Obsolete Computer Helpline

January 1998 Archive

I'm in need of the driver(s) for a TEAC sound card that I purchased second hand. The card is a TEAC model CD-55 16 BIT I/F

I have just aquired 2 bondwell b310v laptops and am in need
of any info on these units. One is damaged and has a keyboard
fault (any schematics and or technical help would be apreciated)
also can I upgrade the memory in these machines? There seems
to be an upgrade socket set in the memory area but am not sure
of it.

I have a compudyne 3sxl/25 laptop on windows 3.1, Im looking for a mouse driver for the keyboard mouse. Looking for the oem something something driver or something that would work just as well. may your effort bring you reward or may your reward move you into effort.

I have an Ambra 386 sprinta-hurdla computer.Would like info
on jumper settings to delete built-in video card.Also like
to get manuals on same. It came out around 1990. Only# I
could find Is CMA2200 model#. Thank-you

The computer show is in town and it's time to feed my TriGem CTC 4MX/GL 486. I've upgraded this thing from a 486 SX/33 to a 486 DX2/66. This is the highest speed processor the owners manual mentions as an upgrade. A vendor is selling a 486 DX4/100. All I know is that I have to stay with the Intel brand, which this is. He tells me that I can use the CPU as long as the socket is 3.3 volts because it runs on a 33 mhz clock speed. Is he right? What other information should I know? Do I have to change any jumper settings?

Thanks for your help.

I've got a US Logic 386sl/25 notebook computer and i was wondering if anyone could tell me where i could find parts or service locally in st.pete fl please thanks all

I have a Mac LCII, does anyone know if this can be conneted to the internet, what size processor and hard drive does it have? Please help! All documentation is long gone.

I need schematics of Jetbook 386 Sx laptop for maintenance.
Thanks.

I need the monitor.inf(driver file) for an Osborne mpv1024ni 14" monitor or how to write a monitor.inf file for win95 information as I have the monitor manual. The problem I have is I can not run the monitor in 800x600 res.

Thanks Kym

I am trying to upgrade my home computer to an 8 gig HD, I fdisk, formated the new one, used xcopy /s /e to transfer the files from the old 850 meg HD, The computer will hang on the Windows startup screen, or show 1/2 of it or the me to type in the location of the correct location of command.com. Any Ideas what I'm doing wrong?? My wife's patients has about run out!!
Thanks,
Rick

i have a commodore hd40 special edition computer with
monitor(TAndy 9 prongs-they don't make these anymore) I
believe. I want to know what is it worth. can i sell it for a good price.

i am after a drivers disk for windows 95, for a osborne
moniter, moniter no. MAG 17DLS. I would appreciate any
help thanx.

To all who are looking for the Hard Drive Specs. (Cyl,Tracks,Heads, and MORE), this Web site has all the old ones and most of the new ones. If you know the Manufacture, and the Mod.# , it will go right to that Drive, if you only have Hard Drive manufacture name it will give a list. www.blue-planet.com/tech/main.html
Good Hunting Everyone

My Zenith Data Systems' 286/6 video display does not work.
The display is filled with horizontal fuzz, as if horizontal
hold was broken

Have an Ambra 386 sprinta. Need manuals or info for jumper
settings to be able to install video card. This machine has built-in v.c. and I have to disable it thanks

I finally recieved my Compaq Portable 386/20 2670. It worked fine when I recieved it, but I shut it off one night, and woke back up to discover that the CMOS had dissapeared. I have the sofpaqs (Compaqs Diagnostic/setup progs) but I am unable to transfer them to 5.25 360k disks. I need someone who can do this for me. I have a 3.5 inch drive for this computer, but I am unable to hook it up at this moment.

I will pay for disks and shipping.

I picked up a pc, about 1992 version NEC with Phoenix bios.
It had problems reading from the 3.5", so I put in a new one.
Problems cleared for a while. Now it will not read the drive
again but indicates a drive compatibility issue. I don't have
a setup disk so I can't get into the bios to look at addresses.
Any suggestions?

i'm doing a college paper on old vs new do you have any info on old ibm 360/390
on ibm360/390

I HAVE AN ANCIENT "COLUMBIA DATA PRODUCT MPC" MODEL 1600-1
THAT I BAUGHT IN JAN 1984 THIS PC COMES WITH DUEL FLOPPY,
8088 CPU, 16 BIT 4.77Mhz. I AM LOOKING FOR A KEYBOARD.
THE KEYBOARD SAYS "IBM PC COMPATTABLE" BUT I DO NOT SEEM
TO FIND A KEYBOARD THAT WORKS. THIS PC WAS BAUGHT FROM
GREY DATA.

I am looking for a keyboard that will fit a Amstrad 6400 PC. The two kinds that are currently used on the market are not compatable.

I have a NEC VERSA model 450-1541 Portable
an old 486sx I need info about his Hard disk
number of Cylinders,number of Heads, number on sectors etc
It is impossible to start on hard disk. If I can enter
information of hard disk in BIOS it will be OK
I don't want open the laptop because i dont have exploded
view of this Nec Versa Thanks
Georgette

I have a 486\66 with american megatrend bios.
I can't get the i\o card to function....
If I use the on-board ide, I can boot the hard drive,
but I can't get the mouse to respond.....help!

Along with the hard drive for the LTE 286, I am looking for the accessories for it as well. Mainly looking for the mathco, serial board, enhanced modem, external drives, and docking station. Can anyone help me restore this laptop? Sabz

I have had an OSI Superboard Challenger II. Can anyone tell me what happened with the OSI company. It was located in aorora. Ohio. Can anyone give me information about OSI, is it bankrupt, of fused with other company?

I have had an OSI Superboard Challenger II. Can anyone tell me what happened with the OSI company. It was located in aorora. Ohio. Can anyone give me information about OSI, is it bankrupt, of fused with other company?

You don't give me much hope. I was surfing the net looking for where I might find some documentation and drivers for an HP Draftmaster II, Model 7596A, and The Computer Museum showed up. I've tried the HP web page and called their supportline, but they wanted to charge me $25 to tell me if I could buy the drivers and documentation. If you could tell me, I have a Windows 95, 100mhz system, do they make Win 95 drivers for the plotter or am I wasting my time. I was going to try to buy the plotter from military surplus, but why bother if I can't get the documentation or drivers? Thanks!!!!
Kevin
Sorry it doesn't look like this scrolled.
Hope you can still read it

I have an almost new tandy dmp-110 printer which works great with the trs-80. Is there any way to get it to work with my ibm compatible which has a 150 pentium processor? We've hooked it up but it keeps printing...like a test print. It will not stop. Hope you can help! Thanks!

looking for programming cable pinout
for Mitsubishi PLC FXon series

I need help with documentation (schematics) or boards to get a old (1982) NEC APC-H03 working.
It has 8" disks and a built in monitor. Even a dead one will help to isolate the problem. I hate to admit it but I am desperate.

I have a CompuAdd 425TFX with the orginal 4MB RAM that I
would like to upgrade to 8MB. I cannot find a source on
the net for an 8MB upgrade. There are several places that
sell a 4MB and 16MB upgrade for a CompuAdd 425TX, but since
the 425TFX came with 4MB RAM, I don't think that the 425TFX
the 425TX are the same laptop. Can anyone help finding a
source for an 8MB upgrade? It will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

I have a Zenith 286 laptop and seeking a user manual and any information about parts and maintenance.

#2- trying to install an internal NEC 8X cd rom and getting "Not Accessible" when I try to access it. Running Windows 95, no apparent conflicts. Config.sys has the device and autoexec has the mscdex loaded. Cd rom is setup as the "Slave". Windows 95 does see the drive and loads some drivers but I'm still not able to access the cd rom. I can see the light flashing on & off on the cd rom.

present information

I have a CompuAdd 425TFX laptop and I'm getting reversed video (i.e. black text on a white background). Does anyone know how to set this back to normal mode? I'm using Windows95 on it and it looks goofy with the reversed video...not to mention it sucks up a little more juice from the battery. Thanks.

Need Epson 286 setup program
Looked on Epsons site and only 386's are on there currently

Also how to chose which number for the Hard Drive setting.

Already have replacement for the battery :) home made.

Thank you

I have a pci video controller from advance&quadtel corp. model #alg-2302 ver. 5.08.d that has no drivers disk. If anyone has the latest drivers for this card please contact me at my e-mail address. Thanks. Bill

I have an Epsen Equity II+ and can not get into the hard drive. It says to run a diagnostics test but I don't know how. No manual available. How do I run a diagnostics test?

Well my project of resucitating the dead NEC Powermate APC IV (APC-H702) has come to a near finish thanks to those that have helped with parts and information. The only thing I lack yet is a copy of the original MSDOS and setup disk. I don't need the MSDOS, just the machine specific setup programs. I've gotten a setup for an NEC ProSpeed from NEC's FTP but it lacks in a few areas, such as being able to set the machine to high or low speed at boot. The machine is supposed to boot up in 10mhz instead of 8mhz by default but doesn't.

The disk may be marked for an APC-H700, APC-H701 or an APC-H702 or even an APC IV Portable. If anyones knows if a motherboard jumper will easily set it that info would be greatly appreciated as well.

I have it functional with MSDOS 6.22, Windows 3.11, mouse, 2.6mb ram, 14.4k modem. A complete unit except for the annoying slow speed start up.

