• Please review our updated Terms and Rules here
  • From now on we will require that a prefix is set for any items in the sales area. We have created regions and locations for this. We also require that you select a delivery option before posting your listing. This will hopefully help us streamline the things that get listed for sales here and help local people better advertise their items, especially for local only sales. New sales rules are also coming, so stay tuned.

Compaq Stuff

E

Erik

Site Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Apr 27, 2003
Messages
3,588
Location
San Jose, CA
I have an original Compaq portable that is suddenly booting with a 601 error. It worked perfectly until I needed it, of course.

If anyone has a Compaq disk/printer controller for the Portable I'd really love to buy one to replace my apparently defunct one.

Also, speaking of Compaq, does anyone have a 5.25" startup/setup disk for the Portable III? I know where I can get an image, but I'm not set up to make disks at the moment.

Thanks,
 
Portable III disks

Portable III disks

Well, my Portable III is in pieces in a box, and I can't find the
setup & diag disks at the moment.

However...

I assume you're talking about SP0316, which is 2 x 5.25" disks; if no
one closer to ya can D/L & recreate them for you, I suppose I could
make & send you the disks.

What kind of collector are ya anyway, that you don't have a 5.25 drive
within reach at any moment? ;-)

mike
 
MikeS said:
What kind of collector are ya anyway, that you don't have a 5.25 drive within reach at any moment? ;-)
Click to expand...

I have literally dozens, but none capable of getting data off the internet or from a 3.5 or CD that I can create on my main machine.

That problem will be fixed eventually (I have a 486 Win 3.11 machine pretty near workable for data transfers of that type) but I haven't had the time. :(

I spent this weekend nearly destroying a Compucolor II, bringing an Osborne 1 back to life (which reminds me, does anyone have an OCC1 keyboard to spare?) and trying to determine how 3 year old NiCads on my HX20 wouldn't hold a charge, finding and testing my Sharp PC1251, hauling out, diagnosing and cursing out my once pristine Compaq portable and digging for various boot disks for the aforementioned machines.

I still have about 15-20 linear feet of magazines to catalog, a Mark-8 project to kickstart and another 2-3 portable/luggable machines to pull out, clean up and test.

Not to mention a job, wife, kids, etc. :D

Thanks for the offer and sorry for the rant. ;)
 
I think I see your problem: drives aren't capable of getting stuff off
the Internet, you need a computer for that...

Job, wife, kids??? Not familiar with those; are they names of old computers?

Sounds like you had a fine productive weekend.

BTW, there is a 3.5" version of that Softpaq (SP0308) if you've got a
3.5DD drive that you can hook up to the Portable III

m
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top