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When IBM Model Ms don't like IBMs
« on: Sun, 11 September 2011, 00:20:39 »
I recently tried the '86 Model M on the '06 9229 IntelliStation M Pro. Apparently those particular IBM computers don't like old Model Ms.

When you first boot the computer, total PS/2 functionality is lost (even the mouse port); so no keyboard will work in the BIOS, or windows when it gets there. When you reboot from windows, THEN the computer will enable PS/2 functionality. So strange...

Of course I'm not using my Model M on that computer. Not anymore anyways. Unless I propel it into sleep mode rather than a cold shutdown (I always shut down my computers, never leave them on 24/7).

Guess that's a sign IBM abandoned their Model Ms in 2006.
Keyboards: '86 M, M5-2, M13, SSK, F AT, F XT