2025 Changes
05 Apr 2025
- Western Digital WD9500 Chipset page:
- Added PWGA-1 Rev. 1 Data Book (thx Louis)
- Reorganized page
- WD-9510-MC/MCI page:
- Added SW1 power off note (thx Louis)
- Added horizontal frequencies to SW1 table; rephrased (thx Louis)
- Added Memory Upgrade Module section w/ board ID, part ID & add. photo [1]
- Added link to ISA photos @ yjfy.com (thx Louis)
[1] Photo from yjfy.com
04 Apr 2025
03 Apr 2025
- PC720 page:
- Additional Front PCMCIA Board photos [1]
- Added CD-ROM Drive photos [1]
- Added CD-ROM Drive part ID
- Added CD-ROM Drive installation procedure w/ pictures [1]
- Many pages - unified the way item P/Ns are presented
- Other minor changes
[1] Photos from Y! Auctions seller "k_border_815"
02 Apr 2025
- Added Gateway Communications Ethernet NICs page containing:
- G/Ethernet MC 8221-0031 adapter photos [1]
- G/Ethertwist MC 8220-0087 adapter photos [1]
- G/Ethertwist MC 8220-0088 adapter photos [2]
- Parts lists for all three adapters [3]
- G/Ethertwist Diagnostic LEDs info [3]
- Unused G/Ethertwist MCA Signals info [2][3]
- G/Ethertwist Experience section [2][3]
- ADF Sections [3]
- Driver disk v1.01 image
- Gateway Communications Network Products document
[1] Photos from ebay seller "ctesales"
[2] Photos and info from VCF user Alfh
[3] Info from Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek
31 Mar 2025
30 Mar 2025
- PC720 page:
- Added Front PCMCIA Board photos [1]
- Added Front PCMCIA Board outline and board/part ID [2]
- Added Front PCMCIA flex cable photos [1]
- Reworked 2-slot PCMCIA Adapter outline [2]
- Number Nine Pepper SGT page:
- Added #9GX adapter photos [3]
- Additional part ID and card ID + datasheet links
- Reorganized and cleaned up page
- WD-9510-MC/MCI page:
- Changed page title to proper adapter name
- Added ADF links
- Added Paradise 8514/A Plus Card Quick Install Guide [4]
- Added Paradise 8514/A Plus Card User's Guide [4]
- Added Paradise Utilities Disk images & scans [4]
- Additional part ID (VRAM)
- Additional "MC" adapter photos [4]
- Added SW1 Settings section
- Added Features section
- ADF Stash and adapter pages:
- Added @8110.ADF - Radius TPD/PC-MCA [5]
- Added alternative @0708.ADF - SDC3211B ADF version 2.0b [5]
- Added alternative @0709.ADF - SDC3211F ADF version 2.0b [5]
- Added alternative @80C3.ADF - ARTIST WinSprint MC [5]
- External Links - added Sandy55 links
- 7694 Personal Science Laboratory - cleaned up page
- Micro Channel Architecture - added Altera documents (thx Alex)
- Added IBM Designer Sheds Light on Micro Channel Architecture [6]
- Other minor changes
[1] Photos by Kevin Moonlight
[2] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] Photos from ebay seller "Always New Deals Store"
[4] Photos and files from Lorenzo Mollicone
[5] Files from Ryan Alswede
[6] HTMLized by Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek
23 Mar 2025
[1] Photos by Alexander Paterakis
22 Mar 2025
- ADF Stash and adapter pages:
- Added @57DF.ADF - DFI Handy Scanner HS-3000-II [1]
- Added alternative @0708.ADF - SDC3211B (for LANStor installations) [1]
- Added alternative @5F77.ADF - Palindrome SCSI Tape Adapter [1]
- Added alternative @7FF9.ADF - IOMEGA PC4 Host Adapter Board [1]
- IBM RT PC Family pages - cleaned up
- WD-9510-MC/MCI - added RAMDAC Clip-on Feature Connector info
- Magni PS/2 VGA Producer page:
- Added photos of different adapter version [2]
- Added info about RAMDAC clip-on board
- Added AVE-related info
- Added M5M4C500 datasheet
- Other minor changes
[1] Files from Ryan Alswede
[2] Photo from ebay seller "ccex"
