearance looking almost as big as the
component... Maybe a good application of baking soda and
water could remove some of this, but I am not confident.
Disable
ESDI Controller
>I will be surprised if it can be disabled.
Peter said:
Just remove the harddisk... the ESDI
controller is underside :-) These drives are drive and
controller in one physical unit. The strange 2-connector
port they are attached on the P70 is in fact a "sort of"
MCA connector. The card-ID is DF9F and it will show up
at slot 3 in the setup.
MCA
Bus from ESDI Port?
> Can you hack an MCA bus out of the pseudo-one in
the ESDI-DBA connector?
Ed Avis replies:
I'm told that this is not possible because
the connector carries only those signals needed for the
disk, and not enough for a general MCA card.
Remove Battery
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This shows how to remove the carrier and battery. To replace just the
battery, pull the catch away from the battery, and pull the battery up. Battery
is FRU 72X8498, and the common
replacements are HERE Usually in the camera section of your local
supermarket.
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Pointing Device Port (or Mouse Port)
Peter says:
The rear port is designed 'pointing device
port' in users manual as well as HMM. No keyboard will
work on this port ! Don't use a serial mouse to PS/2 port
adapter! You may just end up frying something!
305 error at power up
?
That is a sure indication that the
keyboard/mouse port fuse is blown. If you open the unit
and look at the lower side of the board down from the
rear mouse port you will find a little black square
fuse. "SOC 1A" printed in white on it. Maybe you need to
bend the EMC (grounding) shield a bit up to see it. It
is marked F1 on the planar and surrounded with a
box printed in white. (Left of the board fixing screw).
Check continuity with a multimeter. If it reads
infinite resistance it is blown.
To change it: no need to remove the entire
board (and too complicated anyways). Just cut the fuse
with a sharp pliers directly at the fuses' case and
remove it. Bend the remaining contacts up and straighten
them a bit. Get a new microfuse (resistor style fuses)
and solder it to these contacts. Cut off the rest of the
"legs" and that was it.
If the fuse was *not* blown and the
machine still has a working keyboard - suspect the mouse
/ mouse driver to be non-functional at all. Get a "real
PS/2" mouse and use the MOUSE.COM from PC/MS DOS or
the MOUSE.EXE from Win95 (which is a
Logitech-driver V 6.50)
If you end up in a non-functional keyboard and
no blown fuse ... well ... you'd damaged the keyboard /
mouse controller, which cannot be replaced (that easy).
In this case you should try getting a replacement system
board.
P70 Drive Carrier Mounting Hole
Spacing
All dimensions are from the rear of the
drive. They are to the center of the hole. Be careful
when drilling! These placements DO NOT line up with the
reinforced segments of the drive case. Be careful when
tapping! Use a plug tap, a normal tap would bottom out
on the PCB.
The mounting holes do NOT line up with ANY holes
on modern drives, even the 0661 drive holes WILL NOT
FIT. The drive will mount upside down, there is no other
way to do it.
Additional features
of the system unit include:
o One general purpose 32-bit full-length Micro
Channel slot*
o Half-length Micro Channel slot
o 85-watt automatic voltage-sensing power
supply
o Time and date clock with battery
backup
o Integrated 16-grayscale plasma display,
integrated version of IBM Enhanced PC Keyboard.
* Some half-length cards that fit in a half-length
slot may not fit in a full-length slot.
Auto 16/4 Token Ring Fits Lower Slot
> the Auto 16/4 Token Ring fits into the bottom 16 bit
slot, almost like it was built for it.
Peter has a flashback and says:
The short 4Mbit on which the later 16/4
short design is based on *was* in fact particularly
designed for the P70 ... some time back in the late 80s
when the P70 (and the P75) appeared in IBMs list there
was a "short Token Ring card" offered along with it,
while the "normal PS/2" still got the "toilet-seat 4
Mbit TR card".
The Token-Ring
Network Model P70 386 Adapter/A (#1598) permits
attachment of the Model P70 386 (8573-061 and 8573-121)
to the IBM Token-Ring Network. This adapter is
half-length and designed to fit in the short slot.
It transmits and receives at four million bits per
second. To facilitate attachment to the IBM
Personal System/2 P70 386, a unique L angle connector
with a permanently attached short cable is
provided.
8573-031 30 MB Hard Disk, 16 MHz planar
8573-061 60 MB Hard Disk, 20 MHz planar
8573-121 120 MB Hard Disk, 20 MHz
113 Error
This error code indicates a DMA timeout caused by a MCA card...
if there is nothing installed except the harddisk - replace that.
