The sequel to "windows 3.1 on ibm ps2 model 55sx" i did 3 years ago!

[saigokun]

Thanks for posting this. That looks like nice vintage system.

[astralbee]

Don't worry about the battery in your smoke alarm, mate. It's not as if you have loads of ageing electrical devices that are liable to start a fire around your house.

[paulisthebest3uk]

@everyone - lol my smoke alarm is mains powered how many more times? it contains no battery....

[fuzzface100]

@paulisthebest3uk even the mains powered ones have battery backup though dude and that constant blip is the low battery warning! It would do my head in!

[zakkattakk89]

@paulisthebest3uk whats that blip sound? souns just like a smoke alarm going out

[dummyspitter]

@paulisthebest3uk even the mains powerd smoke alarms have batterys paul ,a lithium recharchable battery incase of power failer the alarm would still sound if there was a fire the lithium battery needs replacing

[jasonked1]

20 years and still original harddisk?! Don't make em like that any more...

[RetroComplex]

Paul you're a legend, get that smoke alarm battery changed though son don't want you sleeping through any fires.

Always enjoy your videos, they usually spark a forgotten memory.

This time it's of the old pc's we used to have in highschool.

Nice bit of Dizzy action also, bonus!

[silverbakuk]

Please put a new battery in your smoke detector :)

[Korizmatic]

talking abour batterys...

CHANGE THE ONE IN THE SMOKE ALARM!

[Alex1M6]

Id love to get my hands on one of these vintage machines!

oh btw it sounds like your smoke detector needs a new battery!

[CrazySandtrooper]

Great vid Paul. Brings back lots of memories seeing these old pc's boot up =)

[fuzzface100]

Cool vid Paul. Love all the retro PC stuff. PM me your address and I'll post you a new PP3 battery for your smoke alarm too lol!! :-)

[wrestletube1]

Isn't it possible to put a 3.1 partition of your regular computer to make it twin boot?

Why not give that a go mate?

[Razieluk]

Paul, ever thought of getting a tripod for the video camera? :o)

[kakabixlis]

Nice Video Mate,i like watching vids for old machines !well it is history learning ,well done mate ,greets from a cloudy and humid Greece !Cheers!

[rhydermike]

PS/2s were awkward systems. Some of them have ESDI drives in addition to the MCA slots, non standard case/PSU and a weird monitor standard for the higher resolutions.

Shame I threw out my OS/2 3.0 floppy disks.

Regarding the HD. You could maybe run Drivespace or similar. You like living dangerously, right?

[paulisthebest3uk]

@rhydermike lol already doing that, disk compression. Yeah this one has an ESDI hard drive which why it makes difficult me finding a bigger one, i think if i cant the other way round it is to get an MCA scsi or ide card, but even those are expensive.

[Jivemaster2005]

Nice vid, Paul :)

I started to miss these kind of video's

Have you ever considered getting an MCA network card so you can transfer stuff from your PC? these cards's can be found on Ebay and they don't cost much

[ceracecar]

When compared to its age, was this a "top-of-the-line" computer to own back in the day, or just a standard fare starter's machine? I am quite curious on that. Nicely maintained machine by the way...

[wobbers99]

Can only drink carling Premier ;) Nice computer museum bud!

Loved my A1200.

I'm from your neck of the woods matey.

Geek with beer!

Regards

Wobbly