I own an old 1985 (I think) Sharp PC-7000. It works great
as a word processor, but doesn't have a hard drive. It is a
fold-up portable with a detachable keyboard on the front and
two 5" 360K disk drives on the side. I am wishing to sell this
computer or trade it for an old laptop. Email me if you're interested.

Anyone know how to access the setup for a Tandy 1000
TX. If a disk is needed, where can I find one? Thanks!

I have 2 old Tandy 1000's. I was wondering if there is anywhere that
I would be able to find hard drives that will fit them. They are 20 MB
card-type drives. I believe the originals were Western Digital, but
any brand will work. Tkanks.

To all LASER board searchers. I have a wealth of documentation ONLY, on these boards. I have jumper setting, configuration and lay outs. If you need a particular board, try to be very specific. model #, speed, board #, or even if you just have the FCC #, I can tract that down. The more info on the board the better! Since it is in Doc. form, send along a FAX # if you have one. Other wise we will have to make other arrangements.
CYA!!

To all COMPUADD board searchers. I have a wealth of documentation ONLY, on these boards. I have jumper setting, configuration and lay outs. If you need a particular board, try to be very specific. model #, speed, board #, or even if you just have the FCC #, I can tract that down. The more info on the board the better! Since it is in Doc. form, send along a FAX # if you have one. Other wise we will have to make other arrangements.
CYA!!

I have a CompuAdd 425TFX Laptop. I am looking for a source of technical support.
Also, and more urgently, I am in need of any of the original floppy disks, Manuals, or any of the other accessories that might have come with it as new.
My computer works great as long as an external monitor is connected to it, however, the display on the Laptop itself does not display anything.
The monitor appears to be powered up though, just no data. Again it works fine otherwise.

HELP!!!!

I am looking for OS and Software for an Intertec Data Systems Superbrain. Help gratefuly accepted, shipping covered. Machine may be available to loving home.
yours E K Edwin.

Anyone that may have been considering the TRS-80 model 4 that I had for sale (partly working) can stop considering as it's spoken for.

Have 1987 Tandy 1000TX mode, 386 20Meg Hard Drive and I think 4 meg Ram
1200 modem.

Question. Can I add more ram, where is the chip located. and just if known what writing
may be on the chip, what simms will fit. Thanks

In first place, excuse me for my English. The text was written in Portuguese and translated for English by " Globalink Power Translator Pro ".
I have a CompuDyne notebook model CMPD 3SL/25, with serial number S2-G015122, (at least that is the number that is in a label behind the computer). My problem is that the keyboard stopped of working. I gave orders it here for a technical attendance to Brazil and him it returned without repair. As I am technical in electronics, I opened the notebook and I verified that the connectors that are in the main board were damaged and the connectors of the keyboard were also damaged.
How can I obtain the connectors of the keyboard that are located in the main plate what they are of 16 and 8 ways? Mainly, how I can obtain the printed circuit board of the keyboard that the most damaged is?
Thank you for your collaboration.

Cordially, Walter Rodrigues

In first place, excuse me for my English. The text was written in Portuguese and translated for English by " Globalink Power Translator Pro ".
I have a notebook model CMPD 3SL/25, with serial number S2-G015122, (at least that is the number that is in a label behind the computer). My problem is that the keyboard stopped of working. I gave orders it here for a technical attendance to Brazil and him it returned without repair. As I am technical in electronics, I opened the notebook and I verified that the connectors that are in the main board were damaged and the connectors of the keyboard were also damaged.
How can I obtain the connectors of the keyboard that are located in the main plate what they are of 16 and 8 ways? Mainly, how I can obtain the printed circuit board of the keyboard that the most damaged is?
Thank you for your collaboration.

Cordially, Walter Rodrigues

I have an old Hyundai "Neuron-400" notebook. It's a 486SX-25 and the CMOS battery just died making it unusable. I'd like to find a replacement for it, but have been having trouble finding one. It's a Varta 4.6v type which has the 3 cells laying flat instead of back-to-back in a cylinder as usual. If you can help I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

I need a part for my SX-Commodore computer. the cord from the key broad to the machine.

Can anyone help me with driver/s for an Osborne monitor?
Thanks in advance
Marg Baker

I have acquired an IBM Micro Channel PS/2-95 server with no NIC. I finally got a 1987 vintage
3COM Ethernet MC card - but no disk for it. I also need the reference disks for this big box. It has a DX2-50 daughter
board... a rather nice piece of work - all SCSI! Alas, with no NIC, it'll be a coffee table. Can anyone help me with the sw
needed to install the 3COM?
Obliged.

Have Digital InfoServer 150, model SEACD-AX, has 3 - 10baseT, 1-10base2, & 1- IR port, CD ROM & Hard Drive, will sell or trade for whatever.

A friend of mine gave me three things: A Samsung NoteMaster 386L/25, a CMOS battery, and the cable that was ripped OFF the battery.

All I need to do is take the thing apart, but I need some pointers on how to disassemble a laptop. I was able to remove the following items:

Ram module
Hard drive
Battery Pack

That's it! There are a few screws and a lever that pulls out on one side, but I don't want to _force_ anything apart, for fear of breaking it completely. Suggestions?

--James

Am looking for original boot/system disks for Zenith Data
Systems laptop model number ZFL-184-01. Does anyone have
them or know where to get them?

I have a magnavox 386, 20 mhz and need to install more
ram, what 4 mb piece will fit it.

Looking for Anyone with the older Intuit QuickBooks that would run on an older XT class machine. A firend of mine is looking for it as she needs to keep her shop books but doesn'r feel like going broke to computerize when she can continue to do books manually for free.

Anyone that has it around gathering dust should email me. I prefer to trade for it but a cash sale is alright too.

i need information on a honeywell series 200 computer. . .i was wondering if you could give me any information on that particular computer that was around in 1967.
thank you- alissa ammons

I have a Commadore notepad (C386sx-LT) and need a new battery (7.2V, 2.8Ah), which is proving very difficult to get in Ireland; please advise!!!

I am also looking for a hard drive for a Compaq LTE 286.
If anyone has a extra one please e-mail me. Thanks

If have a Philips P3348 (386 SX); the one with one Simm socket on the motherboard. I want to add a 8MB 72 pins SIMM (parity).
Therefor I have to disable the 1MB memory already on board.
How can I realise this????

I have a Packard Bell Statesman Plus laptop computer. I need to know: 1) Is it possible to go beyond the max in ram (the book says 12mb is the max)THere are 3 ram slots and because i put in an 8mb ram chip i have an extra slot empty with 12mb of ram already installed. Whenever i try to add another 8mb of ram in the 3rd slot my computer says "fixed disk configuration error and prompts me to go to setup. How do i force this computer to accept 20mb of ram instead of 12? and 2)where can I find a math coprocessor for this computer (packard bell doesn't even have it in their records!)

Same old story...I have an IBM 5170 AT
with a dead or unaccessable bios.
Boots to IBM Personal Computer Basic Ver. C1.10 only,

Any help would be MOST appreciated.

Can someone give me SW1 configurations on an IBM XT mainboard?
Would like to learn what each switch represents or controls.
Thank you

Can someone give me SW1 configurations?
Would like to learn what each switch represents or controls.
Thank you

HELP!!!! I am in need of a Compaq LTE 286 hard drive, preferably the 40MB one, but the 20MB one will do just fine. Please help!!!!!

I have an AT&T 6286 WGS and need a setup disk or program.
The battery has gone bad and I need to reset the configuration.
Can anyone help? Thank You.

Tyring to upgrade the BIOS in an IBM PC/AT model 5170. Original BIOS is four 27128 ICs in sockets U17, U27, U37, and U47. BIOS upgrade supplier, UNICORE, can only supply a two IC BIOS upgrade. Will the new two IC BIOS work properly?

-Looking for a 40 MB Hard drive for a Compaq LTE/286 (part #117288-001) -So is Ruben Rosales -He was here 1st, but if you have 2 or more...

I have a Zenith TurbosPort 386 Portable....I need an AC or charger adapter for also a battery pack....would like to find a good source for these items at a reasonable price. I'd appreciate all the help I can receive in obtaining these items...Thank you very much.... It may be available forsale if I can not locate these items...thx !

p.s. the model number is : ZTC-3034 MO
info 27/37 volts....

I have a Zenith TurbosPort 386 Portable....I need an AC or charger adapter for also a battery pack....would like to find a good source for these items at a reasonable price. I'd appreciate all the help I can receive in obtaining these items...Thank you very much.... It may be available forsale if I can not locate these items...thx !

Does anyone know how to fix a Mac RGB monitor that the pull down menu bar is displayed at the top of the screen ...in what appears to be rolled up and inverted....rolled over....need a mirrir to read it.....I also have a similar problem on a NEC 3-d SVGA monitor....any info on these or similar problems and there fixes would be appreciated...thanks in advance....

I have a Tandy 1000 TL/2 and when I try to load most things on the hard drive, it starts to laod them, but keep loading, and loading, and loading and won't stop loading.
This happens with most of the programs on the HD, unless they are only text based, It will still load Deskmate but I have to run all the Deskmate apps from the disk.
If you know what the problem might be, please e-mail me!! I really need to get this working! Oh, it has a 286 processor and a color screen.
my e-mail is
aaron_neilly@hotmail.com
Thanks for your help in advance!

