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Compaq User Programs disk image wanted

Very strange. The EMS memory works fine if it’s running off of the docking station or the battery, but it still freezes when plugged into the AC adapter!
Hate to bump this thread over something not entirely related to the OP, but here I go.

I can confirm the issue I had with EMS on the SLT/286 not working right on the external PSU is a design flaw of the older revision system board, and not something broken. Since posting that, I have gotten another SLT/286 that has the original system board with no bodge wires, and it does the EXACT same thing! I was very happy about that, as it means nothing is wrong with the other SLT.

So there you have it, I have used these machines for so long that I actually discovered the design flaw in the early revision system board!

And since I now have a working battery that I rebuilt myself, it’s not as much of an issue anymore. (y)

Oh, and something that actually is related, is that other SLT that I mentioned above that I acquired actually had ALL of the original User Programs located in a directory labeled “COMPAQ” on the hard drive! All of the specific SLT/286 stuff was right there. It’s all first revisions from 1988 also!
 
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