I thought for sure I'd left my computer
collecting days far
behind when my interest in amateur radio re-flared a few years
back. Then I came across one heck of a piece of history that I
could not resist.
Specifically: An original Compaq 'Luggable.' Green-screen,
8-bit motherboard, two full-height 360K FDD's, the works. Found
at a local thrift store, in pretty good shape (if a bit dirty)
and still functional, for the stunning price of $18 with tax.
<sigh> I couldn't say no. The sight of the thing sitting
on the floor, gathering dust and negligent kicks from other
customers, was too much. God only knows what I'm going to do
with it... Although I do have a nice IBM 8-bit MFM drive
controller I'm going to stick in there, along with a hard drive.
BTW, the thing had a fully-loaded AST SixPack Plus board in
it. If this requires any drivers to work, I would appreciate
knowing about it (and knowing where to find said drivers).
Thanks much.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies --
http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?"
Bruce, I have attached a file AST-6PAK.ZIP - which the rest of the
folks won't see - that contains text and ascii drawings of the
boards, and tables of switch settings. Hope it is useful to you.
- don