Compaq Portable III 3.5" disk drive - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Jan 2004

Bob Lafleur spoke thusly:

...
 I have a Compaq Portable III with a 3.5" floppy
drive that seems to
have
gone bad. Does anyone know if this is a "standard" drive that could be
replaced with a current 3.5" drive? If not, is there a specific type of
drive I need to use for a replacement?

I haven't even ventured to see how to go about opening the machine yet,
so I
don't know if it's easy or hard. Any pointers would be helpful. Thanks. 
I also had a Compaq Portable III - - it had a 5.25" FDD.
It left the plant 17th March 1988 - the date of my birth!

It got stolen from my grandmother's summerhouse in 1999 - and the
insurance company gave me 1500 dollars for it! 

(Disclaimer: It was my mother who 'did all the talking' to the company -
I got a lot of money because of the proprietary accounting software on
the machine - The check came as a surprise to both of us)