IBM XT MY COMMAND INTERRTER IS MISSING. THAT IS THE ONLY MESSAGE I GET ON THE SCREEN. CAN ANYONE HELP.

I think that I put the "SHARE" comand on my IBM PS/1 ? and now I cant get it to do ANYTHING!! It does not even recognise that it has a hard drive!! I cant FORMAT it ,ERASE it or INSTALL etc... HELP???

Anyone know of a picture or information about a "VISUAL 1050" computer. I believe it runs CP/M and could be similar to one called a VISUAL Commuter.
Any help will be appreciated.

I wonder if anyone can tell me about dip switch and jumper settings on a Genoa 5100 super VGA card (circa 1988)?

I need help in finding the jumper setting for a 486 Daewoo
motherboard with a cyrix 486 cpu

Warrior wrote:
Looking for information on a NEC PowermMate #1 S
et Up Disk. Any ideas or locations for download?


go to www.nec.com they have all the setup disks for downloading


you have to following through some links

I Found a Cordata Pc 400. It Doesn't seem to have a port for a keyboard. Could I use an adapter in one of the serial ports? It has two 5 and 1/2 Drives, no hard drive. Can I upgrade it? What kind of motherboard does it have? Any Info if Possible? Thanks, Jake

I am looking for infirmation on a Atari 850 which is the name on a small tan colored box with connectors pointing out of 3 sides. I am also looking for infirmation on a Digital Computer Controls D-116 it reads from paper tape. I would appreciate any infirmation on these two items if you know anything please e-mail me.

Have 5 Osborne Portables with software and two monitors. all for $300.00
plus shipping to your location. Also one external hard drive...
5 MB I think. Any tackers???

Can anyone tell me if I can put a western digital 341 meg hard drive into an old Cpmpaq DeskPro 386/20e, and where I can obtain a copy of the bios set up disk(s)

TIA

I NEED ANY INFORMATION ON THE ZWL-184-2 LAPTOP SYSTEM OR SIMILAR SYSTEM TO IT
MANUALS,HOT TO CONFIGURE THE MODEM?WHAT TYPE OF DRIVER DO I NEED,THANKS FOR YOUR HELP

looking for a 286 motherboard with mathco. and 4 meg of ram can anyone help

I've got a Tandy TRS-80 model 2000HD. It has both internal
and external hard drives. Both drives are 10MB, and neither
drive works.

Also in the system are: 2 floppy drives, a mono graphics
card with color option, and a DigiMouse/Clock card.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

To Sean, with the broken Apple IIc drive:

I don't know about getting a new drive, but if you can get
your hands on an Disk //c external drive (the one
specifically designed for the //c) you can take that drive
and replace the interal drive with it.

If you do replace the internal drive, make sure you connect
the cable to the drive properly. The cable supplies both
the data and power to the drive, and if you put it on wrong
(the connector is not keyed), you'll most likely toast the
drive. I know from experience :(

You can't really use an external drive only on the IIc,
because most IIc's can't boot the external drive, and the
ones that can can only boot ProDOS disks...

Good luck!

I have a Kaypro computer that I used up until two years ago when I bought a Performa 6200. I am looking for the conversion software from Kaypro to DOS. From DOS I can then convert it to MAC . I have heard of such software and in fact one service bureau had it but wanted twenty bucks a disc to translate.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dennis Dobbin

Hey, my Apple IIc internal drive is busted. Anyone know where i can get a new (internal perferably, external is OK)

Seems I had a weird dump of some of my bookmarks (and I haven't run my tape backup in 2 weeks) so I lost the last half of them.

Someone had emailed me a really good source of info and parts on PS/2's but I don't have the faintest idea of what it was or who sent it. If anyone has links to ANY PS/2 info or parts sources, please drop them in a quick email to me - it would be appreciated.

Also still looking for anyone that has a replacement blue LCD screen for an NEC PowerMate portable, model APC-H701 or 702. Any other parts that are specific to the unit are wanted also. I'd also love to get another 701 or 702 for my other son at a reasonable price. I'm trying to set up a unit they each could have for whatever they need as they go to classes after HS graduation this summer.

I have a 75mhz pentium made by COMPUDYNE. The problem is I
bought a 4.3Gb hard drive and the bios says its only a 72Mb
drive. It seems to work OK in windows 95 except it went
into compatability mode. I think I need a bios upgrade.
Any Ideas on how to go about this.

Looking for information on a NEC PowermMate #1 Set Up Disk. Any ideas or locations for download?

i just got cd-rom for my computer 486 ibm 20 mags of ram and sound blaster
33.6 modem and the cd-rom is one that can take 4 cd'sat one tine..running windows95 and need drivers
for the cd-rom...anyhelp would be just nice thanks...timekeeper....

Just getting a beautiful Toshiba T1000SE going. Docs discuss both VDisk (MS-DOS) and the built-in HardRAM. Why would anyone choose VDisk over the niffy HardRAM?

To Mikol Ryon:
The Kapro II keyboard cable can be replaced by a telephone handset-to-dialer coiled black cord available at Radio Shack or any other place that sells phone accessories.

I have stumbled upon a Kaypro II. It seems to work
fine but the keyboard cable is missing.

Does anyone have the pinout of the cable so that
i can make one?

thanks.

I have an compuadd 425c laptop.I need modem and information. I do not have any books for the unit. Need HELP THANKS

i have a mac plus 1meg . no hard drive or anything else. would like to get external hdrive and maybe some ram. does anyone know a source of second-hand stuff.
thanks

I have two 386 computers that I am trying to repair.
The first is a Laser386 desktop, I am trying to add on an add-on card, but I need to know how to turn off the original mouse port and set up the new one as the default.

The Second computer is an Avanti025 386 Laptop, I need the schematics so that I can reattach the cmos battery.

Help me! :)
Somebody knows something about Jumper Configuration of the Motherboard 486SLB
Got one, but it don't works.

Thanx
Walter

Does anyone know of any restrictions on upgrading a
hard drive in a PS/1? It currently has a 108meg hard
drive (and 10 meg of ram)... it's a 486sx with dos
6.20 and Win 3.1.

Thanx Tim

got a hand-me-down headstart explorer,i need hareware and soft ware, hoping this will be a good first system for 10&2 year old kids.i don't have alot of cash ,so please be kind

On boot-up I get the error message "invalid configuration information" on a packard bell axcel 530. Does anyone know what the
standard setup was? Have tried Packard Bell's website - but can't find information. Any suggestions?

I have a Zenith Supersport lap top model ZFL-184-01.
I need help locating the start up disk for it It won't function without the dos start up disk. any help would be appreciated.

I have a Packard Bell Legend 125 and I need to find someone with the set up disk. It went down and I need to get it back up. Can any assist me.

I look for any software EPSON QX-10 with boot disk. Anybody help me..

I'm looking for a boot diskette for a Northstar Horizon.
Anyone got one they can copy for me? Is there additional
information I need to supply? My housemates are looking at
it funny since I've never booted it. Thanks.

Does anyone know if the Nec Powermate Portable (not a laptop) (APC-H701.702)
can be upgraded to at least a '486?

Any leads to upgrading this machine will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

--paul--

Hi. Need documentation, or at least some advice on using
an Epson HX-20.
Thanks.

i need 1mb memory for T1100PLUS, also the memory driver.
please email me. am looking for an old windows version,prior
to 3.1 if there is such an animal.

i need 1mb memory for T1100PLUS, also the memory driver. let me
know where to find or sell them to me. email me or call(602)877-0367.

i need 1mb memory for T1100PLUS, also the memory driver. let me
know where to find or sell them to me. email me or call(602)877-0367.

The problem I have is that the cpu is not accessing any ram or rom. I used a logic probe and the a bus were high, and the d bus was low

i have a toshiba T1100PLUS from 1986-87 or there about. they came with the
option of 1mb of expanded memory. i would like to find the memory card
for my computer. i have the expansion card it fits into. can anyone help me find the
card and driver for this model? would like to find this fairly cheap,only paid
$25 for the computer at an auction, thanks in advance.

I need a monitor for a 286 Acer computer. Does anyone know some good sources?

I bought a box that look like a computer. The name is IBM 5086 Graphics Processor.
Does anyone know what it is.
I would be very happy for any answers.

I have the complete orginal SAMS computerfacts technical service data for the IBM PC-XT model 5160-086 computer. If you need info. on anything referencing the IBM 5160 email me at MY NEW ADDRESS:
northruj@newtec.wsmr.army.mil

active commodore 8 bit user will try to answer questions
on the following computers
cbm8096
cbm8032
c64
c128d
4040,8050,8250 ,1570 drives
4022p,8023p printers
- only web access two times a month at present so be patient for replies!

hello again from me!
active 8 bit commodore user - will try and answer
questions on the following computers
cbm8032
cbm8096
c64
c128
4040,8050,8250,1570 disk drives
4022p , 8023p printers
also have software lib available
at present can only access web twice a month so be patient!

Does anyone know if a TRS-80 Line Printer will work with Windows95? If not, I need drivers for this printer. I've tried text only drivers, but it spouts out all this cryptic code and prints past the page. This printer worked great on Windows3.1, but I just upgraded, and no dikettes came with it. If anyone knows where I can get the diskettes to set it up, you know more than me. I have burned myself out searching the Tandy/Radio Shack websites and vintage computer tech sites. Help!

