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For more recent changes go HERE.
18 Dec 2021 – 22 Dec 2021
- PC720 - additional part ID, tweaked outlines, added P/Ns, YT link, etc.
- 9556 Planar - additional part ID, tweaked outline, datasheets, CPU info, etc.
- TurboProcessor 60/65/80 - added J9 description (thx Lionel)
- Added 5538 Disassembly page, translated and slightly edited
- IBM Display Adapter 8514/A - added card photos [1], other minor tweaks
- 8550 / 8570 / 756x - Power Supply - corrected PSU connector drawing
- PS/55 pages - minor tweaks all across, 5560 facts, etc.
- Other minor changes
[1] External photos from VGA Legacy MKIII
12 Dec 2021 – 15 Dec 2021
[1] Photos, disk images, and ROM dumps by David Beem
[2] Outlines and parts ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] HTML-ized and edited by Tomáš Slavotínek
[4] Additional photos from ebay seller "ctesales" (edited)
[5] Content by William R. Walsh
[6] Content created/collected by Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek
[7] Photos from bschepan.narod.ru (edited)
[8] Additional parts ID by David Beem
16 Nov 2021 – 19 Nov 2021
- Added navigation metadata to most pages that still lacked them
- Significant structural changes, simplified URLs
- Fixed many broken links
- Kingston KTM-609/16 - additional parts ID [1]
- 3270 Connection Adapters page
- Added outlines for the long adapters and one short adapter [2]
- Modified existing MCA outlines for better accuracy [2]
- Added photos for most adapters (incl. one blown varistor) [3]
- Added photos for adapter P/N 33G5395 [4] (thx Louis)
- Additional parts ID and corrections [2]
- Additional ADFs
- RETAIN records (thx Louis)
- Verified adapter IDs (thx David)
- PC Servers - reworked index/sub-index pages
- ADF Files - corrected ID of the newer long 3270 adapter (E7FF -> E1FF)
[1] Additional parts ID by Tim Clarke
[2] Outlines and parts ID by Tomáš Slavotínek and Louis Ohland
[3] Photos by David Beem
[4] Photos from ebay seller "recycledgoods.com"
31 Oct 2021 – 10 Nov 2021
[1] Photos, disk images, and ROM dumps by David Beem
[2] Photos from Tim Clarke
[3] Outlines and parts ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[4] Scanned by David Beem, OCR'd by Tomáš Slavotínek
[5] Files sourced from Bitsavers
[6] Photos from ebay seller "ctesales" (edited)
26 Oct 2021 – 28 Oct 2021
21 Oct 2021 – 23 Oct 2021
[1] Disk images/scans by "Kali" aka "SharktasticA" (web)
[2] Photos from ebay seller "grg1" (edited)
[3] External photos from VGA Legacy MKIII
[4] Disk image by David Beem
18 Oct 2021
06 Oct 2021
- 8573 P70
- Added planar and video card photos [1]
- Video card - additional parts ID [2]
- Additional P/Ns and other labeling info
- Other changes
- PS/55 Model 5560
- New outline & additional parts ID [2]
- Added planar photos [1]
- Added pinouts for the planar pin headers
- Other changes
- Added 5560 Power page [1]
- Added a notice about leaking caps to the relevant pages
- 5.25" Diskette Adapter - added photos [1]
- Reset Button - added details about the PG hack (multiple alternatives) [4]
- Check MCA & Slot Number - minor changes (synced with Dave's pages)
- Planar IDs - added 7546 Industrial PC
- Utilities - added SPCOPY [5]
- Added Cumulus CuRAM page. Includes:
- ADF List
- Support files [6]
- Photos of the CuRAM 2/4/8 adapter and the memory modules [6]
- Outline for the CuRAM 2/4/8 adapter [2]
- CuRAM 16 Plus and 32 Brochures [7]
- ROM List, 8556 & 9556 - added ROM images [3]
- Boca Research Async/Parallel Adapters
- Tweaked outlines and parts lists
- Added outline for the "new" Async/Parallel adapter [2]
- Added BOCA.MCA Parallel installation guide [7]
- Reorganized ADFs
- Cleanup
- 8580 Type 1 Planar - additional parts ID [8]
- Significant structural changes (redirects added)
- Other minor changes and additions
[1] Photos and scans by Tomáš Slavotínek
[2] Outlines and parts ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] ROM dumps by David Beem
[4] Additional info from Frank de Jong
[5] Programmed by Tim Clarke
[6] Photos and files from Tim Clarke
[7] Scanned by David Beem, OCR'd by Tomáš Slavotínek
[8] Additional parts ID by David Beem
13 Sep 2021
05 Sep 2021
[1] Outline and parts ID by Tomáš Slavotínek
[2] Scans by Tomáš Slavotínek
[3] Photo from vogons user Anonymous Coward
[4] Photos and floppy images by David Beem
28 Aug 2021 – 31 Aug 2021
[1] Outline and parts ID by Tomáš Slavotínek, additional parts ID by David Beem
[2] Photos and ROM dumps by David Beem
[3] Photos from ebay seller "pcheaven201"
16 Aug 2021 – 19 Aug 2021
[1] Outline and parts ID by Tomáš Slavotínek, additional parts ID by David Beem
[2] Photos by David Beem
[3] Scans by Tomáš Slavotínek
02 Aug 2021 – 10 Aug 2021
[1] Photos and additional parts ID by David Beem
[2] Sourced from William Walsh's website HERE
[3] Sourced from Wikimedia HERE
and HERE
[4] Disk imaged by David Beem
[5] Disk imaged by Frank de Jong
[6] Files sourced from William Walsh's PCCBBS archive
[7] Photos from Tatsuo Sunagawa (Sandy)
[8] Files sourced from Bitsavers
[9] Scanned by Christian Holzapfel, cleaned up and OCR'd by Al Kossow
28 Jul 2021 – 31 Jul 2021
23 Jul 2021 – 24 Jul 2021
17 Jul 2021 – 19 Jul 2021
09 Jul 2021 – 16 Jul 2021
[1] Photo from Wikimedia user "Raymangold22"
[2] Sourced from William Walsh's website HERE
[3] Article HTMLized by Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek.
