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Philips PCD 200
Philips PCD 200 is a typical example of branded (not
assembled from Taiwanese parts) 286 from early 1990s. It has fast 12MHz
286 CPU, RAM in 30-pin SIMM sticks and 40 or 60MB ATA hard disk. While
maintaining a small case it was possible to add 2 ISA slots using riser
board. In mainboard, there were serial and parallel ports as well as
disk drives controllers and VGA graphics chip allowing to get even
640x480 in 256 colors. These times VGA graphics was reserved to higher
class computers, not typical office machines which could work with
Hercules.
PCD 200 was sold in 1991 in Europe, mostly France but also in Poland. It
was one of more expensive desktops and optionally came with VGA monitor
and keyboard.
| Manufacturer | Philips |
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| Origin | Nederlands | |
| Year of unit | 1992 | |
| Year of introduction | 1991 | |
| Class | AT | |
| CPU | Intel 80286 | |
| Speed | 12MHz | |
| RAM | 4MB | |
| ROM | PC BIOS | |
| Graphics | VGA (640x480x256col) on-board | |
| Sound | PC Speaker | |
| System expansion bus | 16-bit ISA (2 slots on riser card) | |
| Floppy/removable media drives | 1x 3.5" 1.44MB drive | |
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| Hard disk: |
Maxtor
7060AT (C/H/S: 1024/7/17) |
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Peripherals in collection: |
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| Other boards:
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None | |
| Non-standard expansions: | Serial and parallel port controllers built-in mainboard | |
| Operating system(s): | MS-DOS 6.22 |
The history of my unit is not known. It came in professionally sanitized state, in which the hard disk has been erased and all partitions filled up with DOS 6.22 installation files. It looks like it survived CMOS battery leak which left traces near front panel switches as the battery was external. Not much documentation can be found about it.
| On the right: Advertisement in French SVM magazine, 1991. In June 1991, Polish "Computerworld" magazine in article "Domowy komputer" (Home computer) informed: "PCD 204 to komputer typu IBM PC/AT firmy
Philips przeznaczony do użytku domowego. Jego obudowa jest
nieduża - 37 x 40 x 7,8 cm, ale sam komputer nie jest lekki
-waży bowiem 7,4 kg. Jednostką centralną jest procesor 80286
taktowany zegarem 12,5 MHz. Pamięć operacyjna ma pojemność 1 MB.
Dodatkowo może być zastosowany koprocesor, a pamięć rozszerza
się do 4 MB. Pamięć masową stanowią stacja 3,5-calowych
dyskietek 1,44 MB i szybki twardy dysk 40 MB o czasie dostępu 29
ms. W obudowie może być zamontowana druga stacja 3,5-calowych
dyskietek. Można też używać specjalnej ze-, wnętrznej stacji
5,25 cala 1,2 MB o oznaczeniu PCM 005. Karta graficzna pozwala
na pracę w kilku standardach: CGA, MGA, Hercules, EGA i VGA. W
komplecie mieści się monitor monochromatyczny lub kolorowy VGA i
mysz. W obudowie znajduje się miejsce na dwie karty rozszerzeń w
standardzie AT. Bogate jest wyposażenie w różnorodne złącza:
szeregowe -RS 232, równoległe - Centronics, myszy, klawiatury i
monitora. Klawiatura z 101/102 klawiszami jest wygodna w użyciu.
Niespotykanie bogate jest dodawane oprogramowanie. Oprócz
systemu operacyjnego - MS-DOS 4.01 z DOS-Shell, otrzymujemy
GW-Basic 3.23, MS-Works 2.0, PC Shell z PC Tools 6.0 i dwie gry
- Indiana Jones and the last Crusade i World Class Leader Board
Pro Golf Simulator. which means: |
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| "PCD-204 is a PC-AT compatible computer from Philips for home use. Its case is not large - 37x40x7.8cm, but the unit is not light - its weight is 7.4kg. Ceontral processing unit is a 286 clocked at 12.5MHz, RAM is 1MB. Additionally it can be upgraded with a coprocessor, and memory can be expanded to 4MB. Mass storage is a 3.5-inch 1.44MB floppy disk drive. and fast, 40MB hard disk with 29ms access time. Inside, additional 3.5" drive can be installed or external 1.2MB 5.25" drive type PCM005 can be used. Graphics adapter can be used in few standards: CGA, MGA, Hercules, EGA and VGA. In a set, there is color or monochrome monitor nad mouse. Inside case, there is space for 2 AT expansion boards. The computer is equipped with a rich set of interfaces - RS-232 serial, Parallel Centronics, mouse, keyboard and display. Keyboard with 101/102 keys is comfortable. With MS-DOS 4.01 operating system, a large collection of software is added: GW-Basic 3.23, MS-Works 2.0, PC Shell with PC Tools 6.0 and two games: Indiana Jones and the last Crusade and World Class Leader Board Pro Golf Simulator. " | |
| Contents: | Starting, usage | Configuration |
Starting
The machine boots with Phoenix BIOS and if the setup has to be started a key has to be pressed. There is no built-in diagnostics or disk formatter. After memory test, the computer boots FDD and then if it fails, hard disk. Quite typical.
Most configuration is done in BIOS Setup. There are some undocumented jumpers in the mainboard.