I need to know what size and type of monitor I can use with a MAC IIcx.
I have a 12" color monitor, and there's just lines across the screen. Someone take pity on me please, and help!

Michele Pryor

Just became the owner of a Texas Instruments TravelMate LT286/25.
Looking for a battery charger, documentation.

i have a magnavox 300, i need to know the setup commands
it's a 286, with a 3.5 drive. anyone having any old setup
disks, and would give me a copy, i sure would apperciate it.

I need documentation for LASER COMPACT XT, and pin data for the power supply.
I need pin data for the 15 pin parallel port.

also data for a TOSHIBA model P1340 printer

Does anyone have an IBM XT keyboard BIOS chip that they would
be willing to give to me?? I own an old Turbo XT computer and some
fool took the keyboard BIOS chip out before I came by it. I
know that the Turbo XT works since I took the keyboard BIOS chip out of
my normal XT and put it in the Turbo to test it). Please E-mail me.
Thanks in advance!!

P.S. I'm also looking for an IBM XT case cover in good condition.
You know... the thing that you can unscrew and slide off
the lower frame of the computer to get to the inside of
the computer. The people who owned it before me abused the
cover.

Does anyone have an IBM XT keyboard BIOS chip that they would
be willing to give to me?? I own an old Turbo XT computer and some
fool took the keyboard BIOS chip out before I came by it. I
know that the Turbo XT works since I took the keyboard BIOS chip out of
my normal XT and put it in the Turbo to test it). Please E-mail me.
Thanks in advance!!

Got a Macintosh ][ and a Mac SE Superdrive. Both of them
work. Here's my question: The Mac ][ has only 800K drives,
while the SE has a 1.44mb drive. I've tried just swapping
the drives around between the two computers, but the Mac ][
won't read the disk drive as anything more than 800k. Is
there any way to get the Mac ][ to read 1.44 mb floppies that
doesn't involve buying a new motherboard (or is anyone willing
to sell me a motherboard dirt cheap?). Thanks in advance.

Zenith Laptop Mod# ZWL-184-97. Would like to locate the cmos setup boot disk. Or, can you tell me how to access the cmos via key-strokes?? Can You Help!!!!

Thanks

I would like to know if the Dynalogic Hyperion computers,
which are displayed in this museum, ever shipped with an
onboard math co-processor along with the 8088 chip. I have
a Hyperion and it out performs a 386sx when doin large number
calculations. Many others do not believe me when I insist
it has a math processor. Please help me clear this up.

I'd like everyone to know that the post from January 13 about the phone companies imposing a per-minute charge for inet access has already been denied. Those e-mails are remnants from way back in the early 90's. It might not even have been true, but I encourage everyone look for info about it.

-Kris Hepler

Need to Know how to access the bios set up for a Magnavox HEADSTART 300 computer. It is a 286 and uses a Phillips ROM BIOS VER 2.41.

I am looking for manuals and intrutions for the Lynk Computer. I have not been able to find a dealer who carries this and do not know where the manufacture is. Please help

I'm looking for a Macintosh SE CRTube. It has to be in working condition. One of my friends 'de-sucked' his before he booted it for the first time.

Also, if anyone has SCSI hard draives for sale, I'm looking for something around 500Mb.

Hello, I own a Priam 185A Hard Drive. 72MB, not bad.
Can anyone please send me an idea of the jumper configuration?
I know the drive works, its just that I know that I have the
jumpers in the wrong place. Thankyou for reading this.

I was would like to know if it is posable to take the CRT out of a TRS-80 Model 3 and put it into a model 4.

I also need to know if the TRS-80 needs a boot up disk and if it does what operating system does it use.

Thanks

I am looking for technical information about the Panafacom Duet-16 Computer. It's an 8086-based machine, which could be run under either CP/M-86 or (MS-)DOS. It was on the German market around 1983.

I need information about:
- the pinout of the keyboard connector
- the pinout of the video connector
- the type of video adapter

Thanks, Thomas

Can You Help...?
I need to know the descriptions/functions of the pin-jumpers for two different memory boards:
ISA bus 16-bit into a 486 M-board...ought to be straight forward...Yes!?!...hhhmmmm.
1.)...AST Rampage Plus 286, with 8-30 pin simm slots...jumpers E1 thry E5...
2.)...AST SIXPAK 286, with 4-30 pin simm slots....jumpers E1 thru E12...
Thank you for your help........Ken...

I'm a 35 year old incapacitated pensioner with some skills in repairing PC's. I don't want to sit arround doing nothing so I am learning what I can.

If anyone has, or knows of' any test equipment, test programs, alignment disks (even for 360K 5.25) available cheap please email me.

I am also after old or surplus IBM service manuals and information.

Thank you.

Have the following for sale. Make me an offer:
1- EGA monitor and card
2- monocrome monitors and cards
1- 286 motherboard will hold min.2mb memory,Scat Bios
1- Samsung hard drive 31mb


Make an offer to my email address.

I have a Macintosh SE with keyboard, mouse, manuals,all system software, and more. Want to get rid of it. Make me an offer.

I have a DEC 320p laptop, very simular to Tandy 3820.
I need a setup program that sets the hard disk parameters
(cylinders,heads,sectors/track) or any if you have any other
ideas let me know. Thanks

Need Space! I've got a CompuAdd 286/12 that worked before I disassembled it. If anyone wants it, pay for the shipping and it's yours. Has a bunch of manuals with it.

I have a Compuadd 325TX that has a problem. It boots up and shows a refrence # of A23CA0514, then about 2 minutes later, it spits out keyboard controller failer twice,then reports memory, then says press spacebar to terminate memory test. Then it gives out a gate A20 failure. I could use some help with this, if you can't help, a website or number where I can get help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I have a Toshiba T3300SL laptop and a docking station.
Both have the power supply failing.
I would like to get tips, manuals or components to repair them.
Besides this, I would like to get a battery pack for this laptop.

I have a Compaq DeskPro XL 5100.
My question is as follows:

does anyone out there know if it is possible
to upgrade my 100 MHZ Pentium processor to a 200 Mhz
Pentium or MMX 200 Mhz Pentium processor?

If so, what type of things do I need to do to
the motherboard, firmware system configuration,
etc, to get this upgrade to work.

If this is possible, I am considering purchasing the
Pentium 200 Mhz or MMX processor as appropriate.

I have a Tandy 300NL that I cannot get the setup to work.
I can get it to show the 640 base memory but cannot get the
entended memory. It contains two memory modules with 9 chips.
The chips say Korea 826 KM41256AJ-12. If you know the setup
please let me know. Thanks.

I'm trying to get 5 Zenith Laptops Model ZWL-184-97 working for a friend who bought them at a surplus auction. I've narrowed down the lot to the following: Three 'good' & 2 'bad' computers. There are no power supplies and batteries. He did buy another that was complete and works great. Now back to the other 5; they all power up, but none of the C drives boot. I can get Dos 5 to boot off the 360k 3.5 floppys. I don't know if the HD's (20MB) are bad or parked or something. The 2 'bad' ones LCD's seem gone. The other 3 'good' ones seem good to go. I'd like to know if there's any way to 'free' the HD's or if there are any 360k size programs what will run on a 640k computer? They will also be for sale if anyone wants them (He only wanted the 1, but had to bid on the whole lot). All of them have 1200 baud modems. I'm told that they will operate in a voltage range of 12-16.5Volts / 1-2amps. These power supplies can easily be found at your local Radio Shack. After looking at the battery pack, a make shift one should be easy to make also with parts from Radio Shack. These would at the very least make good replacement parts for people who own their own ZWL-184's. Asking price is: $20.00 ea for the 2 'bad' ones and $40.00 ea for the 3 'good' ones + S/H (your choice of method since your paying/est $10.00 or less U.S. postage). These cost around $169.00+ from other sources: http://wwwipp.unicomp.net/c-reset/lap-port.html or http://www.olderzds.com/weekly.htm Either way to sell them or fix them would help us a lot. Thanks again!

can a tandy 1000 be upgraded to access the internet?

I have an Osborne 1 as pictured at this site without any software.
Anyone have or know a source for boot and application software?

James Caro, Please email me for a relpy to your message..

I need a copy of the sound card driver for Media Vision Spectrum Sony CD ROM, card model 650-0032-xx. I have been to Media vision site found the driver, fed16s.exe, but I can not access the ftp. This computer is for a friend of mine's little girl . Anyone with info THANKS!!!

I just made a trade with a guy in Florida, I gave him a Sega Genesis with CD and 32x, 30 games, 2 controllers, a gameboy, 12 games, and a case. He game me a Conpaq 386/25 Portable with a Red Plasma screen, 80 meg HDD, 10 Megs of ram , VGA card, 14" viewable Greyscale Monitor, 14.4 voice/modem. Do you think it's a good deal er what!!!?

I have some questions. Is this computer upgradeable to 486? What kind of ports does it have? And could I use my CD-ROM in it? I haven't recieved it yet, so I only have some idea what I can put in it. If anyone has had any expierence with these computer, I would love to hear about them.

