IBM RT PC, Options Installation

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Contents
Section 1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
About This Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Removing the Covers From the System Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
IBM 6150 System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
IBM 6151 System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Recording Optional Drives and Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Recording Drive Positions For IBM 6150 System Units . . . . 1-14
Identifying Adapter Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
System Board Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Adapters in Fixed Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Recording Adapter Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Adapter Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Conflicting Memory Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Conflicting Interrupt Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Conflicting DMA Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Determining Adapter Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Section 2. Removing and Installing Drives in the
IBM 6150 System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
About This Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Handling Static-Sensitive Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Cooling Fan Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Cooling Fan Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Internal Fixed-Disk Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Installing the Second Fixed-Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Installing the Third Fixed-Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Installing a Fixed-Disk Drive in Position C . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Installing a Fixed-Disk Drive in Position D . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Installing a Fixed-Disk Drive in Position E . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
Removing a Fixed-Disk Drive from Position C . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Removing a Fixed-Disk Drive from Position E . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49
IBM Personal Computer AT Fixed-Disk and Diskette Drive
Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53
IBM RT PC ESDI Magnetic Media Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54
External Fixed-Disk Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55