[4] Photos from ebay seller "ctesales" (edited)
[5] Translated from Japanese blog post by "akm" (original HERE)
27 Jun 2021 – 28 Jun 2021
22 Jun 2021
[1] Photos from ebay seller "ctesales" (edited)
[2] Article HTMLized by Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek.
12 Jun 2021 – 16 Jun 2021
[1] Photos posted by Vintage Computer Federation user "chulofiasco" (original HERE)
03 Jun 2021
- ROM List & Bermuda - added Bermuda ROM image 39G3299 [1], minor tweaks
- Other minor changes
[1] ROM image dumped by David Beem
31 May 2021 – 01 Jun 2021
[1] ROM/disk images dumped by David Beem
[2] Photos/scans from David Beem
[3] Disk images and photos by Alfredo Compiano
[4] Photo borrowed from eedesignservices.com
[5] Photo borrowed from recycledgoods.com (edited)
[6] Photos borrowed from recycledgoods.com (edited)
[7] Content by Louis Ohland, modified by Tomáš Slavotínek
[8] Disk images from "Cathode Ray Dude"
[9] Scans by Tatsuo "Sandy" Sunagawa, PDFs by Major Tom
10 Apr 2021 – 17 Apr 2021
- Added 7552 Architecture
- 7552 Index - added announcement letter files (thanks Louis!)
- 7568 Common Devices - cleaned up, reorganized
- 70/80 DLC2 Upgrade - cleaned up, added info about the BL utility files
- ThinkPad 700 & 720 - added zipped refdisk/diags images, reorganized
- 3151 ASCII Display Station - reworked, added new info & fixed CONSOLE.COM
- Structural changes (redirects added to keep the existing links alive)
- Corrected all links that were referencing the local storage or the old Ardent Tool URLs
- Fixed many other broken links and recovered several missing files
- Minor style and layout changes
06 Apr 2021
04 Apr 2021
01 Apr 2021 – 03 Apr 2021
28 Mar 2021 – 29 Mar 2021
- Minor style and layout changes to improve readability and design consistency.
- Fixed a few broken links
21 Mar 2021
08 Mar 2021 – 17 Mar 2021
- Disk Collection - added Model 90 XP and 95 XP refdisks v1.02 (thanks Louis!)
- Complex Sub-Model Matrix - corrected submodel IDs for the T1 Upg. 66 complex
- Radius SVGA Multiview - added ROM image (thanks Lorenzo!)
- Added a few more Patents
- Removed some copyright/user agreement protected content (external links available)
- Type 4 Complex - added schematic of the address mux circuit, other minor tweaks
- Processor Complex Pinout - added multiplexed signals
- 486SLC2 CPU Upgrade
- Added outline and info about the SLC2 upgrade for Model 50Z
- Added photos of the IBM [1] and Kingston [2] SLC2 upgrades for Model 50Z
- Added Kingston manual for the various SLC2 upgrades
- Other minor changes (incl. style tweaks)
[1] Photos from Vintage Computing Wiki user "Netfreak" (link)
[2] Photos provided by Alexander Paterakis
24 Feb 2021 – 05 Mar 2021
[1] BIOS images provided by David Beem
[2] Scanned by David Beem, OCR'd by Tomáš Slavotínek.
[3] Photo from ebay seller "predator_666" (edited)
[4] Scanned by Christian Holzapfel
21 Feb 2021
- Implemented Contact/Feedback Form. Replaced all relevant "mailto" links.
- Removed all other "mailto" links (except for the archived pages - PS/2 FAQs etc.).
- Cleaned up and reorganized many RS/6000 pages, removed or merged duplicates.
- PS/2 Documentation - OCR'd the 1991 "BIOS Interface Technical Reference" PDFs.
10 Feb 2021 – 16 Feb 2021
- Refactored all "native" Ardent Tool pages (~1400!)
- The header & footer sections are now generated based on the page metadata.
- Website title and top-level navigation menu are now available from all pages.
- All pages now share the same stylesheets and the same general structure.
- Basic support for mobile devices and legacy browsers (WIP).
