12 Oct
2000
12 Oct
'00
4:46 a.m.
At 06:11 PM 10/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
I'm surprised I didn't get a hernia carrying that thing home from Goodwill.
Although you just HAVE to love the rubber-mounted harddrive chassis to
reduce vibrations. That's classic.
:)
Tarsi
210
Looking for
information about a Compaq Deskpro 286. I have two of
them. Would like to know some specs, how to get into the BIOS, etc.
When painted gray (any shade you choose), they make an excellent
anchor for the bass boat, although the bass (and EPA) may disagree... 
12 Oct
12 Oct
6:38 a.m.
Tarsi,
I found one set of Compaq Dos 3.3 disk that have the setup program. I
tried to copy them with Teledisk but encountered a read error and Teledisk
decided to chug endlessly so I had to stop. SOMEWHERE I have the install
file from Comapq to create 360k disks. If you can't find the Bi setup
utiliy, let me know and I'll dig around till I find it. What do you need
to know about the 286? I have the 286 Product Service Training manual.
Joe
At 08:46 AM 10/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
At 06:11 PM 10/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
I'm surprised I didn't get a hernia carrying that thing home from Goodwill.
Although you just HAVE to love the rubber-mounted harddrive chassis to
reduce vibrations. That's classic.
:)
Tarsi
210
Looking
for information about a Compaq Deskpro 286. I have two of
them. Would like to know some specs, how to get into the BIOS, etc.
When painted gray (any shade you choose), they make an excellent
anchor for the bass boat, although the bass (and EPA) may disagree...
6:14 a.m.
I found one set of Compaq Dos 3.3 disk that have the
setup program. I
tried to copy them with Teledisk but encountered a read error and Teledisk
decided to chug endlessly so I had to stop.
I can't find anywhere to download Teledisk...any ideas?
SOMEWHERE I have the install
file from Comapq to create 360k disks. If you can't find the Bi setup
utiliy, let me know and I'll dig around till I find it. What do you need
to know about the 286? I have the 286 Product Service Training manual.
I have the setup utility install from the Compaq website, I'm just having
issues getting it onto a 5.25" floppy. I think my drives are toasted (the
ones I'm using to transfer...not sure, though). The hard drive is working,
but I can't get in to set it up. I just want to know everything. :)
That, or when I plug in the keyboard (on the one machine), I get gibberish
on the screen...IE: none of the keys type the right thing. I hit Enter,
and I get an "S", etc. I have two of these Compaqs. Same model,
AFAIK. So....
I just want to be able to get into the BIOS, get the drives set up right (I
think the CMOS battery is dead so the settings were lost), and get it up
and working. Not sure what I'll do with it yet, but will probably try a
terminal emulator to get it as a term on my linux box. (null-modem cable,
etc.) It doesn't HAVE to have a use, because I'm a collector...I take any
old computer and work with them. It's fun as heck. I don't have this one
yet, so I'm trying to get it going (heck, I don't have a 286 yet, so this
would be my first.)
So, I'll take any manuals, disks, etc...anything associated with this
product. It makes it more complete if I have more of the things that comes
with it. I'll give some green to get copies of manuals, disks,
etc...whatever you feel like.
Thanks for the help!
Tarsi
210
9:58 a.m.
At 10:14 AM 10/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
That's because it is a commercail product. A lot of us on CC-list went
together last year and made a group purchase of it. But I found the
program on Comapq's website so you can get it directly from there and you
won't need Teledisk.
That's strange. Yu might try a regular AT style keyboard on it.
I have two of these Compaqs. Same model,
I found one set of Compaq Dos 3.3 disk that have
the setup program. I
tried to copy them with Teledisk but encountered a read error and Teledisk
decided to chug endlessly so I had to stop.
I can't find anywhere to download Teledisk...any ideas? SOMEWHERE I have the install
file from Comapq to create 360k disks. If you can't find the Bi setup
utiliy, let me know and I'll dig around till I find it. What do you need
to know about the 286? I have the 286 Product Service Training manual.
I have the setup utility install from the Compaq website, I'm just having
issues getting it onto a 5.25" floppy. I think my drives are toasted (the
ones I'm using to transfer...not sure, though). The hard drive is working,
but I can't get in to set it up. I just want to know everything. :)
That, or when I plug in the keyboard (on the one machine), I get gibberish
on the screen...IE: none of the keys type the right thing. I hit Enter,
and I get an "S", etc. AFAIK. So....
I just want to be able to get into the BIOS, get the drives set up right (I
think the CMOS battery is dead so the settings were lost), and get it up
and working. Not sure what I'll do with it yet, but will probably try a
terminal emulator to get it as a term on my linux box. (null-modem cable,
etc.) It doesn't HAVE to have a use, because I'm a collector...I take any
old computer and work with them. It's fun as heck.
I know what you mean. I have a pile of stuff that I've picked up just
because it's interesting. FWIW I have a pile of Compaqs but they're all
Portable IIIs and 386 Portables except for one old original Portable. The
PIIIs and 386 Portables are lunch box size machines that have keyboards
that store on the side and gas plasma screens built in. I like that style
of machine because they can use standard ISA cards (with the optional pod
that clips on the back) and are still portable. I use them a lot for things
like HP-IB controllers, EPROM burners (the ones that require a controller
card). I even stuck a CompiCard in one and use it for running 8" floppy
drives.
I don't have this one
yet, so I'm trying to get it going (heck, I
don't have a 286 yet, so this
would be my first.)
So, I'll take any manuals, disks, etc...anything associated with this
product. It makes it more complete if I have more of the things that comes
with it. I'll give some green to get copies of manuals, disks,
etc...whatever you feel like.
OK I'll see what I have.,
Joe
Thanks for the help!
Tarsi
210
9:44 a.m.
That, or when I
plug in the keyboard (on the one machine), I get gibberish
on the screen...IE: none of the keys type the right thing. I hit Enter,
and I get an "S", etc.
That's strange. Yu might try a regular AT style keyboard on it.
12:47 p.m.
Tarsi,
It beats me. Have you tried the Compaq keyboard on another machine? That
might tell you if it's working. I've never used any of the Compaq 286
desktop machines so I don't know enough about them to know if they have any
pecularities. I have used Compaq AT-style keyboards (probably later models
though) on other machines with no problems so I'm know they were
compatible. I would think that all of the Compaq keyboards would be. It's
beginning to sound like you have a bad keyboard interface or character look
up ROM in the Compaq.
Joe
At 01:44 PM 10/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
I tried both an AT keyboard which I had in the house already (M$ or some
other stuff) and the AT keyboard that came with it. (also from my good
friends at Goodwill) Same result both places. Odd as heck. Almost the
exact same thing happened on a Tandy 1000 the other day, I figured I blew a
keyboard chip or something and parted the sucker out. Now I wonder if that
was actually the case or not.
Tarsi
210
That, or
when I plug in the keyboard (on the one machine), I get gibberish
on the screen...IE: none of the keys type the right thing. I hit Enter,
and I get an "S", etc.
That's strange. Yu might try a regular AT style keyboard on it.
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