In a message dated 3/8/01 8:44:50 AM Central Standard Time, rigdonj(a)intellistar.net writes: << After I got the XT/286 CMOS setup I tried to read the hard drive but it turns out that the drive is bad. RATS! I was hoping to find software for the STAG EPROM programmers still on it. That's the only reason that I picked the machine up. Well, I'll save the floppy drives out of it and pitch the rest of it. >> are you sure the hard drive is bad? I've a 3270pc that posts a 1701 error but if I let the machine idle for a short time until the hard drive warms up, it then works fine. Or if you have a copy of spinrite, let that run on it. That's saved a drive for me before. Old computers, and strange other sights at: www.nothingtodo.org