11 Dec
2004
11 Dec
'04
9:40 a.m.
I have a couple of Grids like that but I don't remember the exact model
numbers. Only one of mine has the ICs inside the door. I'm pretty sure that
they emulate a system disk (A: drive). Mine don't have floppy drives so the
ROMs are the only way to boot one if it loses the CMOS settings. I've been
wanting to pull the ROMs and try them in the other Grids and make copies if
they work but never got around to it.
Joe
At 12:42 PM 12/11/04 -0500, you wrote:
Hi crew. Question about a Gridacase 1520. Is anyone
familiar with
these laptops? This is a 286, really good shape. It won't boot, dead
as a doornail. The guy at the thrift shop told me it was working when
it was brought in the day before, now I see that two (or one) chips
are missing from under the flap in the top left right above the
keyboard. I figure they were lifted between dropoff and my buying it.
Any ideas if these chips, which I think are application roms, would
prevent the thing from booting? If so, is there such a thing as a
replacement available from someone here or elsewhere? The thing must
have been the first Toughbook or something, and I'd love to see it
working.
Thanks for any info anyone can share.
(does anyone still need a gmail invite? I have lots. )
Brian Mahoney