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Model 5530

3070V150.zip Reference & Diagnostic Disk for 5530-S,T/5540-T/5550-S,T,V v1.50 (DOS/V)
   3070V150R.zip Reference Disk for 5530-S,T/5540-T/5550-S,T,V v1.50 (DOS/V)
   3070V150D.zip Diagnostic Disk for 5530-S,T/5540-T/5550-S,T,V v1.50 (DOS/V)
3070V136.zip Reference & Diagnostic Disk for 5530/5540/5545/5550/5570 v1.36 (JDOS)
30Tstart.exe Start Diskette for 5530-T v1.10 (JDOS)
30SRE126.EXE Reference & Diagnostic Disk for 5530Z-SX v1.26 (JDOS) (zipped image)
ST30Z100.EXE Start Diskette for 5530Z-SX v1.00 (JDOS) (zipped image)
   See notes about refdisk versions HERE

30UV_V.zip Reference & Diagnostic Disk for 5530-U/V v1.21 / 1.02 (DOS/V)
30u102d.exe Diagnostic Disk for 5530-U/V v1.02
30v100v.exe Reference Disk /V for 5530-V v1.00 (DOS/V)
5530w113.exe Reference Disk for 5530-W (including XGA-1 option) v1.13 (DOS/V)

3051R121.zip Reference & Diagnostic Disk for 5530-L, 5551-R/L, 5521-Y v1.21
51L110RD.zip Reference & Diagnostic Disk for 5530-L, 5551-R/L, 5521-Y v1.10

General Information
5530-Z (PS/55Z, 5530Z286)
5530-S (PS/55Z, 5530ZSX)
   Specs (Stage I)
   Specs (Stage II)
   System Unit Diagram
   Accessing system board
5530-T (PS/55)
5530-U/V (PS/55Z)
5530-W (PS/55)
5530-L (PS/55)

General Information

Model 5530 initially started as Low-Priced PC which was targeted to personal market. IBM Japan named the PC as "PS/55Z" to distinguish from PS/55 which was the main stream of MCA line targeted to business market. Before IBM joined into personal users market, IBM made a marketing model named 5530Z and sold it to a company called "Shinngaku-sha" (seemed to be a company worked for educational field) in Nov 1998.

5530 Series Lineup (-S/T/U/V/W/L, original HERE)

5530-Z PS/55Z Model 5530Z286

Specification:

CPU: 80286-10MHz
BUS: MCA
RAM: 1MB (max. 4MB)
Video: PS/55 Display Adapter
OS: JDOS 4.0

After one year of research and surveillance with 5530Z-286, IBM Japan rearranged 5530Z-286 in many ways and introduced PS/55Z 5530-Sxx which is usually described as 5530-ZSX (and probably PS/55 5530-T was introduced together with 5530-ZSX according to the date printed on a sales brochure of 5530-T03/T06). Main target of PS/55Z 30ZSX was personal market which was almost occupied by NEC with their PC9801 series.

5530-S PS/55Z Model 5530ZSX (?), Released in Nov 1989

IBM PS/55Z Model 5530Z-S ASCII Article (scan by Akamaki; Japanese; Feb 1990)
IBM PS/55 Z - 5530 All-In-One (5530-S03, modelrail.otenko)

Photo image is took from a brochure dated 11-90.
So it should be Stage II. Video cable is longer than Stage I system.

PS/55Z 5530ZS is the first model of MCA 5530 series (Except 5530Z-286 which had been sold to closed market for marketing purpose). In order to reduce retail price of expensive MCA line-ups, IBM Japan picked up i386SX CPU for PS/55Z. The basic design might be derived from PS/2 Model 25Z as you can see above photo. 12" color display was built in a body. Unlike PS/2 25Z, logic unit is slide-in type (no need to set the system up-side down while accessing system board and inner parts). AND, PS/55Z 5530 is an MCA system.

5530Z-SX is deviled to two groups, S0x and S1x (Ed: The former is refereed as Stage I and the latter as Stage II). All models use 386SX-16MHz.

The 5530, 5530-T04/T08 (Stage II) and 5530-S12/S14 (ZSX on Stage II) were listed in the Nov 1990 edition of the PS/55 System Guide.

Specification of Stage I Type S0x

Memory: 2MB standard (MAX on a planar; 4MB)
FDD: 2 Mode drive (1.44MB/720KB)

Options:
56F9045 : 80387SX/16MHz Math co-pro
38F7075 : 512KB VRAM Upgrade
56F9046 : 2MB System memory kit IV
23F3084 : 1MB System memory kit
57F0112 : 3.5" internal FDD III (2 mode + 1.2MB/Read only)
56F9007 : 60MB Hard drive (ESDI)
56F9006 : 30MB Hard drive (ESDI)
38F4816 : Cable, Video Signal Extension.

