12 Dec
2008
12 Dec
'08
7:11 a.m.
I picked up a nice little HP Omnibook 600C from someone here on the list, and after a few
minutes of playing with it the hard drive decided it did not like its new home. Hey, no
worries, stuff happens. It's a PCMCIA hard drive, so I plugged a CF card into a
PCMCIA adapter and voila!, I have a new C: drive. But unfortunately, when the disk did
its swan dive it took with it all the custom drivers and such that HP loads on it. That
may explain why I can't get apparently simple things to work. So, does anyone have
one of these machines or its startup disk, and are you willing to share? Thanks -- Ian
12 Dec
12 Dec
10:21 a.m.
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Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens Ian King
Verzonden: vrijdag 12 december 2008 8:11
Aan: (cctalk at classiccmp.org)
Onderwerp: HP Omnibook 600C startup disk?
I picked up a nice little HP Omnibook 600C from someone here
on the list, and after a few minutes of playing with it the
hard drive decided it did not like its new home. Hey, no
worries, stuff happens. It's a PCMCIA hard drive, so I
plugged a CF card into a PCMCIA adapter and voila!, I have a
new C: drive. But unfortunately, when the disk did its swan
dive it took with it all the custom drivers and such that HP
loads on it. That may explain why I can't get apparently
simple things to work. So, does anyone have one of these
machines or its startup disk, and are you willing to share?
Thanks -- Ian
Ian,
Did you checkl the HP site ?
They have some support files online.
Otherwise check the HP Computer Museum
www.hpmuseum.net
The omnibook list
http://www.omnibook.org/omnilist/
If you can't find what you I do have a iso with a lot of the support files,
witch I can upload.
-Rik
3:57 p.m.
Thanks for the pointers - I found some documentation I'd been wanting, but no
binaries. Fortunately, the person who sold it to me says he may have a backup. But if
anyone has the original startup/restore material, I'd love to get a copy.
The HP site? In my experience, HP has always been aggressive about removing references to
old products. They don't even offer the owner's manual as a download. To their
credit, they do have a BIOS upgrade for running Windows (which I don't intend to do).
-- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rik
Bos [hp-fix at xs4all.nl]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 2:21 AM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: HP Omnibook 600C startup disk?
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens Ian King
Verzonden: vrijdag 12 december 2008 8:11
Aan: (cctalk at classiccmp.org)
Onderwerp: HP Omnibook 600C startup disk?
I picked up a nice little HP Omnibook 600C from someone here
on the list, and after a few minutes of playing with it the
hard drive decided it did not like its new home. Hey, no
worries, stuff happens. It's a PCMCIA hard drive, so I
plugged a CF card into a PCMCIA adapter and voila!, I have a
new C: drive. But unfortunately, when the disk did its swan
dive it took with it all the custom drivers and such that HP
loads on it. That may explain why I can't get apparently
simple things to work. So, does anyone have one of these
machines or its startup disk, and are you willing to share?
Thanks -- Ian
Ian,
Did you checkl the HP site ?
They have some support files online.
Otherwise check the HP Computer Museum
www.hpmuseum.net
The omnibook list
http://www.omnibook.org/omnilist/
If you can't find what you I do have a iso with a lot of the support files,
witch I can upload.
-Rik
4:20 p.m.
Thanks for the pointers - I found some documentation
I'd been
wanting, but no binaries. Fortunately, the person who sold
it to me says he may have a backup. But if anyone has the
original startup/restore material, I'd love to get a copy.
As I told you I do have a CDROM-ISO with all the omnibook binaries and other
OB related stuff.
If you have a place/site where I can upload it's yours...........
-Rik
4:50 p.m.
Oops, I missed that. Thanks! I'll send you email off-list with details.... -- Ian
________________________________________
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rik
Bos [hp-fix at xs4all.nl]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:20 AM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: HP Omnibook 600C startup disk?
Thanks for the pointers - I found some documentation
I'd been
wanting, but no binaries. Fortunately, the person who sold
it to me says he may have a backup. But if anyone has the
original startup/restore material, I'd love to get a copy.
As I told you I do have a CDROM-ISO with all the omnibook binaries and other
OB related stuff.
If you have a place/site where I can upload it's yours...........
-Rik
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