21 Mar 2025
- Orchid ProDesigner II/MC page:
- Added ProDesigner IIs/MC Driver Disk 2.1 [1]
- Added ProDesigner IIs User's Manual (ISA/EISA)
- Added Orchid Technical Support link
- Better ET4000 Databook [2]
- Added Info on ID shunts + photos [1]
- Added Info on solder side components
- Added Memory Supported info [2]
- Added Oscillators info [2]
- Added Translation ROM info [2]
- Added ADF Sections info [2]
- ADF Stash and adapter pages:
- Better desctiption for @0086.ADF Orchid Pro II/MC ADFs
- Index page - added PS/2 Form Factors info below the PS/2 family photo
- PS/2 Form Factors - added Model 53 weight (thx Louis)
- External Enclosures and Expansion Units pages - cleaned up
- Other minor changes
[1] Photos and files from Lorenzo Mollicone
[2] Content from Louis Ohland
20 Mar 2025
[1] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[2] Photos by Alexander Paterakis
[3] Files from Eric Schlaepfer
[4] Photos and files by Lorenzo Mollicone
[5] Photos and files from Ryan Alswede
[6] Photos from Lubomir Bogdanov
12 Mar 2025
- IBM ESDI Controller page:
- Added 90X8635 microcode ROM [1]
- Added link to David's "INT 13h, Function 1Ch, Subfunction 0Bh" page
- Other minor changes
[1] ROM image provided by David Beem
11 Mar 2025
- 8573 P70, 8573 P75 & PS/55 5545 - additional part ID and datasheet links
- PS/55 Model 5545 page:
- Added IBM Japan's OS/2 Portable link (thx Daehan)
- Added 5545 display resolution and pricing info
- Other minor changes
10 Mar 2025
- All planar and complex pages - unified P/N presentation, additional board ID
- Other minor changes
09 Mar 2025
- M-ACPA page:
- Added Connecting Audio Devices section from M-ACPA Windows 95 page
- Added Windows 95 driver disk image [1]
- Installing M-ACPA under Windows 95 page:
- Added Windows 95 driver disk image [1]
- Rephrased and restructured the content
- ATI Graphics Ultra Pro page:
- Fixed broken links (thx Louis & Lorenzo)
- Moved mach32 documents to a separate section
- IBM Token Ring Cabling page:
- Added RJ45 Port Connector and RJ45 Wrap Plug
- Reorganized and cleaned up page
- ADF Stash - added @6A90.ADF for Dragon Speech Board 320 [2]
- List of Planar ADFs - corrected FF6Fh description (thx Louis)
- 8573 P70 - added Fitting ZZXIO McIDE-CF section with photos [3]
- PS/55 Model 5545 - added 5545 ASCII advertisement link (thx Daehan)
- Other minor changes
[1] Disk image from Ryan Alswede
[2] File provided by Timothy Colegrove
[3] Photos by Daehan Lee
23 Feb 2025
[1] Photos by Lorenzo Mollicone
[2] Photos by ebay seller "tau_cety", edited by Louis Ohland
22 Feb 2025
- M-ACPA page:
- Added ACPA Long photo [1]
- New ACPA Long outline and additional part ID [2]
- New ACPA Short outline [2]
- Added ACPA Ultimedia photo [3]
- New ACPA Ultimedia outline and additional part ID [2]
- ADF Stash - added alternative @8FD6.ADF from M77 refdisk (thx Ryan)
- Other minor changes
[1] Photos by Lorenzo Mollicone
[2] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] Photo from ALO.bg
19 Feb 2025
- External Links - added "IBM PS Products Directory Listing" link (thx Louis)
- 8556 / 8557 Planar - added LC8 & LC13 header photo [1]
- Lacuna Planar - added VRM photos [2]
- ARCO AC-107x page:
- Added AC-1070 REV-C and AC-1070/75 REV-C photos [3]
- Additional part ID
- Reorganized page
- Other minor changes
[1] Photo by Frank Brown
[2] Photos by Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] Photos by Lorenzo Mollicone
16 Feb 2025
[1] Photos from Frank Brown
[2] Photos from ebay seller "Computer Trade Exchange"
15 Feb 2025
12 Feb 2025
