Olivetti M24 (No. 1)
Olivetti M24 (No. 1) Make Olivetti Model M24 Model Number XP1050 Serial Number 0017412 Processor Intel 8086 Bus ISA Release Date 1983 Cost New ? There was no hard disk controller. The keyboard did not appear to work. It had some screen burn. It also had some slightly more cosmetic damage, missing a reset button and a panel covering the ON light. I also realised it did not have any expansion slots. On closer inspection, it turned out that one of the power cables was disconnected inside, when this was connected the keyboard worked. However the keyboard was somewhat unreliable with many keys requiring multiple attempts for them to register. I have since restored the keyboard . The monitor had some screen burn and also flickered a bit, particularly when touching the contrast control, I later fixed this with some contact cleaner. It did not have a hard disk drive in the upper bay nor a hard disk controller, but it did have a 5¼” floppy disk drive. It was missing the P1050 bus converter that allows standard ISA cards to be added as well as supporting some proprietary Olivetti ones. I donated some of its parts to my second Olivetti M24 . It now looks like this: Olivetti M24 (No. 1) Olivetti M24 (No. 1) Motherboard It also has a strange LAN card in it with a 9-pin D-sub connector by Fox Research. I think it is this one . If so, then the manual is here . There seems to be some more information about this card here . Olivetti M24 (No. 1) Fox Research Network Card Olivetti M24 (No. 1) Fox Research Network Card The backup battery looked a bit different too: Olivetti M24 (No. 1) Backup Battery I did get a P1050 Bus Converter board for it on eBay, but I lacked the standoffs to be able to install it, so it remains untested. Restoration History Date Details 2015-05-16 Inspected internally, connected power connector, booted, keyboard unreliable, noticed screen flicker 2015-11-07 Received P1050 bus converter but no mounting hardware so could not fit it. 2016-03-25 Transferred parts to second M24 .
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