IBM PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 30-001 [Looking to upgrade? Advanced tech: Better security? Only $1,695]

IBM ^ | April 4, 1989 | IBM

[daniel1212]

Brief Description of Announcement, Charges, and Availability

       The Personal System/2 (R) (PS/2 (R)) Model 30-001 enhances the
current PS/2 Model 30 product line with a single diskette
configuration.  The Model 30-001 is a desktop system that provides an
8MHz 8086 processor, 640Kb memory, a 3.5-inch 720Kb diskette, Multi
Color Graphics Array (MCGA) graphics, and PC XT (TM) compatibility.
The system provides expansion flexibility with support for a second
diskette or a fixed disk drive.  The system maintains compatibility
with most existing IBM Disk Operating System (DOS) software.
       The PS/2 720Kb 1-inch High Diskette Drive is a 3.5-inch
diskette drive that can be installed as a second diskette drive in
the 8530-001.  The feature comes complete with diskette drive, bezel,
and installation instructions.
       The PS/2 5.25-inch External Diskette Drive Adapter Cable is
required to install the PS/2 5.25-inch External Diskette Drive and
Adapter on an 8530-001 or on any new 8530-021 or on any installed
8530-021 with serial numbers from 2500000-2999999.
       NOTE:  The 720Kb 1-inch High Diskette Drive and the 5.25-inch
External Diskette Drive cannot be installed in the same system unit.
 (R) Registered trademark of the International Business Machines
   Corporation.
 (TM) Trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation.
       Purchase Prices:
Personal System/2 Model 30 (8530-001)       $1,695
720Kb 1-inch High Diskette Drive               155
  (#1027) (6451027)
5.25-inch External Diskette Adapter Cable       21
  (#1033) (6451033)
       Planned Availability Date:  April 7, 1989

Customer Letter Section

HIGHLIGHTS
o   8MHz 8086 microprocessor
o   640Kb of memory standard on the system board
o   MCGA graphics standard on system board
o   Expansion flexibility (720Kb diskette or fixed disk drive)
o   PC XT compatibility
o   Optional 8MHz 8087 Co-Processor
o   Ergonomic desktop design
o   Ease of installation and configuration
DESCRIPTION
       The Personal System/2 Model 30-001 enhances the current
Models 30 product line.  The system features an 8086 microprocessor
and 640Kb of memory, standard.
       The 8530-001 comes standard with:
o   720Kb, 3.5-inch diskette drive (1-inch high)
o   Keyboard port
o   Pointing device port
o   Serial/asynchronous port
o   Parallel port
o   MCGA port
o   Three full-sized option card slots, which accept most PC XT
    adapter cards
o   Enhanced Personal Computer Keyboard
o   Time-of-day clock with battery backup.
       The MCGA port supports graphics and text modes including
640 x 480 in two colors and 320 x 200 in 256 colors for graphics, and
40 x 25 in 16 colors and 80 x 25 in 16 colors for text, and maintains
compatibility with CGA modes.
       The system has 128Kb of ROM including automatic power-on
self-test routines, IBM personal computer compatible BIOS, and the
BASIC language interpreter.
       Additional features include an open bay that allows expansion
of the system by adding a second 720Kb diskette or 20Mb or 30Mb fixed
disk drive option.
       The 8530-001 supports the following new features:
o   IBM PS/2 720Kb 1-inch High Diskette Drive (#1027) (6451027)
o   IBM PS/2 5.25-inch External Diskette Drive Adapter Cable (#1033)
    (6451033)
o   IBM PS/2 30Mb Fixed Disk Drive I (#1030) (6451030) -- (refer to
    Product Announcement 189-051, dated April 4, 1989).

