Need Dos bootable 5 1/4" floppy with binary or hex editor

[Cory Smelosky]

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:
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> 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.
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> 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