- PS/55 Model 5545 and 8573 P70 - added plasma display connector, PDC and riser links
- 8573 P70 page:
- Rephrased plasma display connector description; added 5545 note
- Expanded plasma display block diagram section
- Added plasma display controller section
- Added MCA riser section with CA [1] and DA [2] photos
- Additional "new" planar ID
- PS/55 5545 and PS/2 P70 Planar Comparison - corrected board ID info
- Other minor changes
[1] Photos from ebay seller "Computer Trade Exchange"
[2] Photos from ebay seller "810.531.0356"
09 Feb 2025
- PS/55 Model 5545 page:
- Added planar photos and ID [1]
- Added planar outline and parts list [2]
- Added display adapter + daughter photos and ID [1]
- Added display adapter + daughter outline and parts list [3]
- Added riser ID and photos [1]
- Added plasma display ID and photos [1]
- Added PSU specs [1]
- Added 5545 vs P70 case comparison info and photos [1]
- Added PS/55 5545 and PS/2 P70 Planar Comparison page [1][4]
- 8573 P70 page:
- New planar - minor outline update [2]
- New planar - various part ID corrections
- Added plasma power cable routing info and photos [1]
- List of IBM ASICs & GAs - added 65X1380 + other P70/5545 related changes
- 8530 286 Planar page:
- Added Type 1 planar photos [5]
- Added Type 1 planar P/N
- Additional ZM14 part ID [5]
- Other minor changes
[1] Photos, files and information from Daehan Lee
[2] Outline created by Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[4] Photos by Tomáš Slavotínek
[5] Photos and information from Simmi Valgeirsson
04 Feb 2025
- Added PS/55 Model 5545 page containing: [1]
- General info and P70 comparison
- Model specifications
- Keyboard information and photos
- Reference disk links
[1] Original page by Tatsuo Sunagawa, translated from JP by Tomáš Slavotínek
02 Feb 2025
- Added Western Digital WD30-WDM page containing:
- Basic overview
- Low-res planar photos
- Links to magazines and videos
- Other minor changes
29 Jan 2025
- BT-646 / SDC3211F - added SDC3211F adapter photos [1]
- 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (9-K & 9-Q) page:
- Added base and daughter board photos [1]
- New base and daughter board outlines [2]
- Additional part ID [2]
- Additional adapter ID
- STB ERGO / PowerGraph MC page:
- Added PowerGraph adapter photos [1]
- Added PowerGraph adapter outline [2]
- Reworked ERGO adapter outline [2]
- Additional part ID + datasheet links [2]
- Logitech ScanMan Adapter page:
- Added alt. ScanMan adapter photos [1]
- Added alt. ScanMan adapter outline [2]
- Additional part ID + datasheet links [2]
- Ahead VGA Eagle - added Windows 3.1 driver [1]
- Japanese Display Adapters page:
- Expanded Font ROMs section
- Updated DA-III Font daughtercard ROM dump (finally correct) [3]
- Added ARCNET page containing: [4]
- Internal & external links
- ARCNET Datasheets & other documents
- ARCNET Drivers
- Added ARCNET Tutorial page [5]
- ADF Stash - fixed incorrectly labeled @6099.ADF link (thx Louis)
- IBM SCSI External Connectors & Cables - added "connector standardization" slides (thx Louis)
- Removed Irongate/Blackbird, O'Connor, Kentie, Ross Barker, and other misc. pages
- Other minor changes
[1] Photos and files from Ryan Alswede
[2] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] File from Lorenzo Mollicone
[4] Information and files compiled by Louis Ohland
[5] Article HTMLized by Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek
21 Jan 2025
- Japanese Display Adapters page:
- Added link to Binxelview utility
- Updated DA-III Font daughtercard ROM dump (still partially corrupt) [1]
[1] File from Lorenzo Mollicone
