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Hi all, asking this question here because I think this area of the forum has the most members who are familiar with terminal keyboards. I have a Morrow MDT 60 terminal with no keyboard. Someone told me that any keyboard with the same connector will probably work. I tried a Unisys keyboard, but...

Hi all, I have installed this XT-CF card in my PS/2 Model 25SX but it won't bring up the option ROM of the card. I tested and used the card in an AST 486 and it works perfectly in that computer. I installed MS-DOS 6.22 on a 32 MB CF card. The PS/2 however shows error 161 and 163 (invalid CMOS...

Hi all, I have a 486 board in a nice Packard Bell that I am trying to save. Due to a leaking battery, a chip came loose from the board. I have tried re-soldering it with solder paste, but the paste doesn't stick to the metal, possibly because of the corroded surface. I have tried some other...

Hi all, I repaired this IBM PC XT today and it properly boots from floppy. However, booting from the hard drive doesn't work. The drive initializes a second time and then the computer boots into BASIC. I reconnected the cards and checked the jumper on the drive. All seems to be correct. Does...

Hi all, I am looking for restore discs for my Gateway Solo 1150 laptop that came with Windows Me. If anyone has them, I'd greatly appreciate getting an image of them. Thank you!

Hi all, I recently was very lucky to having been given this early PC's Limited Turbo PC from 1985. This was the very first Dell PC. I was able to boot it from floppy, using a different monitor. The monitor that came with it, gives a garbled image and I'm not sure if it's the monitor, or me...

Hi all, I recently acquired an IBM PS/1 2155 computer and it seems to work, except for a persistent keyboard error. When I turn it on, the keyboard LEDs flash briefly, but the BIOS always halts on a 303 error for the keyboard. What I know and tried so far: They keyboard works. I used it on...

Hi everyone, I am trying to figure out why this Kaypro 10 doesn't boot from the hard drive. The hard drive sounds OK, as far as I can hear. The computer doesn't seem to recognize it at all though, all it does is spin the floppy disk drive. Upon opening the machine, I noticed there is an add-on...

Hi everyone! I am trying to identify a disk drive that I've got. The top one seems to be a disk drive for the Altair 8800, can anyone confirm? I'd also be curious if anyone can tell me what computers the other disk drives could be attached to. Thanks!

Hi all, would anyone here have recovery discs for an HP Pavilion 8575C, or for the 8500 series? See attachments for the particular computer.

Hi all, the title says it all! I am looking for a system restore disc (image) for my beautiful IBM Aptiva 2137-E85. Please let me know if you have one! Thank you, Rubix

Hi everyone, I am looking for an IBM Aptiva system recovery disc with part number 76H4685 (software version C1RUS1A) for my Aptiva 2159-S64. Hopefully someone can help me out! Thank you

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone here could provide me with an image of the Toshiba Tecra 8000 restore disc. I believe it was called the Toshiba Configuration Builder CD. I recently acquired a Tecra 8000 in pristine condition, with the (very heavy) docking station and I would like to...

Hi everyone, would anyone have the original installation media for an HP Kayak XA workstation for me? I have a 333 MHz PII. Thanks!

Hi all, I recently got hold of a very nice Packard Bell Platinum 4500. Apart from slight yellowing, it is in an absolutely excellent condition. No damage anywhere. The machine is also in excellent working condition and aside from some added ram and an ethernet card, it's in its original...

Hi everyone, I've got a problem with a wide serial Magic Mouse. I tried to use it under MS-DOS 3 with MS drivers, but it acts weirdly. The drivers detect the mouse but when I move it, it sends completely random signals. I think it's a driver issue. I have another Magic Mouse that has a slider...

Hi all, Yesterday I repaired a Compaq Portable II with dual disk drives. It's not in a great condition; lots of shorted tantalum capacitors and sticky drive doors. But it works now for the most part. However, I can't get the Hardcard 20 that was in it to work. Maybe it's broken, but maybe I'm...

I just got an XT clone which apparently has been stored in an attic for a long time. I connected my IBM 5151 with it and booted it up. The boot sounds of the computer sounded normal, but suddenly I smelled something burning. I immediately turned off the power, but white smoke came out of the...

I tried to start Windows 2 (not Windows 286 but Windows 2.03) on an IBM PC XT but after the bootscreen, it hangs. I think this is because the display (5151) can't display high resolution graphics, but I thought it should support some graphic mode. Does anybody know if there is a special driver...