Arnie Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> 5) Would like to find a source for parts/peripherals/info on an AT&T
> 6300 PC. It is an Intel 8086 16-bit cpu, 640k RAM, 32mb HD with a
> green monochrome monitor.
I actually owned one of these. Rather, I owned an Olivetti M24 which was the
European version. I recall that the 6300 was a re-packaged version of the
gray M24 in white with a somewhat different monitor.
> I know they were available new with color
> monitors - I almost bought one about 1985/86. This computer is still
> working. I need a keyboard (several broken keys), a color monitor, a
> modem that will work with it...
Any external modem should work with the appropriate communications software.
I recall using Crosstalk and Telix, etc. with no problems. I can't really
help with the parts though. I seem to recall that the monitor connector was
VERY proprietary as well.
> and somebody to tell me the secret to
> opening the case! Seriously, I have tried again and again and cannot
> get the case off this machine, so I don't even know what kind of slots
> it may have, whether it has a second serial port, etc. Help!
If AT&T didn't re-do the case, the were two captive screws in the top-rear
corners. You had to loosen those first (they don't come out). If I remember
right, you slid the top of the case off towards the front (hands at the
sides with thumbs pushing against the bottom 1" grille).
> That's enough questions for my first trip. Any answers out there?
One of my first forays into programming was writing a program to read the
real-time clock off the BIOS and plug it into DOS (v3.3 or so). I pored over
the BIOS code for some time (Olivetti included it in the owner's manual) and
distinctly remember that the clock ran out well before Y2K -- 1987 possibly?
Sorry I can't help more. I traded mine for a Mac SE some years ago. I
sometimes regret it, but it was simply too big to keep around for
sentimental reasons. I've got the old manuals out in the garage somewhere.
- Bob
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