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Accelerator 286 - Circa 1986   (800 KB)   (80286 accelerator card for PC and XT)

CSCA   (500 KB)   (I/O and clock card for PC and XT)
CSCA - link to clock software 

Mini G7 - User's Operation Manual   (800 KB)   (multifunction card for PC, XT and AT)    (photo)

Turbo-XT Main Board - Installation Guide   (700 KB)   (clone XT motherboard)



AST

AST-3G - User's Manual - May '86   (2.5 MB)   (EGA card for PC, XT and AT)
AST-3G - Software   (25 KB)

AST-3G Plus II - User's Manual - July '87   (1.6 MB)   (EGA card for PC/XT/AT)

AST Advantage! - User's Manual - June '85   (3.4 MB)   (multi function card for AT)

AST Enhanced Graphics Diagnostics Manual - June '86   (16 MB)

AST I/O PLUS - Switch settings   (multi function card for PC and XT)

AST MegaPlus II - User's Manual - August '83   (21 MB)   (multi function card for PC and XT)   (source: Lutiana at the VCF)

AST Rampage Plus 286 - User's Manual - June '88   (5 MB)
AST Rampage Plus 286 - FastDisk software    (70 KB)

SixPak Series

AST SixPak - General switch setting document

AST SixPakPlus - Long version - User's Manual - June '83   (2.3 MB)   (multi function card for PC and XT)   (source: Lorne at the VCF)
AST SixPakPlus - Long version - SuperPak   (12 KB)   (software supplied with SixPakPlus)   (source: Lorne at the VCF)
AST SixPakPlus - Long version - SuperPak User's Manual - July '83   (2 MB)   (manual for SuperPak software)   (source: Lorne at the VCF)

AST SixPakPlus - Short version - User's Manual - April '87   (4 MB)   (multi function card for PC and XT)

AST SixPakPremium - User's Manual - July '86   (36 MB)   (multi function card for PC and XT)   (source: Lutiana at the VCF)

AST SixPak 286 - Switch settings   (multi function card for AT)
AST SixPak 286 - Software            (software source: RJBJR at the VCF)



ATI

EGA Wonder - Operation Manual   (1.3 MB)   (EGA video card for PC/XT/AT)   (source: aitotat at the VCF)

EGA Wonder 800 - Switch settings   (EGA video card for PC/XT/AT)

EGA Wonder 800+  Operation Manual   (1.8 MB)   (EGA video card for PC/XT/AT)   (source: aitotat at the VCF)

Graphics Solution - User Manual   (300 KB)   (mono/CGA video card for PC and XT)   (source: ?????)
Graphics Solution - Diskette version 1.00 - 1987   (100 KB)   (Zip file contains a DOS self-extractor EXE)   (source: ?????)

VGA Wonder (and VGA Wonder 256) - Operation Manual   (2.5 MB)   (16-bit VGA video card)   (source: aitotat at the VCF)

VGA Wonder XL - User Manuals and software   (12 MB)   (VGA video card)   (source: TomFCS at the VCF)

VIP - Switch settings


Auva Computer Inc.

HFDC-II - User Manual   (400 KB)   (hard/floppy controller for AT)


Creative

Sound Blaster Pro - Getting Started - Apr '94   (1 MB)


Davong

IBM PC Memory Expansion Cards - Sep '82   (350 KB)   (memory expansion cards for PC)


Diamond Flower

DIO-200X - User's Manual   (1.9 MB)   (I/O card for PC and XT)
DIO-200X - link to clock software


DTK

AT-RAMBANK - User's Manual - 1990   (2.7 MB)   (memory expansion card for AT)


Epson

Epson FX-80 - Operation Manual - 1982   (10 MB)   (dot matrix printer)


Everex

Everdisk EV-390 / EV-391 / EV-392 Controllers - Owner's Manual - Aug '87   (1.3 MB)   (hard/floppy controllers for PC and XT)


Hercules

Hercules Graphics Card Plus - software only   (300 KB)   (source: Chuck(G) at the VCF - "The ZIP contains two 360K self-extracting image files--you'll need a 5.25 drive to extract these.")


