20 Feb
2001
20 Feb
'01
8:15 a.m.
It's likely you'll need the setup diskette for he Protable 3. That's needed
in
order to tell the machine what hardware it has. After that it should boot
whatever flavor of MSDOS you care to feed it.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "wschoppe" <wschoppe(a)suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Boot disk
Sirs:
Adrian Graham at the Online Computer Museum recommended I contact your group
to try to locate a disk for my Compaq Portable 3. I realize it falls into
the dinosaur category but someone gave it to me and the challenge of getting
it operational was too much to bear.
When it finishes counting all 640K of memory, it reminds me to use a setup
disk or hit "F1". When I do that, it mentions there is a non-system or bad
disk. Then the message keeps repeating when trying various type of DOS disks
I have. I have the feeling Compaq uses something like DOS but I have none of
those OS disks.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Bob Schoppe