If anyone has technical specs on this unit and if it can be upgraded for video application such as 3D etc or any other sugestiong for its capabilities. Thanks

"Glad that I found the CompuAdd forum".
I used to be a proud owner of a CompuAdd 450, which is a
486 50 mhz screamin machine and now I am just an owner.

Recently I tried to upgrade my memory from 16mb ram to 32mb,
and I own manuals! My original configuration was two 4mb ram
sims. My 1st upgrade was a 8mg ram sim to give me 16mg of
ram. The world was apples and oranges until I tried to
upgrade my memory even higher with a 16mg sim. No matter
what combinations of sims I used, anything over a 16 meg
configuration made video display much slower. System bios
did acknowledged the many memory configurations, and my
system is suppose to be upgradable to 64 meg of memory.
Now I was told that some 486 mother boards had a flaw
of this nature, or is this just another reason why CompuAdd
went under? Or is there a jumper that I need to connect?
Does anyone have a solution to this problem or ever hear of
such a thing?

Please Reply, Thanks

Jon

I need to find a website that I am able to download bootup disks for IBM PS/2 Laptops, if anyone can help me please e-mail me, I would be very thankful.

To "Mike" of Phoenix, AZ who's both a bit shy and doesn't complete his email address concerning his dual MFM/RLL drive installation:

If any of this sounds redundant, just recheck and play along....

Did you change the jumpers on the drives to reflect that both are DS1 (B: selection) with a twist cable, or one DS0 and the
other DS1 for a non-twist cable? Ok, you imply a twisted cable on the 34 pin side. Are the twists from wire 6-10 or
10-16? The 10-16 cable is for floppies, not MFM/RLL drives. Also, each drive gets a 20 pin "control" cable and make
sure the position to #1 is correct on all cables.

Now the next dumb question....did you remove the terminating resistor from the C: drive and make sure it exists on the D:
drive? Have the drives been correctly setup in CMOS, partitioned with FDISK and formatted?

Also remember that on DOS versions prior to either 4 or 5 that the partitions can be no bigger than 32mb.

Hi i have a ibm ps2 modle 90 486 25mhz that i need a mother board
for.can you tell me where i can get one.thank you.
2)i also have many old tx,pcjr,and other computer parts if anyone
is in need please look me up on the at mastrlion@hotmail.com

It is time to free an old, but workhorse, KAYPRO from the
storage bin. Have software, all manuals, and I even think
an original advertisement. Any collector interested -- or
anyone know of a good chartible use. Thanks.

Hi All. Does anyone have any clue as to how to get an old
1990's MegaTrend 386DX to support TWO hard drives. I've changed
the jumper on the back of one of them for the twisted wire as per
Seagate instructions, (Drives are model ST-251 & ST-238r).
Also set the CMOS setup to each drives specs, (Cyl, Sec, Tracks,
ect...). But when it boots it trys to run both drives, then
Post, that the D: drive has failed.

Well if any one out there has any thoughts on this Thanks in advance

how do i enter a square root after a number on my commodore 128

how do i enter a square root when entering a program

Need info on where to get hardware for Commodore 64 computers. 1581 Disk drive; name of Web site; etc.

In need of installation software for Irwin 120/250 mb
(accutrak series)internal tape drive. DOSs or Windows,IBM
capatible.

HELP! I am in need of a copy of EZTAPE program for an Irwin Accutrak 120 tape backup. Can anyone help me?

I found a working TRS-80 Model PC-2. Anyone know where I might obtain a manual for it?

Thanks.

Does anyone have information on a Toshebia H/D model
MK134FA-1. Need setup spec. for this drive.
Thanks in advance.
Moe Albaugh
malbaugh@mail.win.org

Anyone that may be in need of any Epson computer, printer, or scanner software can obtain it directly on line (and free) at the web address of:
http://www.epson.com/connects/ftp.shtml
It would also be a good idea for anyone that may have an Epson to bookmark the page for future use.

I am helping a friend find a compatible printer for a Wang 80286, with DOS 3.3. Any suggestions?

thanks
sp

An old Toshiba T1200 8086 Laptop with a 720kb floppy drive I use has the 'parity boot virus'. This has survived formatting the hard drive from a clean DOS disk. In fact, I got so used to the occasional frozen screen with the legend: 'parity check' , I supposed it to be some sort of system message relating to the laptop itself...
Anyhow, I have used Norton Antivirus to clean up all floppies and desktop PC of traces of this virus, so I have no problem here. Obviously, I am not going to input floppy disk files of my written stuff from the laptop to the desktop PC, since any 720kb floppy that has sat in the laptop A drive will have had the virus written to it every hour.
Norton Antivirus boot disk and definitions disks are 1.44, while the Toshiba laptop drive is 720 only. I think booting from this programme may solve the problem.
Any ideas on this please ?
Ian.

Looking to get into robotics using the Timex Sinclair 1000 minicomputer

To Desie Hay:
I agree with you! Please re-post your letter every day to remind everyone. People, please use the "Find" button on Netscape Navigator or Ctrl+F on Internet Explorer to search the page for your topic before posting a question. There's a good chance it's been asked and answered before (sometimes a hundred times before!) This "I can't get into the BIOS" is getting pretty boring.

(CRYING OUT ALOUD) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
99.99999999999% XT'S, 286'S AND SOME 386'S DID NOT HAVE BIOS'S THAT YOU COULD ENTER
BY PRESSING KEY COMBO'S, YOU NEED A SETUP DISK TO SET THEM UP!!!!!!!!
SOME PEOPLE HAVE STATED THIS BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO I DONT WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE QUESTIONS LIKE THIS:


"Help my X86 wount enter the BIOS I have tried the key combo but it dosen't work"



thank you I had to get that off my chest

A more apporiate question would be to ask for a setup disk or ftp site where you can get the setup program


NEC has execleent resoureces for older NEC's on their page




(I feel much better now!!

I have a Dell 320N+ notebook. The lcd display went up in smoke on it. I need either a schematic for it or a none working unit with a good display. any help would be great.

This is reposted because of an incorrect e-mail adress
Ok, this may be a doozy because I've got a couple of questions.
1) I have an Epson Equity I+ 286 that originally had a 5 1/4
floppy in it. I purchased a 3 1/2 floppy and was told when I
purchased it that it was a high density drive. It won't read
high density disks. I have advised that I need to get into my
BIOS in order to change some of the parameters. I've tried all
of the fun little keystrokes, but nothing seems to work. Can
someone please help?
2) The battery in the above mentioned computer died a long time
ago. Is there any chance that this may have something to do with
my inability to get into my BIOS?
3) I recently aquired a 486 mother board to upgrade the above computer.
I was told that I would need to get into something called my CMOS. Again,
I have tried all of the keystrokes, and I am wondering if the absense of a
battery is hindering me in this as well.
I hope someone can help me.

This is reposted because of an incorrect e-mail adress
Ok, this may be a doozy because I've got a couple of questions.
1) I have an Epson Equity I+ 286 that originally had a 5 1/4
floppy in it. I purchased a 3 1/2 floppy and was told when I
purchased it that it was a high density drive. It won't read
high density disks. I have advised that I need to get into my
BIOS in order to change some of the parameters. I've tried all
of the fun little keystrokes, but nothing seems to work. Can
someone please help?
2) The battery in the above mentioned computer died a long time
ago. Is there any chance that this may have something to do with
my inability to get into my BIOS?
3) I recently aquired a 486 mother board to upgrade the above computer.
I was told that I would need to get into something called my CMOS. Again,
I have tried all of the keystrokes, and I am wondering if the absense of a
battery is hindering me in this as well.
I hope someone can help me.

This is reposted because of an incorrect e-mail adress
Ok, this may be a doozy because I've got a couple of questions.
1) I have an Epson Equity I+ 286 that originally had a 5 1/4
floppy in it. I purchased a 3 1/2 floppy and was told when I
purchased it that it was a high density drive. It won't read
high density disks. I have advised that I need to get into my
BIOS in order to change some of the parameters. I've tried all
of the fun little keystrokes, but nothing seems to work. Can
someone please help?
2) The battery in the above mentioned computer died a long time
ago. Is there any chance that this may have something to do with
my inability to get into my BIOS?
3) I recently aquired a 486 mother board to upgrade the above computer.
I was told that I would need to get into something called my CMOS. Again,
I have tried all of the keystrokes, and I am wondering if the absense of a
battery is hindering me in this as well.
I hope someone can help me.

Ok, this may be a doozy because I've got a couple of questions.
1) I have an Epson Equity I+ 286 that originally had a 5 1/4
floppy in it. I purchased a 3 1/2 floppy and was told when I
purchased it that it was a high density drive. It won't read
high density disks. I have advised that I need to get into my
BIOS in order to change some of the parameters. I've tried all
of the fun little keystrokes, but nothing seems to work. Can
someone please help?
2) The battery in the above mentioned computer died a long time
ago. Is there any chance that this may have something to do with
my inability to get into my BIOS?
3) I recently aquired a 486 mother board to upgrade the above computer.
I was told that I would need to get into something called my CMOS. Again,
I have tried all of the keystrokes, and I am wondering if the absense of a
battery is hindering me in this as well.
I hope someone can help me.

