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Anyone dealing around with MCA will sometimes have a problem with identifying an unknown adapter in a MCA-system. Here you find my QBMCA-software which helps.
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MCA Data-File to upgrade existing versions of QBMCA
75.712 bytes
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QBMCA Version 6.1 Rev. A (720K Multi-Lingual Version)
Microchannel Adapter Identification
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QBMCA Version 6.1 Rev. A (Universal Version) for use on 1.44"-disk and own DOS
Microchannel Adapter Identification
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To unpack QBMCA (720KB Multi-Lingual Version):
All you need is an empty 3.5"-DD disk (720 K) and a disk-drive.
To unpack QBMCA (Universal Version) : Download the file to your machine. If you use Win95: finish Windows 95 and restart the machine with only the DOS-prompt (Press [F8] when 'Starting Windows95' appears on screen). Unpacking and modification will not work properly when you are only in a DOS-shell under Win95. The program will work - but the boot-function as a reference-disk will not ! Format a disk with your own DOS bootable and entirely
Then change into your download directory and start the unpacking of the QBMCA image to your disk
If you use a 1.44MB disk and the disk-drive on your machine is not fully functional, drive-type is lost or drive is accidently disabled, QBMCA will probably not load. That was the reason I put it on a 720K-disk, because there are better chances that a 720K-format will still be recognized.
In case the boot-sector of this disk is accidently read by DIR from Win95 and disk will not boot properly afterwards, just start the MODIFY.BAT on A: once again to fix this. Better leave the disk write-protected unless you wish to write a report-file on it (with modified QBMCA.PAR).
Remove the disk from your disk-drive and write-protect it. Insert the QBMCA-disk into your PS/2 system and restart it. Even if you already experiencing any kind of setup/configuration or IML-Error the disk loads and -after a while- displays the installed MCA-adapters and their 4-byte ADF strings. Even if an adapter is not in the information file - its 4-Byte header will be displayed ! The QBMCA-disk will be recognized as a reference-disk and will boot under any known circumstance. That's the reason why it is put on a 720K-disk: most IBM PS/2 will boot a 720K-disk even if the disk-drive is defective or disabled in the setup during a mis-configuration or battery-error. On newer PS/2-machines with IML-track and hidden reference-partition on fixed disk the QBMCA-disk opens the reference partition as drive C: after booting. The reference partition can then been serviced very easy.
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A report-file or output-redirection to a printer can also been activated. Use any editor on QBMCA.PAR and change settings in the parameter-file. The result looks something like that: | |
DATUM : 17-01-2000 UHRZEIT : 17:01:00 REVISION : A
M C A - R E A D E R V E R S I O N 6 . 1
(C) 1994 by Peter H. Wendt / PW-Software Prod.
SLOT 1 = FCFF IBM 2-8MB 80386 MEMORY EXPANSION OPTION
SLOT 2 = FFFF -- Freier Slot --
SLOT 3 = FFFF -- Freier Slot --
SLOT 4 = 0F1F ADAPTEC AHA-1640 SCSI HOST ADAPTER
SLOT 5 = E001 IBM TR-ADAPTER 16/4 OR TR-ADAPTER 16/4 TRACE & P.
SLOT 6 = FCF0 AT+C SERIAL-PARALLEL ADAPTER
SLOT 7 = DFFA IBM 1.2M 5.25 INCH DISKETTE DRIVE ADAPTER
SLOT 8 = 8EFE IBM PS/2 SCSI ADAPTER (16 BIT)
Die Liste MCA.DAT enthält 1352 Einträge
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The QBMCA.PAR file contains some parameters, which enable the user to create a very individual version of QBMCA. Parameters:
foreground=n {0 - 15} - main foreground color (0 = black)
result=x$ {x$=PRN, CON, LPTn x$=[drive:\path\filename.ext]}
batchmode=n {0 = prompted mode, 1 = no user prompt to finish}
language=nnn {001 = English, 049 = German}
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Advantages of QBMCA
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Feel free to contact me to report errors, experiences, missing adapters and their ADFs. I'm collecting any ADF or entire option disks I can get. |
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