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    compaq presario quick restore CDs

    Hi I have recently (finally!) acquired two old compaq presarios https://www.ebay.at/itm/Vintage-Compaq- ... 2749.l2649 https://www.ebay.at/itm/RARE-PC-Presari ... 2749.l2649 and I was wondering whether someone maybe would have the Compaq Presario 4100 series or 8700 series quick restore CDs...
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    RAM on a 286 - EMS, XMS, UMA, HMA, WTF

    Hi thanks for your answers and sorry for the delay. The BIOS is very spartanic, it only allows me to set the amount of memory above 1 meg and below 1 meg. however if I jumper it to 640k conventional memory, it always gives me a memory error during bootup, unless, I set 0 KB above 1 meg within...
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    RAM on a 286 - EMS, XMS, UMA, HMA, WTF

    Hi so I've got a beautiful, old 286 up and running again (I love tinkering with old computers) and because I was veeery young when I got my first 286, I can't really remember much about memory management. What I have found out/done so far: - The motherboard has 1 MB onboard - BUT it allows me...
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