Ok, this may be a doozy because I've got a couple of questions.
1) I have an Epson Equity I+ 286 that originally had a 5 1/4
floppy in it. I purchased a 3 1/2 floppy and was told when I
purchased it that it was a high density drive. It won't read
high density disks. I have advised that I need to get into my
BIOS in order to change some of the parameters. I've tried all
of the fun little keystrokes, but nothing seems to work. Can
someone please help?
2) The battery in the above mentioned computer died a long time
ago. Is there any chance that this may have something to do with
my inability to get into my BIOS?
3) I recently aquired a 486 mother board to upgrade the above computer.
I was told that I would need to get into something called my CMOS. Again,
I have tried all of the keystrokes, and I am wondering if the absense of a
battery is hindering me in this as well.
I hope someone can help me.

I am after the pinouts for all the connectors on an IBM
pcjr, and also the pinout of the color monitor for the pc jr.

Can anyone help ?

I just added a Digital Rainbow 100 to my collection. I think it needs a new keyboard. I also need software for it. Can anyone help with either?
thanx

I am preparing for a missionary trip to Africa and was given an old Epson Equity LT portable computer. When it boots up it shows the following message:
"161 System OptionsNot Set
(Run SETUP in DIAGNOSTICS)
F1 Key to Resume"

Hitting the F1 key results in the system booting up, but there is no directory named "DIAGNOSTICS". I presume that DIAGNOSTICS must refer to a system setup diskette. I have a couple of questions

1) Do you know where can I get a copy of the system setup diskette? (Epson will only help if I call their tech support line and pay by the minute)

2) The system has a buit in modem (speed unknown -- but probably quite slow). Next to the phone in & out jacks are 4 DIP switches with no expalnation of how they should be set. Running the PCTools System Info diagnostic shows that there is a COM1 port, but Laplink shows two (COM1 & COM2) and that there is a modem on COM2, and that the modem passes diagnostics. HOWEVER, I can not get it to dial. Do you know what the DIP switch settings should be, and what the correct modem init string would be for this modem? (Laplink's basic hayes compatable string doesn't work -- it syas that the modem failed to initialize)

3) Any ideas on where I could get manuals for this beast?

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I have a commodore 1571 Disk Drive S#ad1021166
it is for the kids, it wont read the disk, need help to
figure out or take some where for service

I'm searching drivers for my tapedrive. Tapedrive is
WangDAT 3100 / Tecmar QT DAT 2 / Wangtek QIC, anything goes. Do you have them ?? Could you mail them for me, please ??
Do you know where to find them ??

I have a Tandy TRS-80 microcomputer 3 and a Tandy TRS-80 microcomputer 4. The microcomputer 3 has a good CRT but no curser. Ths microcomputer 4 has a very blury CRT but a good CPU. Is there a way I can swich a part from one to the other to make one work or is there another way to fix one or both.
Thanks!

Sinclair MK14

Does anybody have any information about this machine: circuit diagrams, component lists, manual or even a machine to sell, working or not. I am very keen to experience what were/are the capabilities of the MK 14.

Thanks,

Huw.

How do I get to the museum page? I have only seen the helpline which is very enjoyable all by itself.

I have come across a Data General One in fairly good condition. I understand that certain software may be available that was designed specifically for the DG One like WordPerfect and/or MathPlan. Do you have anything like these programs available? Also, is there any value in this old laptop?

I am working on a CompuAdd 425TFX. We don't have the original set up disks, but would like to enable the power saving utilities. Where can I get a copy of these?
Thanks

I have an old ZEOS 486 on which we lost the hard drive. We
have reloaded a replacement drive but can't find a 256 color
vga driver that works. The video card has the name Zeos on
it but no indication of who the oem was. MSD indicates the
video card is an Award oVGA. Any ideas as to what video
driver I should use?

Dear Anonymouse

Try this address for ps/2 info
http://gbweb.net/faq.htm#1

I have an Amstrad 2086/30 and have lost the cusor.
In dos i.e. C:\> but no flashing cursor.
In most programs it missing as well.
Please help if you can.
Thanks in advance.

I HAVE AN IBM XT WHILE DELETING I LOST COMMAND INTERPERTER HOW CAN I GET THESE BACK I HAVE ALREADY TRIED TO RELOAD THE INSTALL. PROGRAM WITH NO LUCK
THANKS BOB

I have reciently aquired an old AT&T 3B2/600 running System V R3.2.1. My problem is that the machine has not been in use since 1994 and noone knows the root password any more.
Worse yet they found all the manuals and tapes but not the rescue boot floppy. Does anyone out there know where i can get a copy of this floppy or a way to gain access from the login prompt?
My only other hope is to disassemble the machine, remove the hard disks and access them through my Linux system, not something I want to do.
Thanks for any help.

I'm trying to assist a friend in adding memory to an Emerson 386 SX/16 with a Phoenix BIOS. I have been unable to get into the BIOS setup to get it to recognize the new memory. Does anyone know what key combination will get me into the setup?

About 7 months ago a friend gave me 3 portable computers. They are made by Zenith-Morrow with LCD screens, 720 K floppies built in the side, 1 meg memory expansion boards installed, some form of video card with composite and 9 pin vga (?) output and two of them have modems. I have powered up these units and all function perfectly. One of them is like new with the cardboard things still in the disk drives ! A plate on the back of one reads ZFL-171-82. I opened the worst one up and found an 8088 processor.
My question is about the expansion socket on the back.. it looks like a standard ISA socket. Does anyone have some ideas ?? I have plenty of old ISA things that I could plug in to try ie.. floppy controllers, IDE controllers, sound cards, VGA cards and modem.
Thanks !

need help fixing how my 1.44 3.5 floppy reads itself. right now it reads as though it were a 360k 5.25 floppy. i have heard that getting into the bios might help, but i don't know how to get into the bios on a model-80 ibm 386 personal system/2. would appreciate help very greatly.

I have a Lasersx(486sx). I am looking for a power supply for this machine. The case is I believe a baby ATX? It has a riser card for adapter cards. The power supply is housed under a metal cover, that when removed shows the power supply. it looks like a circuit board. Laser has a website in the Netherlands but no info on older models. Any help is appreciated.

i just got a trs80-4d i need operating disks have one of two can some one email me others thanks for any help Jack

I've aquired a Digital Micro PDP 11/73 computer and several
VT320 and VT220 display units for it. I have an external
disk drive for it, but it seems to have a short in it, and
it won't power up. It also has an internal tape drive.
Unfortunately, I have no software for this thing, and the
hard drive has developed some bad sectors, and it will
not completely boot up. It appears to be running an OS
called Micro/RSX. Does anyone have any install disks/tapes
for this thing, or have any information about where to find it?
Thanks.

I am looking for a 8 bit driver for an old 8 bit cdrom card.
panasonic I think. could be mitsumi
anybody got one?
thanks
mel

Seeking complete detailed technical info/explanation of subtle
difference between 3-chip and 9-chip 30-pin parity SIMMs.
Also seek memory configuration/motherboard jumpering info
for Swan 386SX (16MHz).
Thanks! -k kethd@geocities.com

On my IBM PC (1983 I believe) I was wondering if it possible to comunicate with it by using a cable connection through LPT 1 or something (hooking it to another computer temperarily networking it) If this is possible please let me know, and if its not also let me know.. Thank You

I have a magnavox headstart 386sx/20 computer. Does the dip have to be changed to install a math co-processor? Is there a jumper necessary on the daughter board? Does anyone remember the 386sx? I'd appreciate any info--thanks

I have a magnavox headstart 386sx/20 computer. Does the dip switch have to be changed to install a math co-processor? Is there a jumper necessary on the daughter board? Does anyone remember the 386sx? I'd appreciate any info--thanks

I have an Osborne 1 that looks slightly different then others I have seen (as in the picture posted on this site) The latches are on the top of the machine and the keyboard has a looped cord (like a telephone). Does anyone know some history behind these machines and what model I might have. Thanks in advance.

Please help! I am trying to run setup on a Magitronic K-159
w/Pheonix 80286 ROM BIOS PLUS VERSION 3.10 When
I turn the unit on I get a message which reads: Please run
setup prgrm Strike F1 to continue. When F1 is struck the next message reads: Invalid configuration No boot device
available Strike F1 to retry boot. Do I need a setup disc?
If so where can I get one? I would greatly appreciate all
replies. Thanks in advance to all, M.B.

I am looking for parts and upgrades for a Mitsubishi MP 286L
portable computer.I am specifically looking for a replacement
3.5" built in floppy and memory upgrades.
If anyone has these parts or knows where i can get them please let me know.
Thank You.

I am a fourth grade student and we are trying to get information about the first computer
can you help?

URGET HELP REQUIRED! - We have an IBM Advent 466d (486) upgraded to DX2-80Mhz with Pheonix BIOS.

Now for the question:-
Does anybody know where we can obtain a system bios upgrade quickly!

Thankyou!

I have a card with a 78 pin female connector (can only describe as DB78) and 4 switch DIP. No name on the card, but, two chips say ZILOS. Sticker on back has what looks like a M/N 6198 2994 AAI 148. Does anyone have any ideas?

Also, is there software or ideas out there to use the old Winchester type drives in the new machines? I have the controller board and drives already.

can you tell me about the compuadd 325tx labtop. What is it, the processor, harddrive, memory, screen (if it is color or black and white), etc.

Need information on NEC Pinwriter P6.