It doesn't look like one, but the 72-pin card-edge connector
is in fact a MCA connector (Slot 4 in the setup).
> As noted in a different thread: some series of 120
and 160MB HDs did not run properly when installed
"upside down" in the P70. Either they come up with a
10482 error right after start -or- fail to LLFormat /
run at all later but operate fine otherwise when turned
"upside up" again. (WD-3158, WD-3160).
>> The -031 models used the infamous "energy
conserving" harddisk, which reduced spindle speed when
in idle and spins up again when accessed. A nerve killer
!
> Like the Model 50Z and 70 the P70 had fairly lot of
problems with non-functional HDs. In the P70 *only* the
black IBM WD-series drives had been used for the 60 and
120MB models - like the WD-3158 120MB drive from the
Model 70-121 / -A21.
P70 Fixed Disk Drive Connector
The following figure shows the signal assignment and pin numbering for the
fixed disk drive connector on the adapter. The fixed disk drive connector is a
2- by 36-pin connector. Side A of the connector is the top and Side B is the
bottom.
Ed. HDA Upper (34 pin) and BA Lower (40 pin). So... we have 74 pins from the
headers, or so it seems. If lucky, the Upper and Lower headers are Signal and
Ground...
Side A |
Side B |
Pin |
I/O |
Signal |
Pin |
I/O |
Signal |
1 |
0 |
-CD SETUP |
1 |
0 |
A15 |
2 |
0 |
A13 |
2 |
0 |
A14 |
3 |
N/A |
Ground |
3 |
N/A |
Ground |
4 |
0 |
A11 |
4 |
N/A |
Reserved |
5 |
0 |
A10 |
5 |
N/A |
Ground |
6 |
0 |
A09 |
6 |
0 |
A12 |
7 |
0 |
+5Vdc |
7 |
0 |
-CMD |
8 |
0 |
A08 |
8 |
I |
-CD SFDBK |
9 |
0 |
A07 |
9 |
N/A |
Ground |
10 |
0 |
A06 |
10 |
I/O |
D01 |
11 |
N/A |
Ground |
11 |
I/O |
D03 |
12 |
0 |
A05 |
12 |
I/O |
D04 |
13 |
0 |
A04 |
13 |
N/A |
Ground |
14 |
0 |
A03 |
14 |
0 |
CHRESET |
15 |
0 |
+5Vdc |
15 |
I/O |
D08 |
16 |
0 |
A02 |
16 |
I/O |
D09 |
17 |
0 |
A01 |
17 |
N/A |
Ground |
18 |
0 |
A00 |
18 |
I/O |
D12 |
19 |
0 |
+ 12 Vdc |
19 |
I/O |
D14 |
20 |
0 |
-ADL |
20 |
I/O |
D15 |
21 |
I |
-PREEMPT |
21 |
N/A |
Ground |
22 |
I |
-BURST |
22 |
I/O |
D00 |
23 |
0 |
+5Vdc |
23 |
I/O |
D02 |
24 |
I |
ARB 00 |
24 |
I/O |
D05 |
25 |
I |
ARB 01 |
25 |
N/A |
Ground |
26 |
I |
ARB 02 |
26 |
I/O |
D06 |
27 |
N/A |
+12Vdc |
27 |
I/O |
D07 |
28 |
I |
ARB 03 |
28 |
I/O |
D10 |
29 |
0 |
ARB/-GNT |
29 |
N/A |
Ground |
30 |
0 |
–TC |
30 |
I/O |
D11 |
31 |
N/A |
+5Vdc |
31 |
I/O |
D13 |
32 |
0 |
-S0 |
32 |
0 |
-SBHE |
33 |
0 |
-S1 |
33 |
N/A |
Ground |
34 |
0 |
M/-IO |
34 |
I |
-CD DS 16 |
35 |
N/A |
Ground |
35 |
I |
-IRQ 14 |
36 |
I |
CD CHRDY |
36 |
N/A |
Ground |
Modifying 160MB SCSI Drive With ESDI PCB
Modifying a 160 MB SCSI Disk was only half way successful (took of the SCSI
PCB and hooked up the ESDI PCB from my bad 120 MB Drive). I can see the HD when
booting with the Refdisk, but I get all kinds of errors when trying to format
it.
