I have a Compaq PIII as well, and I do have bootable DOS media for it. Not
sure which vers. are available. There's also a bootable ELKS distro disk
(Linux of sorts, for 286). That might be of some utility?
I don't recall - does the Port III have a HD? I can't remember, but I get
the feeling it does..
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:46 PM, jwsmobile <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
I wonder if someone can help with a bit of a problem I
have.
I have a compaq portable 3 system which has a working Pick (Non dos)
system on it.
It has the 5 1/4" floppy drives on it. I am looking for a bootable floppy
or 2 with something like dos 6.x on it and some utility that can read and
write disk sectors. Preferably the latter is a nice gui program, but
beggers can't be choosers.
I need to boot it up from the floppy drive and modify the pick system
dictionary to remove the main password. So the change to the system will
be surgical, just one sector.
If anyone can help, can you send me a note and let me know how I can
compensate you for your help.
If I really move crap around I may be able to find a system with the 5
1/4" floppies on it, but I'm not sure I could get a program onto the system
then out to the 5 1/4" drive and am also looking for suggestions about what
disk utility / editor might be useful if anyone has suggestions on that.
I'll go ahead and dredge up something soon if I can't get help from
somewhere.
thanks
Jim Stephens