20 Jan 2025
[1] Files from Martin "Spooky" Voerman
[2] Photos and files from Christian Holzapfel
19 Jan 2025
- ChipChat 16 & 32 page:
- Added ChipChat ADF modified for IRQ5 support
- Added DOS game troubleshooting info
- Added Audio Sum Node info + link
- ADF Stash - added @5150.ADF ChipChat ADF modified for IRQ5 support
- Other minor changes
18 Jan 2025
- 8590 / 9590 Planar page:
- Added 91F7458 planar photos [1]
- Additional planar ID
- Japanese Display Adapters page:
- Added Google Translate links for Japanese websites
- Note about differences between AVEC Display Adapters
- 3Com 3C523 page:
- Added Early 3C523 adapter Rev E photos [2]
- Added Newer 3C523 adapter outline + additional part ID [3]
- Reworked Newest 3C523 adapter outline + additional part ID [3]
- Added Newest 3C523 adapter photos [4]
- Reworked 3C523 TP adapter outline, added parts list [3]
- Added 3C523 TP adapter photos [5]
- Added info about leaking caps for 3C523 TP (thx Lorenzo)
- ChipChat 16 & 32 - added ChatChip Reloaded link
- Other minor changes
[1] Photos from Frank Brown
[2] Photos from ebay seller "Computer Trade Exchange"
[3] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[4] Photos from Al Boyanich
[5] Photos from Lorenzo Mollicone
17 Jan 2025
- Japanese Display Adapters page:
- Added DA-II Old - Early outline and parts list [1]
- Additional DA-II Old - Early adapter photos [2]
- Updated DA-II/III/V outline and parts list [1]
- Added DA-III w/o ROS outline [1]
- Added DA-III w/o ROS photos [3]
- Added DA-III Font daughtercard outline and parts list [1]
- Added DA-III Font daughtercard photos [3]
- Added DA-III Font daughtercard ROM dump [3]
- Additional adapter and component ID + corrections
- Other minor changes
[1] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[2] Photos from Y! Auctions Japan seller "trgetter"
[3] Photos and files from Lorenzo Mollicone
13 Jan 2025
[1] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[2] Photos by Lorenzo Mollicone
12 Jan 2025
- Model 5550 386 page:
- Added V0/V1 planar outline and parts list [1]
- Added V0/V1 planar photo [2]
- Added V0/V1 BIOS ROM images 56F7416/56F7417 [2]
- Added Vx 386 CPU board P/N and parts list [1]
- Added Vx 386 CPU board photos [2]
- Added Vx riser card P/N and parts list [1]
- Added Vx riser card photos [2]
- Added 23F2165 4MB SIMM photos [2]
- Added crosslinks between related PS/2 and PS/55 planar pages
- Japanese Display Adapters page:
- Added BVEC B1 outline and parts list [1]
- Additional B1 adapter photo [2]
- Added BVEC B1 BASE daughtercard outline and parts list [1]
- Added BVEC B1 BASE photo [2]
- PS/55 Adapter List - removed non-Japanese adapters, minor corrections
- SCSI I/O Controller 4-4 - alternative adapter photos [3]
- List of Known Planar IDs page:
- Added alt. Ricoh MyTool name (thx Louis)
- Added 5571-V1 ID (thx Louis)
- NCR System 3300 - Model 3350 - removed "Bam-Bam?" reference from Clarity I section
- Other minor changes
[1] Outline and part ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[2] Photos and files from Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] Photo from Y! Auctions Japan seller "k_border_815"
10 Jan 2025
[1] Page compiled by Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek
[2] Photo from DesignSpark
03 Jan 2025 — 04 Jan 2025
[1] Document scan provided by Kevin Adams
01 Jan 2025
- Upgrading the P90 Complex pages:
- Removed some obsolete and/or redundant info
- Additional BIOS info and links
- Website backend update
- Other minor changes
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