- Cleaned up many more pages, fixed some broken links and missing files.
- Adapter Picture Collection - reworked the JS code, removed the frame-based version
- Model 90 Power - added Rev. "D" PSU info and photos (thanks Louis!) [1]
- Added Comparing IBM's Micro Channel and Apple's NuBus [2]
- DMQS Reader - added DMQSREAD sources [3], reworked the page
- RS/6000 Documents - added PDF docs from bitsavers, cleaned up the page
- Added MCA Transfer Procedures -
Basic,
Streaming &
DMA Transfer [2]
- Added MCA Interrupt Procedures [2]
- Added local copy of 25 Years of the Model M [4]
- Added hierarchical navigation menu and feedback link (all pages).
- Moved PS/55 Overclocking to a separate page
- 9585 K/N Planar - corrected the ref/diag disk links (thanks David!)
- Disk Collection
- Fixed 9553 diag. disk being labeled as a refdisk
- Added 9553 refdisk image
- Added 8533 refdisk images (12 and 16 MHz)
- Added 9535/9540 starter disk image
- Updated the page to use the DD Mmm YYYY date format
- Fixed a few typos, other minor changes
- Updated ref/diag disk section of all PS/2 pages. Added links to zipped images.
- XGA Files - cleaned up, added SC update info (from the MC386 page)
[1] Photos from ebay seller "batessurplus" (edited)
[2] Article HTMLized by Louis Ohland, edited by Tomáš Slavotínek.
[3] Sources written and provided by Peter Wendt.
[4] Content by Chris McDonough. Recovered via archive.org
01 Feb 2021 – 06 Feb 2021
[1] ROM dump by Lorenzo Mollicone
22 Jan 2021 – 29 Jan 2021
[1] ROM dumps by David Beem
[2] Photo from ebay seller "sold-sold-sold!" (edited)
[3] Content created by William Walsh, modified by Tomáš Slavotínek
[4] Content by Louis Ohland, modified by Tomáš Slavotínek
[5] Scans by Tatsuo Sunagawa (Sandy)
06 Jan 2021 – 20 Jan 2021
- System Information Tool (SIT)
- 85/95 & 3511 PSU - added Double Deck Complex Too Tall!, other minor changes
- 95A PSU Exposed - minor changes
- System Programs - added H09805, other minor changes (from Louis), cleanup
- IBM SCSI Microcode - merged in David's changes (adds 39G3313 & 92F1211)
- PS/2 Documentation - added Catalog of Micro Channel Adapter Cards [2]
- PS/55 pages - fixed a few broken links, other minor changes
- PS/55 5530 - added link to a PS/55 Z blog post with many photos
- Planar IDs - added PS/55 Model 5560-N, 5551-W/W1 & PC 720
- External Links - aperiodic update, added link to the CSIPH Facebook Group
- Type 2 Complex - added complex origins blurb
- Ahead VGA Enhancer Z - cleaned up
- Added VGA Adapter/A - work in progress [3][4]
- Data Migration Facility - binaries recovered, cleaned up [3]
- PS/55 Complexes - new hi-res photos [5], updated outlines & part IDs
- MCA Pinouts - updated the "Streaming Data Rates" table with info from IBM TDB
- F/W Streaming RAID - fixed a few broken links (thx Nikolai & Lorenzo), cleanup
- Complex Sub-Model Matrix - added submodel IDs for the T0- complex
- IBM SCSI - External Connectors & Cables - reworked, added sections
- Reply Video Adapter
- Merged with Sandy's content, completely reworked
- Updated outline
- Added new hi-res photos [6]
- Added BIOS image [6]
- 1MB Short SVGA
- Updated outline
- Added new photo [7]
- Added BIOS image [8]
- Added a separate page for Japanese SVGA Adapter
- Based on Sandy's content, completely reworked, fixed links
- New outline [6]
- Added hi-res photos [5]
- Added ADF files
- Added GD542x SVGA Adapters
- Based on content by Sandy and Peter Wendt, reworked
- Added datasheets
- Added GD542x IREF Circuit Comparison - based on Sandy's content
- Type 1 Complex - added alternative hi-res scans of the "K" complex [6]
- Added the rest of the PowerStacker 5x86 Upgrade pages
- Added local copy of ATI Visual Identification & BIOS Part Number List
- Moved the Interposer pages from the PS/55 area to the CPU section
- 486 CPUID, S-spec & Steppings - merged in David's changes, other minor tweaks
- IBM SCSI Microcode - merged in David's changes (19 Jan 2021)
- 8543 Planar - added photos of the 95F4879 planar [8]
- Fixed a bunch of links, recovered some missing resources & other minor changes
[1] Information extracted and patching done by Tomáš Slavotínek
[2] Scanned by Derek Newland (original link)
[3] Content by Louis Ohland, modified by Tomáš Slavotínek
[4] Photos from ebay seller "elizabethole-0" (edited)
[5] Photos from Tatsuo Sunagawa (Sandy)
[6] Scans/photos/outlines/ROM dumps by Tomáš Slavotínek
[7] Photo by Lorenzo Mollicone
[8] Photos and ROM dumps by David Beem
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