Hypertec

Hyperam AT - User's Manual - 1990   (3 MB)   (multi function card for AT)


IBM

IBM Options and Adapters - 6322509 - 1984
IBM Hardware Maintence Service - 6280087 - 1986
IBM Hardware Maintence Reference - 6280088 - 1986

IBM 5150 - Guide to Operations - 6025000 - AUG81   (7 MB)
IBM 5150 - Guide to Operations - 6322510 - APR84   (7 MB)
IBM 5150 - Technical Reference - 6025005 - AUG81   (17 MB)
IBM 5150 - Technical Reference - 6322507 - APR84   (12 MB)
IBM 5150 - Hardware Maintenance and Service - 6025072 - AUG81   (13 MB)

IBM 5155 - Guide to Operations - 6936571 - JAN84   (10 MB)   (IBM Portable PC)

IBM 5155/5160 - Technical Reference - 6280089 - MAR86   (15 MB)

IBM 5160 - Guide to Operations - 6322511 - APR84   (8 MB)

IBM 5170 - Guide to Operations - 1502241 - MAR84   (10 MB)   (released with models 068 and 099 [at Aug '84])
IBM 5170 - Installation and Setup - 1502491 - MAR84   (6 MB)   (      "      "      "     )
IBM 5170 - Technical Reference - 1502243 - MAR84   (20 MB)   (      "      "      "     )
IBM 5170 - Technical Reference - 6280070 - SEP85   (16 MB)   (released with model 239 [at Oct '85])

IBM ISA Ethernet Adapters - Installation and Testing Instructions   (1.4 MB) (April 1993) (see Appendix B for use in 8088 based machines)

Some IBM manuals at the sites listed at Other Resources


Intel

EtherExpress PRO/10+ ISA   (Circa 1997)   (network card for AT)


MEMO ?

MEMO576 RAM Card - User's Guide - Circa 1985   (1.4 MB)   (RAM card for PC)


PERSYST

Color Graphics Display Adaptor - Installation and Technical Reference Guide - '83   (17 MB)   (CGA video card)   (source: Lutiana at the VCF)


PIM-TB10 Turbo Mainboard

PIM-TB10 User's Manual   (1 MB)   (a 10 MHz IBM-XT clone motherboard)


Quadram

Quadram Quadboard - Operation Manual - 1982   (for a particular version of the Quadboard - Photo here)

Quadram QuadMaster III software - User's Manual - 1985   (2.4 MB)
Quadram QuadMaster III software   (17 KB)


Seagate

Seagate ST21M/ST21R/ST22M/ST22R Controller - Installation Guide - Rev A   (660 KB)

Installing A ST225NPR/ST251NPR/ST277NPR/ST296NPR Disc Drive With The Seagate STO1 Host Adaptor   (680 KB)

Seagate product catalog 1990   (2.3 MB)


Sotec

PHC-16 - User's Manual   (4 MB)   (a portable computer from 1985)


Sprite

Sprite EMU-IO User's Guide   (500 KB)   (multi function card for AT)


Tallgrass Technologies

Item:	HardFile System  Models TG-3006 / TG-3012 / TG-3020 / TG-3135 / TG-3170
Date:	1983/84
Description:	An external hard drive and tape drive unit that can be used with early model IBM 5150s (16KB-64KB motherboard, with first or second BIOS).  Using provided software, a special boot floppy is created.
Manual:	Operation Manual
Software:	Tallgrass Software Diskette: disk image or files          DOS Master Diskette: disk image
Source:	Above provided by user generic486 at the VCF

Tecmar

Captain - Installation Manual - User's Guide                         (4 MB)   (multi function card for PC and XT)
Captain - Installation Manual - Technical Reference - 1984   (5 MB)   (multi function card for PC and XT)
Captain - link to clock software 

Treasure Chest software - User's Guide - 1984     (2 MB)   (Treasure Chest is software for the Captain card)
Treasure Chest software - Technical Reference      (3 MB)   (Treasure Chest is software for the Captain card)

Guide to Cover Removal and Replacement - 1985   (800 KB)


Transteque

HC-100 - Owner's Manual   (350 KB)   (hard drive controller for XT)


Trident

TVGA 8900D and TVGA 9000I - User's Manual   (200 KB)   (ISA VGA card)


Video Seven

VEGA (Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter) - User's Manual - '85   (24 MB)   (EGA video card)   (source: Lutiana at the VCF)

VGA-16 - User's Manual   (1.3 MB)   (ISA VGA card)
VGA-16 - Utility Disk - version 1.09   (120 KB)


Western Digital

WD1002S-WX2 - OEM Manual - 1985   (2.5 MB)   (hard drive controller card for XT)