The 160 operates with a different number of sectors IIRC. Only have the data
for the 80 and 160MB: 984 cylinders, 10 heads, 17 (80) and 34 (160) sectors. So
the 120 must have 26 sectors (25.5 arithmetically - but there are no half
cylinders ...). I think the 120MB controller cannot "fetch" a valid sector
start ... and therefore jumps out. The LLFORMAT routine does not go *that* deep
that it can write raw sectors on the media. That's usually the purpose of some
factory tools.
WD387
60MB PCB

D15 LED
J4 7x2-pin header (2 keys)
J7 2-pin header
J2 20-pin header
U3 32P541-CH
U5 S80C31-1
U7 K1-230 BIOS?
U8 Hitachi HD64950CPB
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U17 HM6264ALFP-15T
U9 TC8564AF
U11 TC17G032AF 6127911
U15 P/N 6127914
Y1 16KSS0A
Y2 12AKSS0A
Y3 3.6DKSS0B
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S80C31-12 Temic Semiconductors 8-Bit
Microcontroller-Microcomputer - Programmable serial port
HD64950SCP Hard Disk Controller - File Data Processor
Silicon Systems SSI32P541-CH Read Data Processor Datasheet
160MB DBA-ESDI PCB
79F6370 NO COMPONENT IDs!

S80196KB12
79F0845
65256BLFP-10T
M5M5256BFP-70L
79F2074
32D535-CW
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79F6265
BIOS
38F7628
TA7736P
32P541-CH
38F7621 / M52831FP
D240B1 osc
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79F6265 BIOS chip is a SOIC 28 like on the P75
planar...
80196KB CHMOS
Microcontroller
32D535 Data
Synchronizer / 2, 7 RLL ENDEC with Write Precompensation
32P541 Read Data
Processor
M5M5256BFP 32Kx8 SRAM
65256BLFP Hitachi
TA7736P Brushless,
Multi-Phase DC Motor Driver
Fitting a SCSI hard drive
From Bob Eager:
The P70 comes with one of the IBM Direct Bus Attachment
(DBA) hard drives; these are the black ones that have
a single wide edge connector which is essentially the MCA
bus; the controller is integrated on the actual drive.
These are not compatible with anything else, so the
opportunity for upgrading them is very limited.
One solution is to fit a SCSI disk, at the expense
of one of the two slots in the machine. This is what
needs to be done:
- Open the case, and remove the disk cage (three
screws, one on the bottom and three inside). Also
remove the disk cable from the planar.
- Fit a SCSI controller card. I used a standard
IBM SCSI controller, with the onboard terminator.
It would be better to use one of the later ones with
automatic termination, if you have one, to save using
an external terminator or opening the case every time
you want to plug in (say) a CDROM drive.
- Remove the old disk from the disk cage, and fit
the new one. The disk I used was a slim 350MB one;
I had to drill some extra mounting holes to secure it,
and for safety I fitted a thin sheet of insulating
material next to the electronics board (I used part
of an old CDROM sleeve).
- Get, or make, a SCSI cable. This is a 50 way cable
with a 50 pin header on one end, and a 50 pin edge
connector on the other. I made a custom cable so that
it could be exactly the right length with no extra folds;
there isn't much room inside the P70 case.
- Install a power cable. This is the most fiddly bit.
Obtain a standard 4 pin drive power cable, with a
few inches of wire on it. Choose one where the wire isn't
too thick, again to save space. Graft this into the output
cables from the power supply; I did this using automobile
crimp connectors for joining two wires together (just use
a pair of pliers to close them).
- Fit the power cable to the drive, also the SCSI cable.
Install the drive. Finish by connecting the other end of
the SCSI cable to the controller.
- Boot from the reference disk and run auto-configuration.
Run diagnostic tests, and with luck that will be it!
Early P70s Fail to Retain Configuration after Quick "On-Off-On"
>> DASDDRVR.SYS under DOS. Early P70 (16MHz
version) tend to "spit out" the configuration when you
quickly power them off and back on.
>Not only the 16 MHz ones. I had this phenomenon on
my 20 MHz Rev.1 (which is up and running again) also.
Seems a common phenomenon for the first PS/2 - which
lacked a delay in the power supply. But the early 16MHz
and all Mod. 60 were pretty critical. If you didn't wait
at least 20 seconds after a power down you could have
wrecked the config already.
IBM 7186 - A Black P70 (thx to William Walsh)
The IBM 7186 is a P70 in a black enclosure, sold for use with General
Electric FANUC factory automation and robotics equipment.
Can be seen in William's IBM PS/2 Portables Part 1 video.
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