20 Aug
2006
20 Aug
'06
5:45 p.m.
How do you know the keyboard is "incompletely
connected"?
I assume that those "few threads" are actually capable of
carrying current?
No, I mean, the cable is frayed and wires are open, visible and in most places
partially or totally cut. As in, the cable is barely physically intact.
The connector for the keyboard is *recessed* in the
lower right
(front) corner of the machine. There is a snap-in plastic
plug (round with a slot cut in it's face for the keyboard
cable) that covers up the actual connection.
I'll try to dig it out. Is it a regular 5-pin AT?
The disk LEDs are located on the front upper right of
the unit -- right below the power LED.
Those are the ones that blink with the beep-beep-beep-pause from the back.
The "contrast" control is actually more of a
*brightness* control.
Can you see *anything* ("keep alives") glowing in the display?
Does the floppy *do* anything?
The floppy just blinks its light. It doesn't even try to spin. There is
nothing on the screen no matter what I set the control to.
*Expect* the battery to be dead. That means
you'll need
to replace it (with some sort of kludge). It also means
you will have to run the setup program -- which means
a bootable "setup" floppy (I think I have images of these
for you if they aren't on the Compaq site).
I have it connected to AC, so unless it needs the battery to boot (*mumble*
fricking Mac Portable*mumble*), it shouldn't be that ...
Please let me know what you find. The form factor is fascinating, so I
would love to get it running again.
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