Hello Forest!   
      
   01 Oct 18 10:37, you wrote to All:   
      
    FM> Hi all,   
    FM> I have an IBM PS/2 Model 30 286, which I know isn't a popular computer   
    FM> among retro enthusiats, and I ask you, why? I know it was a commercial   
      
   IBM made the PS/2 to fight against the various clones of the IBM/PC.   
   PS/2 original architecture was amazing at that time, Microchannel BUS, OS/2,   
   and lot of speed.   
   OTOH it was an IBM property design and in a new computer world where the   
   standardization was becoming the way to the success it was been the nemesis of   
   PS/2.   
      
   BTW PS/2 30 was the entry level of PS/2, released bt IBM to try sell PS/2 when   
   PS/2 was already dead, I worked a lot on it for developing, slow, really slow,   
   expensive and not very upgradable.   
      
   Eventually we used it as a VT100 terminal of a VAX 11/780 with kermit. :)   
      
    FM> But what I'd like to know is what people have against the PS/2 these   
    FM> days. I mean, they sell for hundreds of dollars on eBay, so they must   
      
   I don't know, but for me PS/2 was a little ugly story in the PC saga.   
      
   Ciao!   
   Fabio   
      
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