       The 8530-001 also supports the IBM PS/2 20Mb Fixed Disk Drive
(#4115) (27F4969) previously announced.
       The 8530-001 supports all of the features currently available
under the 8530-021.  This includes but is not limited to the
following:
o   IBM Personal System/2 Math Co-Processor (#5001) (1501217)
o   Personal System/2 Speech Adapter (#5002) (1501216)
o   IBM 2MB Expanded Memory Adapter (#3905) (2685193)
o   IBM Personal System/2 Mouse (#8770) (6450350)
o   5.25-inch External Diskette Drive Adapter (#8750) (6450244)
o   Personal System/2 Display Adapter (#4050) (1887744)
o   PC Network Baseband Adapter (#1221) (1501221)
o   PC Network Baseband Extender (5173-001) (6134339)
o   PC Network Adapter II (#1220) (1501220)
o   IBM Token-Ring Network PC Adapter (#3391) (6339100)
o   IBM Token Ring Network Adapter II (#9858) (25F9858)
o   IBM Token Ring Network 16/4 Adapter (#7367) (25F7367)
o   IBM PC Music Feature (#6011) (81X8630)
o   General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) Adapter (#1503) (6451503)
o   IBM GPIB Cable (#5040) (63X4882)
o   InfoWindow (TM) Enhanced Graphics Adapter (#5420) (56X2412)
o   Serial/Parallel Adapter (#0215) (6450125)
o   Serial Adapter Cable (#0217) (6450217)
o   Binary Synchronous Communications (BSC) Adapter (#1204) (1501204)
o   SDLC Communications Adapter (#1205) (1501205)
o   Game Control Adapter (#1300) (1501300)
o   Data Acquisition and Control Adapter (#1502) (6451502)
o   3278/3279 Emulation Adapter (#5050) (83X9670)
o   Enhanced 5250 Emulation Adapter Kit, Version 2.12 (#2911)
    (30F5383)
o   Enhanced 5250 Display Station Emulation Integrated Cable Assembly
    (#2877) (6403635)
o   Display Station Emulation Adapter Kit (#2887) (92X0813)
o   5520 Display Station Emulation Integrated Cable Assembly (#2892)
    (6100218)
o   Realtime Interface Co-Processor (128Kb) and related features
    (#6165) (85X2710)
o   Realtime Interface Co-Processor (512Kb) and related features
    (#6166) (85X2706)
o   Realtime Interface Co-Processor Mulitport and related features
    (#6241) (00F5527).
 (TM) Trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation.
LIMITATIONS:  The Speech Adapter (#5002) and the 3278/3279 Emulation
Adapter (#5050) cannot be installed in the same system unit.  The
720Kb 1-inch High Diskette Drive (#1027) and the 5.25-inch External
Diskette Drive (#4869) cannot be installed in the same system unit.
ACCESSORIES:  Data Migration Facility (#5003) (1501224)
INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES SUPPORTED:
       Displays:
o   8503 Monochrome Display
o   8507 19-inch Monochrome Display
o   8512 14-inch Color Display
o   8513 Color Display
o   8514 16-inch Color Display
o   4055 InfoWindow Display
       Printers:
o   3812 Page Printer
o   3852 Model 2 Color Jetprinter
o   4201-002 Proprinter (TM) II
o   4201-003 Proprinter III
o   4202-002 Proprinter II XL
o   4202-003 Proprinter III XL
o   4207-002 Proprinter X24E
o   4208-002 Proprinter XL24E
o   4216 Personal Page Printer
o   5201-001 Quietwriter (R) Printer
o   5201-002 Quietwriter Printer
o   5202-001 Quietwriter III Printer
o   5204-001 Quickwriter (R) Printer
o   5216 Model 2 Wheelprinter
o   5223 Model 1 Wheelprinter E
o   4250/II ElectroCompositor
o   4250 Printer Model 1
       Plotters:
o   IBM 6180 Color Plotter
o   IBM 6184 Color Plotter
o   IBM 6186 Model 1, 2 Color Plotter
o   IBM 7372 Color Plotter
o   IBM 7374 Color Plotter
o   IBM 7375 Model 1, 2 Color Plotter
       Scanners:
o   IBM 3117 Scanner
o   IBM 3118 Scanner
       Tape:
o   IBM 6157 Streaming Tape Drive
o   IBM 6157 Streaming Tape Drive Model 2
       Other Devices:
o   IBM 4869 5.25-inch External Diskette Drive
o   IBM 3363 Optical Disk Drive (A01, B01)
o   ROLMphone (R) 244PC (#46900)
o   Personal System/2 Screen Reader (6450602).
 (TM) Trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation.
 (R) Registered trademark of the International Business Machines
   Corporation.
NATIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT (NLS)
NLS support is provided for the following languages:  U.S. English,
Worldwide English (U.K.), French, German, Italian, Spanish,
Latin-American Spanish, Danish, Belgian (Flemish/French), Dutch,
Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swiss (German/French),
Canadian-French, Arabic, and Hebrew.