Specification of Stage -II Type S1x

*1: S12 was equipped with 2 FDDs.

Memory: 2MB standard (MAX on a planar; 6MB)
FDD: 3 Mode drive (1.44MB/1.2MB.720KB)

Options:
56F9045 : 80387SX/16MHz Math co-pro
64F9668 : 512KB VRAM Upgrade
79F2536 : 4MB System Memory kit VI
79F2556 : 2MB System memory kit V
23F3084 : 1MB System memory kit
79F1796 : 3.5" internal FDD VII (3 mode)
79F1795 : 40MB Hard drive (ESDI)
74F1781 : 3.5" Optical Drive (Requires SCSI /A)
6450609 : 2-8MB 80286 Mem Expansion
(SIMM; 6450604/2MB, 6450603/1MB)

Different VRAM option P/N for Display Adapter were listed in system guide. I'm not sure if there are two variations for Display Adapter /IV.

System Unit (from 30ZSX Stage-I Quick Reference)

Accessing System Board (From users manual 2nd edition dated Nov 1989)

	Slide the blue lock lever to the left and lock the system unit not to swing.
	Detach video connector from PS/55 Display adapter placed at the most upper slot (Display adapter IV should be placed there). Unscrew two knobs at the middle of rear panel.
	Place the connector to the "foxhole" prepared at the support guide for the connector cover. Note: The video cable is very short and will not reach to the middle slot.
	Grab the bottom edge of the base unit and pull it backward slowly till it will stop sliding.
	Hold the base unit and pull it upward slightly and then slide it backward so that you can pull the base unit completely.
	Done!

5530-S Planar P/N 56F7420

5530-S Bus Riser Card P/N 56F7429D

J1 16-bit MCA slot w/ AVE
J2,3 16-bit MCA slot

Ed. Tom: Why is there an AVE slot? There is no planar video nor a BVE slot. The video signal is passed to the monitor using an external cable. Is it just to distinguish the video adapter slot? Are there any traces going to the AVE pins?

5530-S HDD Interposer Card P/N 57F0143

F1,2 5 and 12 V rail fuse?
J1 DBA hard drive connector

Blog Post about PS/55 Z on modelrail.otenko" (with many photos)

PS/55 Model 5530-T

Model 5530-T Brochure

The body, outer case and screen are all same with model 5530ZSX.
i386DX-20MHz CPU was given and the model was classified to PS/55.
(Want to see sales brochure? Click HERE)

A sales brochure of 1st model of 5530-T (T03 & T06) was dated as 11-89 which means Nov. 1989.
If so, 5530-T03/06 was Introduced to the market together with 5530Z-SX in Nov. 1989.
Next models, T02/T04/T08, were introduced in OCt. 1990.

CPU
386DX-20MHz.
486BL2-66 upgrade sub-board from Kingston was available. To use this parts, an interposer which changes the position of pin #1 is required. Not sure for 486BL3 upgrade by Evergreen if it could be fit in the planar.

Built-in Display
12" color display (long persistence phosphors) was integrated into the body.
Character mode ; 1066 x725 dots
Graphics mode; 1024 x768 dots

SIMM
72pin SIMM socket x 3. 2MB/80 ns parts is standard.
One double-decked 4MB SIMM P/N 23F2165 can be used.
Total 8MB in combination of 2MB+2MB+4MB is the MAX on the planar according to users guide.

Actually 5530-T can take 24MB of RAM in combination of 3x 8MB 80 ns SIMMs on the planar. Not sure if PC DOS 7 can actually see total 24MB of RAM. I've tested JDOS5.0 + HIMEM.SYS in PC DOS 7.0 on the box but I got only 16MB of RAM reported using MEM command (this combination works for other 486 class PS/55s).

   23F3270  2MB ; memory kit  III
   56F9046  2MB ; memory kit  IV
   79F2566  2MB ; memory kit  V
   79F2536  4MB ; memory kit  VI
   79F2467  8MB ; Could be usable too.
   2-8MB memory expansion 23F3056 

HDD
ESDI (DBA2) 30MB to 80MB depending on model-type.
T02 was 2 FDD model and without HDD.

FDD
2 Mode drive for all models.

BUS Riser
5530-T has only 3 MCA slots on it's riser card. 1 slot should be occupied with a PS/55 Display Adapter, hence only 2 slots are left for users.

Reference
Version 1.50 based on DOS/V is the latest.
In order to use XGA, XGA-2 and SVGA /A you need to use Ver.1. 50.
The original Reference is based on JDOS and with the original version, option disks for SVGA or XGA can't be read.
The Ref version 1.50 can be commonly used for model 5550-S/T/V, 5570-T/V, 5540-T, 5545-T.

