Re: 2 beeps, + physical video issue model 60

On Sep 2, 4:36 pm, "Peter H. Wendt" <peterwe...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi OhioGuy !

  I finally got around to hooking up "Behemoth", my old PS/2 model 60..  I
gave this to a friend who didn't have a computer 11 or 12 years ago.  I
figured he had long ago gotten rid of it, but when he came over to watch a
movie this summer, he unexpectedly showed it to me, and asked if he should
just put it out on the curb, or if I wanted it.

PS/2 often are like boomerangs ... they return to their original places.

:-)

  Well, I at least wanted to look at it for a while, so it has been the
centerpiece of our kitchen for the past month and a half.  My wife has now
complained for about the 6th time, so I figured it was about time to test
it.

It is a very old computer grandfather. Almost 20 years old - and
computer years -like dog years - count 6 times. Your wife should please
show some respect. Once she gets old she wanted to be respected as well
and not rudely thrown out, just because she "is old and does nothing".

(You may cite me if neccessary.)

  Yes, this is the same system I offered in trade for a gallon of maple
syrup a while back.

... and nobody jumped in for the deal.

  When I turn the system on, I get two beeps.  They appear to both be of
similar duration.

Not much of a problem usually. It will be 162 / 163 most likely.
Date / Time and Setup lost due to a dead CMOS buffer battery.

  The real problem I'm having is that my monitor won't plug in to the
adapter on the back.  The middle row appears to have a couple of holes
missing, and because of this, my monitor is never going to be able to plug
in.

No problem.
Take a nail of about the diameter of the VGA connector pins (if it goes
into one of the other holes it will be fine), a burning candle and
pliers. Hold the nail with the pliers, heat it in the flame, then create
the missing hole.
There's nothing behind, just an empty spot inside the connector cover
with a bit of plastic. No contact or such that could be damaged or
-later- accidentially shortened.

I would not try to break out the pin from a VGA cable.
It is a far more delicate operation and there is a good risk to damage
other pins here.

  Now I feel sort of stupid, because I told my friend I didn't need the old
monitor, since I already have several.  None of the ones I have would be
able to plug into this.  I'm tempted to try taking a tiny drill and actually
drill out holes so that my monitor would be able to plug in, but I'm not
sure if that would even work if I was successful.  Plus, my past experience
doing small work like that hasn't turned out very well - I ruin things more
often than not.

Hmmm. I leave that largely uncommented, but:
Manual skills are a process that require frequent training. If you don't
train your skills and abilities things will *never* come better.
And it is damned hard to louse this up. Really. Trust me.

  I'm not really wanting to turn this into a working system for myself,
though I did want to at least see if it booted up.  I'm wondering if perhaps
a battery or something might need to be replaced after all of this time..

The battery is a 6V Lithium CR-P2 - located at the bottom / front atop
the speaker unit. It can be purchased in the photocorner in supermarkets
since small autofocus cameras use the very same battery fairly often.
Better bring the old one, because there are many of similar shape, but
bigger / smaller / longer or with only 3V.

--

Peter from Germanyhttp://www.mcamafia.de

You're right, Peter, about creating missing holes, but my approach is
to left as original as possible PS/2 machines ... so I sacrify a
monitor cable ;-)
It's not easy, of course, to cutoff a pin surrounded by other pins ...
it requires manual skills and they must be constantly trained !!
The best way, of course, is to find a suitable cable or cable
extension ... so nothing gets modified ...
----
PS/2s act like boomerang ?
If you consider the "solid" case, think if they return home at your
back !
But the maximum I've seen it's the 5170 and 5364 case ... made to run
under a traktor !
.

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