[daniel1212]

Looking to avoid problems, with Windows update? Latest Linux kernel?

[z3n]

10 CLR

[Mr. Jeeves]

I’m reminded of the old rule: “The system you really want always costs $5,000.”

I used to use this exact system at work. With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody. :)

[trad_anglican]

Remember floppies and stiffies?

[ctdonath2]

That was such bleeding edge tech at the time. Screaming awesome stuff.

[daniel1212]

I used to use this exact system at work. With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody. :)

Who would ever need more?

[Dr. Sivana]

The Model 30 was a piece of JUNK. IBM was supposed to move the entire lineup from the Model 50 on up to use wide channel Micro Channel Architecture (MCA). The Model 30 used an old CPU and was obsolete (640x480 VGA notwithstanding) and still cost a LOT more than better competition from Compaq, PC’s Limited, Gateway, Everex and many others.

I worked on a lot of Model 50s and Model 80s (boat anchors). The MCA configuration boot diskettes kept me busy as an IT serviceman for some time.

[Red Badger]

That MicroChannel Bus will be AWESOME!........................

[Red Badger]

Mornings at the old folks home.................

[Dr. Sivana]

With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody.

Unless you ran Autocad or some REALLY big Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets.

Also, on the 8086, drivers often wound up eating into main memory. TSR programs like Sidekick used even more.

[adorno]

With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody

Even with today's tablets and smartphones and PCs, 640k might be enough.

Most people can only do one app at a time, and most apps don't really do much more than present on the screen stuff that's really done on the cloud.

And, loading up a tablet or smartphone with apps, just because 'they are there', makes on sense either.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Time-of-day clock with battery backup.

How can you beat that?

[FreedomPoster]

I remember when I got that first “Disk full error” on that MASSIVE 10 Meg hard drive. That was a shocker!

[sevlex]

OMG, Sidekick!

I had forgotten about that.

[Rurudyne]

If IBM hadn’t demanded such a high fee to use micro channel it wouldn’t have bombed. But they were trying to get the market back unde4 their control and reverse the clone market that came about because for one brief, shining moment IBM didn’t act like IBM due to the efforts of the PC design team.

Their micro channel strategy wasn’t as dopey as “hey, let’s trust Gates’ promise to not make another windowing system and also to handle marketing the OS/2 development tools” but it wasn’t far off.

[cgbg]

They had guaranteed privacy—no Internet connection!

[daniel1212]

Remember floppies and stiffies?

I actually only started using a computer about 1999, but yes, I did use 3.5 floppies a lot. I even used a utility called something like Mad floppy that would increase the capacity of the 1.44Mb drive to something like 1.99. But never used the 5 1⁄4-inch drives.

[ShadowAce]

Tech Nostalgia Ping!

[enumerated]

Exciting times, but also innocent times.

Back when we, the end users, were who they were trying to please.

Somewhere along the line we became the mark, the prey. The tech industry no longer serves us - it serves those preying upon us - its goal is to give them better access to us and reveal our vulnerabilities.