Ensemble will no longer work for some reason, but everything else will feel zippier.
If you don’t care about running GeoWorks Ensemble, replace the 8086 with an NEC V30 for a 20% speedup. One thing the upgrade gives you is the ability to run Microsoft Word for DOS 4.x and higher in graphical mode using the 6300’s high-res graphics. There is an associated PAL that came with the ROM BIOS upgrade kit, but in my experience it wasn’t necessary to operate the machine (some of the hardware support introduced by 1.43 won’t work without the updated PAL, but the rest of the BIOS enhancements will work).
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If your system boots up with a ROM BIOS other than 1.43, flash the 1.43 ROM BIOS and install it. (You can try to snip the battery off with snips, but I have broken a motherboard this way so I usually recommend the gentler option.) It’s not needed to operate the system, and can only cause permanent failure if it corrodes the motherboard. (Note: When I write “6300”, I’m talking about all versions of the Olivetti M24, as they were identical hardware.) Preparationįirst and foremost: If you have a working system, IMMEDIATELY power it off, open it up, disassemble it, remove the motherboard from the bottom of the system, and carefully desolder and remove the barrel battery. These hints can help get your system up to speed as a useable and practical member of your collection. But, if you see one for sale for cheap, and it has everything and works, I’d like to offer some modern tips on the care and feeding of these unique beasts. While the 6300 is among my most favorite systems ever made, I usually don’t recommend it for beginners because it uses a proprietary keyboard and monitor, and if you don’t have both, it can be extremely difficult to adapt a traditional keyboard and monitor for use with the system unit. (Xerox also imported it to the USA and sold it as the Xerox 6060 in France, it was sold as the Logabax 1600.)Īs the vintage computing hobby continues to grow, a lot of people have been coming across these and wondering if they should take the plunge.
AT&T brought the M24 to the USA and sold it as the AT&T 6300, and it was very popular over here as an alternative to the PC. The Olivetti M24 was a fantastic PC compatible that was double the speed of the IBM PC, had built-in expansion ports, a smaller footprint, and special hi-res graphics, all at a price cheaper than the original PC. TexTweetz I am *not* worth losing sleep over :-) tomerg Sorry, it was kind of a last minute decision when I saw that I would have a period of quiet time in the hou… /i/web/status/1… 18 hours agoĭemoscene Digital Video Entertainment Family Gaming Home Ownership Lifehacks MindCandy MobyGames Podcast Programming Sociology Software Piracy Technology Uncategorized Vintage Computing Weight Loss
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