6 Jun
2015
6 Jun
'15
9:20 p.m.
I just got a Compaq Portable 3 (286).
I need to edit the contents of what will be the C drive when dos boots,
though it probably doesn't have a file system on it.
Anyway i'll need to boot up from a floppy because it has a pick r83
system on the C drive. Not sure what the system is, so fdisk and some
simple tools like that would be nice too.
Anyway any help would be appreciated. I'm searching for someone local
with 5 1/4" floppies and blanks I can use, but if one has a disk i can
get from someone I'd be glad to send compensation.
For Pick folks (Mr. F15) I don't know the sysprog password, and need to
null it out.
I may pull the drive from another system I have that I do know the
passwords for, but this new system I just got is working, and I'd like
to log in and see what this system has and back it up.
Pleasantly surprised it has an AST 6pack in the expansion (included) in
the kit.
thanks
Jim
6 Jun
6 Jun
9:23 p.m.
I have no pick experience - I'd be interested in poking at it and seeing if I can find
anything at all.
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On Jun 6, 2015, at 21:20, jwsmobile <jws at
jwsss.com> wrote:
I just got a Compaq Portable 3 (286).
I need to edit the contents of what will be the C drive when dos boots, though it
probably doesn't have a file system on it.
Anyway i'll need to boot up from a floppy because it has a pick r83 system on the C
drive. Not sure what the system is, so fdisk and some simple tools like that would be
nice too.
Anyway any help would be appreciated. I'm searching for someone local with 5
1/4" floppies and blanks I can use, but if one has a disk i can get from someone
I'd be glad to send compensation.
For Pick folks (Mr. F15) I don't know the sysprog password, and need to null it out.
I may pull the drive from another system I have that I do know the passwords for, but
this new system I just got is working, and I'd like to log in and see what this system
has and back it up.
Pleasantly surprised it has an AST 6pack in the expansion (included) in the kit.
thanks
Jim
9:55 p.m.
On 6/6/2015 6:23 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
I have no pick experience - I'd be interested in
poking at it and seeing if I can find anything at all.
Sent from my iPhone
I'll be able to fix it, once I get the way to get to the disk. frame
127, base of system dictionary, look for sysprog, and add a couple of
attribute marks, viola, no password.
I have an image of an r83 to play with and a utility to play with said
image, but I pulled the drive. I'm going to try this w/o cracking the
system for now.
thanks
jim
7 Jun
7 Jun
10:21 a.m.
On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, jwsmobile wrote:
For Pick folks (Mr. F15) I don't know the sysprog
password, and need to null
it out.
Cool! Are you going to try to image the disk in order to use it in a
virtual machine?
g.
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9:14 p.m.
i have a running r83 machine. I just want to get the compaq going
again, since it has working config battery, etc. I have saved several
of these, but all have various old age issues, and this one came up in
the ebay auction with pick.
If you got a copy on the qt, you might play with it if you like. :-)
thanks
Jim
On 6/7/2015 7:21 AM, geneb wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, jwsmobile wrote:
For Pick folks (Mr. F15) I don't know the
sysprog password, and need
to null it out.
Cool! Are you going to try to image the disk in order to use it in a
virtual machine?
g.
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