22 Feb
2003
22 Feb
'03
7:46 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
I'd like to know that, too - I need a
service manual for a Compaq Contura
420C laptop. Nice machine, a total pain in the a$$ when it's running Win95,
a nice machine when it's running Win3.1
Ah, there's the first difference. I am not always
prepared to accept
somebody else's ideas of what I need in a computer. Most of the PCBs
in
my PC have home-made mods done to them... :-)
Why do you think I keep at least one machine around that has ISA slots
fitted?
Yes, please do :-)
Later.
--
Phil.
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
3) Not just
yes, hell yes!
I haev tired and failed several times to get service data for
Compaq
machines.... How did you manage it? >> 3) Is it documented?
1) Dunno,
don't care. damn thing runs, don't it? Why do I need to
solder Athlons, anyway??? Just try getting spares for most PC products today.
Me> "I need a PCI graphics card for my PC, preferably with an nVidia TNT or
Geforce chipset"
PCWorld salesdroid> *takes me to the shelf with the video cards, taking a
"short cut" through the new PCs
Me> "Those cards are all AGP"
Salesdroid> "AGP cards will fit in a PCI slot"
Me> "When AGP is about 4x faster than PCI and uses a different sized
connector?"
Salesdroid> "Duh........"
Speaking of which, I still need a geForce2 card for this machine... I'm
stuck with a SiS 530 ATM ("It supports 3D"... "But it's faster to do
software 3D rendering")...
3) Better than
most PCs out there, and it's available free...
Please point me to a free
schematic for any Compaq computer...