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cgrape2

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Hi all!I recently unearthed an IBM Eduquest 35 "All in One".I don't quite know how to access the system board.I received a Model 25 manual with it(SCORE!) but it's instructions for this task didn't work as the Model 35 has a different looking setup.
So,anyone have any experience with one of these beasts?
Thanks in advance!
cgrape2:p
 
cgrape2 said:
...I recently unearthed an IBM Eduquest 35 "All in One". I don't quite know how to access the system board.I received a Model 25 manual with it(SCORE!) but it's instructions for this task didn't work as the Model 35 has a different looking setup. So,anyone have any experience with one of these beasts?
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There are four screws on the back of the ¨tray¨ that release it to pull out. You can detatch the power and video cables to separate the tray, but it generally provides enough workspace when fully back. I´ve got just shy of 20 units of the EduQuest 35s myself.
 
Okay the two screws at the bottom of the back and the two that are about even with the power connection?Those other two are the only ones I see.
I'll give that a go and thanks!
cgrape2
 
Yep,I missed it.

Yep,I missed it.

Ok,found the third screw,I missed it earlier.:(
The guts are now available for viewing.Thanks again for the help!
cgrape2
 
I am also looking for more information on the "Options" that I see places for on the MB.Also has anyone ever bput a CD-Rom in one of these,It should be possible,as it uses IDE.
cgrape2
 
cgrape2 said:
I am also looking for more information on the "Options" that I see places for on the MB.Also has anyone ever bput a CD-Rom in one of these,It should be possible,as it uses IDE.
cgrape2
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Just google image search the eduquest 35 and one of the first units you see has a cd drive in it. It's quite possible, you just got to persuade DOS to work with it.
 
I'm not entirely clueless,just knowledge challenged!I was hoping someone with specific knowledge would be able to fill me in.
I figure that a slow CD-ROM should be able to work with Win3.1(with the right drivers!)
cgrape2
 
I have some DOS based CD drivers staht will work for MS-DOS and Windows 3.1, if you want them. I can make image dumps real fast of the diskettes if you need them.
 
cgrape2 said:
I'm not entirely clueless,just knowledge challenged!I was hoping someone with specific knowledge would be able to fill me in.
I figure that a slow CD-ROM should be able to work with Win3.1(with the right drivers!)
cgrape2
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Any speed CD-ROM drive should work. You might even be able to get away with using a CD-RW drive as a CD-ROM drive.

IIRC, Win3.1 installs its own CD-ROM drivers, so no need for that.

If you don't have a sound card in your computer, you might consider getting a Backpack external CD-ROM drive. They have a built-in sound card and speaker, and are cheap and plentiful on eBay.
 
IIRC, Win3.1 installs its own CD-ROM drivers, so no need for that.
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From a Window 95 book I have: "The new 32-bit protected-mode CD-ROM drivers replace the real mode MSCDEX driver ..."
That suggests that in the days of Windows 3.1, only DOS drivers for CD-ROMs were available (which Windows 3.1 used).

If you don't have a sound card in your computer, you might consider getting a Backpack external CD-ROM drive. They have a built-in sound card and speaker, and are cheap and plentiful on eBay.
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Note that for some models of the Backpack external CD-ROM drive, the sound card was not supplied (the slot is there but no card fitted).
 
modem7 said:
From a Window 95 book I have: "The new 32-bit protected-mode CD-ROM drivers replace the real mode MSCDEX driver ..."
That suggests that in the days of Windows 3.1, only DOS drivers for CD-ROMs were available (which Windows 3.1 used).
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I don't remember ever having to install drivers, but I did a test install of 3.1 and you're right. Generic DOS drivers shouldn't be too hard to come by. See here.

Note that for some models of the Backpack external CD-ROM drive, the sound card was not supplied (the slot is there but no card fitted).
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Something like this will do. Be sure you get one with an AC adapter included (the linked one does not). You might be able to get away with using a universal adapter if you already have one, provided it supplies 18v.
 
For DOS with CDROM-drives ( yes you need DOS-drivers for Win 3.1 ) I use the CDROM drivers that comes with the Install-Disk of Windows 98. I think it's called oakcdrom.
This driver works fine with most of the ide-cdrom drives.
 
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