Thanks

I have an Old IBM PC... I think it was one of the 83's or something. Any way I need help.. When i boot it up, It comes up and says IBM Personal Computer Basic.. Blah.. Blah, And Then says Ok, Now when i type in Load"what I want to load...
It will say Device I/O Error or something... The same thing happens when I try to save.. What do I do? I would really really appreachate some help.. If any one if farmiluar with this machine, Please get back with me.. I need help...

I am working on an old Compuadd 425CSX machine (laptop, 386 type, with 4 MB ram.)
when i boot the display, it does not show anything, and I am wondering if anyone knows the
homepage for compuadd. i've searched the net, but can't find anything technical on this machine.

thanks

Hi.

I┤ve got a floppy tape streamer, its name is

Alloy Retriever 200-400e

I wonder if somebody could tell me

- what kind of tape it is (QIC?)
- where to get drivers (DOS & Cie.) or how to
connect it to a Linux machine
- whether somebody has access to manuals

Many thanks in advance!

DEC PDP11/23 for sale in working order 8 ports, 2 x 5mb drives,
discs, diagnostic discs available. Cost ú22,000 in 1980

Best offer over ú5.00! Buyer to remove from our offices
15/1/97

I have an Epson PC AX portable laptop
that has error "162 options not set" "run setup in diagnostics"
I think it means Bios but i cannot get into the bios with the usual Del key or escape key on boot up...Any ideas?
Or do you know anywher that i may try
Thx
Jason

I have an old Thompson 4375M monitor. It has a 9 pin and a 25 pin connector on it as well as composite. Its a CGA/RGB. Does anyone have a manual for this old monitor? I need the specks and the pin out for the 25 pin port. Can't find anything on the net about it. Thompson went out of business years ago. Will gladly pay for a copy of the manual.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.
Denise

I have a KAYPRO 2X that I am trying to get up and running. This machine is Circa 1983,84. It uses the CP/M operating system and has a Z-80 processor. Anyone who might be of assistance with this machine pls email me at TRBLSHOOTR@aol.com. Thanks.

I have a Tandy 1000 TL3,I would like to rebuild,what type of mother board can I install,and also memory expansion size.I want to build to a 486 and not spend over $400.00

I have found an old HP 75. It looks like Hewlett Packard's first attempt at a portable
computer complete with 8k of RAM! - circa 1982. If anyone knows anything about this old relic
I would appreciate some information.

Thanks

I have a PC jr monitor (model 4863) laying around (picked up at a garage sale for change some time ago) that I would like to convert to be used as a CGA/EGA monitor for a server that I have been putting together. Does anyone have instructions on how to rework the connector?
Thanks!

Ok Epson Equity/Apex owners that are boggled by where to get a copy of the SETUP program that the previous owner should have given to you. Go the the following site and get the applicable setup program from it:

http://www.epson.com/connects/ftp4.html

Hope this is of some benefit as I just reworked an Equity III and the stupid thing wouldn't take all of the CMOS data from ANY generic or name brand setup utility I used.

I have a mac IIcx and could use a schematic for its
board. If anyone knows where i might find one please let me
know

thanx

I have a Commodore 64 and am looking for any programs for
it. I am especially looking for a game called Roadwar 2000.
If you have any send me a price list

Looking for other old computer collectors in the Maine, New Hampshire, Mass area to trade, etc.. with. E-mail if interested.

I have a Zenith Eazy pc early 80s.
Looking for anyone who may have an
owners manual or know how to get into the bios?

I am looking for a copy of MS Dos
on 720K disk can anyone help???????????????????

active commodore 8 bit user here!
c128
c64
8032
8096
are machines i can answer questions on if anybody wants
help on them
also have software library available

I study in Loimaan Ammatti-instituutti in Finland and I'm
making my graduation work about Commodore. The work consists
of Commodore's history, products and reasons for Commodore's
success and collapse. I would be grateful for any kind of
material I could get. Please hurry because the work is to
be ready in 30.1.1998 and I'm in a hurry.

regards
Tero Kuisma

Anyone have info on a Tandon 386-16N computer, such as a manual that I could get jumper assignments from for a friend that just bought one? He wants to upgrade the RAM from 1024k and only 2 of the 4 30 pin sockets appear to be recognized at the present time.

A web refernece would be great too.

Saw a post on Yahoo about floppy drive assignments which helped me get my pc started back toward normality. The floppy cable from the controller card to the 2 floppies has a section in it of 7 wires that is flipped over before the last plug is put on. The person who posted this said that this section must be between the A drive and the controller card. In effect the cable goes to the B drive first , then there is this flipped section and then the connection to the A drive. After trial and error setting the two Teac fdds jumpers both to D1, I was able to load
the OS. Yeah!!!!! Also the CMOS setup correctly Identified the two drives as opposed to having to be set manually. ( AMI 386 BIOS) Thanks to all who have made suggestions about the failure to boot to command prompt.

I have an old HYPEC 80286 and it has 1mb of memory. I have
4 30 pin SIMMS that each hold a megabyte and they fit in
the slots provided. I need jumper/dipswitch settings to
add more memory. The Mother board is something of an
OKTEK REvision 5.2 <--- this number i am not sure of but
think it is right.
ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!! PLEASE HELP!!
I might give you something in return.
MY ICQ Number is : 4966428

contact me any way you can!

I have a Zenith Supersport 286 that I got back after it was stolen,
Needless to say The hard drive was formatted and all information was lost, I can live with that
My problem is that the system no longer recognises the hard drive in the setup utility
the drive has no determining numbering or any identification to let me know what type it is
I have gone through the setup for each of the 49 setups for which type it is and still no luck.
All documentation and system disks are lost, The system was prior to windows it only has 1meg or memory
I think it has a 40meg HD, it used to be a great little clunker machine.
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Does anyone know where I might find a service company that might be able to help that can be trusted.
Perhalps one that specializes in the old and decrepid.
Thank for any help.
Todd

Have a Compaq Deskpro 386 with a Maxtor 7245AT. The owner of the unit gave it to me with a dead battery so I was unable to see the initial setup in CMOS. I am unable to determine what two digit code to enter for the hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Does anyone have any FREE information about XEROX 4045 and it's fonts.
Question 1: Where can I download Xerox fonts ???
Question 2: What are these JOB ERRORS
nr. 22, 40 and 82 ??
Question 3: Can you put more memory to this machine ?

Thanks in advance

For Your information:
There's lots of questions on getting to BIOS Setup. Here's my suggestions:
ctrl-alt-esc
F1
F2
Del
Remove the keyboard connection
Remove a hard drive connection
Remove a bank of SIMM
Last three force a system bios setup

Controller Card IODE-3290U
Need Jumper settings
From Everex (EDS) 386

Thanks

In addition to the items below, I am in search of microchannel (MCA) type sound cards to put into a few PS/2 55SX and PS/2 80 machines for the same group.

Email soon if you have something you want out of your way.

Anyone have 1x, 2x or 4x CDROMs to sell or trade? I need a few for some pending projects for a local homeschool group to upgrade their 286 and 386 machines to run software only available on CD. I prefer caddyless/tray types but will also consider caddy types but these units should be of SCSI or IDE type interface. If someone has a proprietary type and has all the data and software as well as the interface I may be able to utilize it for a machine that has extra open slots.

Also 8 and 16 bit sound cards with or without IDE/SCSI interface are needed.

Email soon if you have something you want out of your way.

Of the TRS-80 Model 4 units I've posted here I only have one left, which is suitable for parts or rebuild use. It has an excellent display (green), floppy drives, etc but has two keycaps broken and displays ASCII junk like it may have a bad memory or Z80 cpu chip. Need it out of my way soon, will take $15 plus shipping (40 lbs) for the whole unit or *might* part it out if the offers are reasonable. I'd hate to pull the display and junk the rest though.

Email me soon if interested.

Is anyone familiar with the Seagate ST11 Bios? It is a disk controller made in the late 80's. I need to know how I get back to the format utility. Such as a hot key of some sort. I accidently formated the hard drive at an interleave of 8. So right now, the thing does not work. Thankyou for your time.

Looking for documentation and drivers for the old XT
(8 bit ISA) Plus Hardcard. Specifically the Plus
Hardcard 40.

Please take the time to visit PeteWeb - PC Refurbishment
resources: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ap672/

Need to find a replacement monitor cable for old Compudyne
monitor Model # KD-1450T.

The cable was taken out of the monitor & it has two female clips
(white plastic) on one end & a standard 3-row 15 pins male on the
other end.

Know any place that sells hard-to-get parts or the actual
Compudyne factory?

Thanks.

I need some information about computer: Honeywell-Bull Questar-M
Everything is accepted.
Thanks
Bye Bye.

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Tell your friends, tell everyone who uses the Net.. This is to
inform you of a very important matter currently under review by the
FCC.

Your local telephone company has filed a proposal with the FCC to
impose per minute charges for your internet usage. They contend that
your usage has or will hinder the operation of the telephone network.
In my opinion, internet usage will diminish if users were required to
pay additional per minute charges. The FCC has created an email box
for your comments, responses must be received by February 13, '98.
Send your comments to ""isp@fcc.gov"" tell them what you think. Every
phone company is in on this one, and they are trying to sneak it in
just under the wire.. Let everyone you know hear about this one. Get
e-mail address to everyone you can think of.

