2 Oct
2008
2 Oct
'08
10:39 a.m.
Brad Parker wrote:
A friend of a friend has an old xenix machine; Compaq
DeskPro 386
running Xenix. He shut if off after running for years and it won't
boot because the cmos battery is dead.
The disk is an ESDI drive attached to a Compaq ESDI/FLPY controller
(copyright 1989) ISA bus card.
He says can't see any way to enter a "setup" mode in the BIOS.
If the system has a diag partition, as a lot of Compaqs did, he'll
need to hit F10 at boot time. The cursor will move from upper left
corner to upper right on the screen, and you've got maybe 2 seconds to
hit F10.
Failing that, I might have the diagnostic/setup floppy image. I'll
look for it this evening.
Doc Shipley