Video
PS/55 Display Adapter IV (512KB VRAM; Optional 512KB VRAM board was available) was used for 5530-T and 5530Z-SX.
Video cable from display unit is very short in its length and it will not reach except the most upper MCA slot where a stock AVE Video Adapter IV should be placed.
IF you are planing to use XGA or any other Cirrus based Video Adapter, you have to use one of lower two slots to which the video cable will not reach. Thus you have to use appropriate video extension cable with D-sub 15pin female on one end and D-SUB 15 pin male on the other end.
38F4816: Cable for Video signal Extension is listed in Service Summary for 5530-Z.

5530-T Planar P/N 78F9969

Three 72-pin SIMM sockets, HDD riser, MCA riser.

Outline not available yet.

2nd Generation of 30 line; 5530-U/V Models "Florence"

Model 5530-U Brochure
Model 5530-V Brochure
RICOH PS 5530-W/V Brochure

5530-U

5530-U/SLC

5530-V

Newly designed 30 series was started with PS/55Z 5530-U. Built-in display was changed from 12" to flat type 13", planar and the BUS riser were also rearranged. 30-T/S provided only 3 MCA slots but newly designed body and planar/riser provided 4 MCA slots though dimension was almost same with the older body. 3 mode FDD (1.44MB/1.2MB/720KB read/write capable) was used for all models. Video cable from display unit is longer than older models so that the cable reaches to the second slot.

PS/55Z

New 386 Planar

U and V planar are almost same. 386SX20 on a U planar was changed to IBM386SLC20 and J1 beside the power connector is shifted beside U1 like V2 planar below.

V2 planar has aux power outlet J22. J10 on U/V planar is not seen on V2 planar. Y3 (CPU clock OSC) is shifted backward.

5530-U/-V Planar P/N 79F5393 (-U?)

5530-V2 Planar P/N 54G0084

Bus Riser Card for 5530-V2?, "RISER CARD 16", "IGH0615AA"

P/N 79F4918, EC C80787, FRU P/N 95F4218

There is another 16-bit riser with different P/N which has silk printings as follows (perhaps for 5530-U/V):

INTERPSER
P/N 95F4218
EC C80670A

Basically these risers are same except P/N 95F4218 has 2 registers and 2 capacitors and 2 rework wires on the solder side of the PCB.

Options

Hard to believe there were ordinal users who could buy such expensive peripherals for personal usage.

5530-W/W2

RICOH PS 5530-W/V Brochure

Real 486 planar which was developed for desktop model 5550-W was used for 5530-W.

CPU:
5530-W0x: i486SX-20
5530-W2x: i486DX2-40

Note that 5530-W is IML system.

Options:
i487SX co-processor : 07G3013 , Price 200,000
486-20/40 Processor Upgrade Option : 35G2996 , Price 280,000

5530-L The last Emperor of the True MCA "all-in-one" Model 30 line

Model 5530-L Brochure

5530-L Product Page (archived, JP)
5530-L Product Page (local translated copy)

5530-LXC

5530-L was the last model of PS/55 30 series. It's really a nice machine with a 486 class L planar and integrated 13" color display. IBM 486-BL2/66 was soldered on the planar and a ZIF socket for an overdrive processor was ready on the planar. Unfortunately the socket is not PODP ready, it's a Socket 1. If you have a R planar for desktop 5551-R which has ZIF socket 3, you can make your own "5530-R" which was not released by IBM Japan.

32-bit Riser Card "RISER CARD 32", "IGH0866AA"

P/N 66G8882, EC D43566

Dimensions of the riser card are same with 16-bit card.

Slot #2 is BVEC and XGA-2 or DBCS D/A /NI-J should be installed on this slot.

I suppose 5530-W uses same riser card.

Pictures of my 5530-L (w/ the 5530-R planar installed in it)

Front view 4 slot PCMCIA /A can be seen in the left bay where the FDD sits in a stock configuration. To install 4 Slot PCMCIA Adapter, FDD should be moved to the right bay. This adapter can be used solely in this newer 30 body. Unfortunately I don't have a front bezel to mate with this adapter.

Rear view Base unit is half-pulled out.

Base unit From the bottom, you can see: 1) 4 slot PCMCIA/A, 2) XGA-2, 3) Madge Smart RingNode 16/4, 4) Short PS/2 Adapter/A for Ethernet networks with SMC chip. DSAA 720 is loaded at the HD sled. Thus this machine should be named as 5530-RX7: R planar with XGA-2 and 720MB HD.