NEC APC III - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

9 Apr 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) &lt;cisin(a)xenosoft.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: NEC APC III

...
 With a few exceptions (and I doubt that the APC III
would be one of the
exceptions), the 720K 3.5" can simply be cabled to replace the 720K 5.25".
The original design of it was intended to permit that.
 Probably not.
...

But that doesn't solve your need for a boot disk.  In an earlier message,
you mentioned that your current boot disk is "Stoned".  If so, a bit of
work with a sector editor might fix it.
 Yeah - it's got the "Stoned" virus on it ( I think

...
 Try to resurrect the 2.11 boot disk that you have.

It's the HD - I can't access it  - it starts to boot, says "MS-DOS
2.11",
then comes up with an error (can't remember what, and the computer is at my
school), and locks.

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...
 MS-DOS 2.11 was the version that MICROS~1 provided for
companies that
needed/wanted to customize for special hardware, such as 720K drives.
PC-DOS didn't support 720K until 3.20.
Previously (MS-DOS 2.00), sometimes only MODE.COM, and sometimes
FORMAT.COM, varied from one brand of machine to another.
But in 2.11, IO.SYS might be significantly altered.