FCC E Mail address isp@fcc.gov

I am looking for the following items:

Apple IIGS motherboard
Apple II case (original style)
Apple II power supply

Perferably from in australia, I need the powersupply from someone in australia,
does anybody know of any companies who still sell kit computers?
I would be very interested in this infomation....

thanks

Looking for a setup disk for tandy 3800 if u have one please send with email thank you

Looking for Parts (and hopefully a parts list) for a Compaq Presario CDS 520. This pc (sort of) is non standard. It's got a non standard processor board. The power supply is in the monitor, along with the monitor control boards. Main board slides in the back of the monitor/case enclosure, and hooks up to a connector thats attached to the disks.

Specifically, I'm looking for a power supply board.á It fits inside the monitor.á It has a compaq part number of P-294V-O-C.
á
If you know of any parts suppliers with obscure parts, I'd appreciate it.
á
Thanks.

i have a kaypro 2000 i need pin out for ribbon cable from display to
repair any help would be appreciated

please reply to kellyp@telapex.com or dparks@entergy.com

i also have a mother board and disk drive i am going to remove from this machine that appear to be operational with full 640k installed possible swap for display information

i am saving the case and display for use with a 386 i am building from scratch

Hi guys and gals,

Talk to me about hard drives... got several in the garage
of different types... along with quite a few controller
cards... how can I tell the difference between RLL and MFM
on the controller cards? And exactly what IS rll and mfm...
I need to know so that I can use these hard drives in some
old 8088's and 286's...
Thanks, Tim

Cancel my posting of Jan 7 1998

I have a Wang 2200s VP-8A machine. Can anyone supply with some info on this machine?
I have got the 'main box' and nothing else. The box hase 2 8 inch floppy drives in it.
At the back of the box are two sockets, one for a printer and one for a terminal.
Any help will be apreciated.
Thanks

I got a Bondwell 486dc notebook, but have no information such as manuals, troubleshooting guides or system disks,etc...
Can anyone help me get these stuff..

Thanks,
Mustafa.

I'm looking for an IBM 5100 computer. If anyone has or knows where to get one please email me.

Can anyone help.
I would like to aquire a "Sage iv" computer. The original manufacturer
was a company called "Sage Computer Technologies" who were based
in Reno, Nevada. The company is now defunct but someone may have one of these
small machines loafing around in some corner proping up books.
If you can help me,it would be much appreciated and perhaps a deal could
be struck along the line of some other obsolete equipment in exchange.

How can I access the Setup/Bios/CMOS on an Olivetti M300?

Theresa,

I meant eMail address of course.

Peter

Theresa,

Jahath is not a valid webaddress.
You were looking for a computer timeline ?
Have a look at :

http://www.chac.org/chac/chhistpg.html (CHAC)
http://www.blackdown.org/~hwb/hwb.html (Hardware Book)

Cheers,

Peter

Looking for untis, parts and accessories for the following GRiD computers:

GRiDCASE 3 Laptop (circa 1985)
GRiD 286 Desktop
GRiD Server
GRiD Compass

Also looking for documentation to add to my GRiDSPeCs page located at: http://limbo.netpath.net/hw/GRiD

Particularly looking for:

GRiDCASE 3 docking station, HD unit
Ext. floppy for GRiDCASE 1535exp laptop

Any help will be greatly appreciated. As far as docs, manuals and specs are concerned: I'll reimburse for copying and postage fees.

Need information and\or drivers for an Irwin tape backup,model 55120A.

I have a fully functional IBM PCjr. I also have enough spare parts to built a second one minus the monitor. Worth anything to anyone?

I need to get keyboard for my macintosh 512K and the system disk any version, please conctac me by e-mail thank you.

My daughter needs a computer timeline from 1988-1998

For Gary Preston, re: IBM dot matrix printer model 5152, --------- here are the Factory Settings for those DIP switches: ------------- DIP SW1 ON-ON-OFF-OFF-ON-ON-OFF-ON -------------------------------- DIP SW2 ON-ON-OFF-OFF --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Regarding Manuals, some of the manuals are still available from IBM. I can give you a phone # to call. I can help looking up the Form-Numbers. But considering there's an "ibm" in your email-address perhaps you know more about this than I do! -------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- One last thing, there are TWO IBM printers referred to in my manuals, the "Matrix Printer" and the "Graphics Printer". I'm sure the Matrix Printer is model 5152, but I'm not positive the Graphics Printer is not ALSO called model 5152. And there is a slight difference in the switch settings for the Graphics Printer. If the settings I gave you cause your printer to print EIGHT lines-to-the inch (instead of SIX) and page length 12" instead of 11". If you see that happening, then email me and I'll give you the settings for tGraphics Printer. But most likely the settings above are the correct ones for YOUR printer. Let me know if I can be of any more assistance regarding this printer or IBM manuals.

I am trying to help a friend out who was given a Compudyne
computer, model 3SX25, originally bought 4/1/92 that has
an AMI BIOS file dated 1990. My friend said it had booted
fine until he asked a friend if he could delete a file named,
QDOS. The friend said "sure" so he did and he said he
can't boot now. I tried booting from a: drive with a DOS
disk, but it wasn't reading it. I think it actually has
a problem with the BIOS/CMOS. When it comes up, the CMOS
setting have all been deleted and says they need to be
reset. There is no doc. with the computer, so I don't
know the specs for the harddrive. When I pick one, and
try to boot, it tells me the battery for the CMOS is
low. I don't know if this is all related to him deleting
the file, if it is coincidence or what is going on with
the computer. I would appreciate any information from
someone who has a clue what is going on as well as anyone
who knows what the specs for the hard drive are (i.e. #
of cylinders, heads, etc.). Thanks. Linda

I have a zenith Z-386/25 This computer will not boot up for me as it wants me to run the setup. However when I tell it to start the setup it wants a password from me. I have no idea what the password is and hope to find a factory default password so I can make use of this computer.
Thank You for any help you can offer.

Any body got a manual or know of an online source of information about a NEC Powermate SX/16 - Please email Thanks in advance

Any body got a manual or know of an online source of information about a NEC Powermate SX/16 - Please email Thanks in advance

I have a Packard Bell that Im working obn. I think the onboard floppy drive ccntroller is bad. I have an external controller that im trying to use. The model number is PB411A. It is a 486sx. I need to know which if any jumpers disable the onboard controller.I have already disabled it in the setup. Still having some problems getting the floppy to read. Any help you can give me would be great. Thank you for your time

I have a Packard Bell that Im working obn. I think the onboard floppy drive ccntroller is bad. I have an external controller that im trying to use. The model number is PB411A. It is a 486sx. I need to know which if any jumpers disable the onboard controller.I have already disabled it in the setup. Still having some problems getting the floppy to read. Any help you can give me would be great. Thank you for your time

I have a Kaypro PC from about 1985 I have sys disks but #5 disk don`t work. It has Poly Windows on it. I need help with this disk. Also any info on the dip switchs would help. I have no HD so the biggest files I can handle is 360K on 5-1/4 disks. Any info on Kaypro pc would help. It was a freebe along with an IBM portable pc model 5155. FUN !!!

To everyone looking for a setup disk for an old computer:
There is a website that has what you are looking for. On this page (which has a wealth of knowledge on older systems) there is a file called: gsetup.exe
This is a shareware version of the IBM AT setup disk, but it also works on many many other systems as well that require a setup disk to enter CMOS and make necessary changes. The site address is:
www.computercraft.com/docs/garbagecanpc.html
This should clear up about 80% of the problems that I see here. Good luck !!!

I have a CompuAdd 386dx-20 motherboard with a high speed
card (16 30-pin slots).

The Mother board is Assembly #190000-0004 Serial #13644. It
has several jumpers and a switchbox with 4 switches. It has
an on board IDE controller (apparently).

The RAM board is Assembly #190015 Serial #235742. It has a
switchbox with 8 switches.

I would love to get the info on this machine as it would be
perfect to send to college with my sister-in-law.

Anybody have any info on this thing?

I have a Packard Hell (Packard Bell to anyone who has not experianced one)FORCE SERIES 386/33.

The problem is that I have no documentation on it and can't find any. Any help would be apreciated.

Questions:Jumper settings? Max memory to upgrade to? Why is there no mention of these units on the internet?

THANX...........

OPPS, it's a Zenith Data Systems Laptop!

I have a ZFL-181-93 and if anyone has a working internal modem for this (all the one in it does is take the phone off hock soon as you put the cord in and the modem will find the port but will not init it, and yes i got that machin33 driver that turns on the modem in thier) Also i'd like to find a 10MB to 20MB HD

I have a IBM dot matrix printer model 5152 and I need inform
ation on setting the two dip switchs. A copy of the manual
would be helpfull if avaiable. Thanks

I have invested/investigated my problem with my PC, ZWI 386dx25 processer AMI 386bios Quantam Prodrive 40at HD,A=5.25 teac,B=3.5 Teac (changed to A drive and replaced by sony 9702 3.5 floppy) the drive controller has no recognizable (to me ) brand name but has SD M 003461 (K) PM-510c made in tiawan ROC printed on it and a sticker with ??91032389 on th back.
there are 3 jumpers J1,2,3 and changing J1 causes a FDD controller failure,J2 caused a HD controller failure and a message that no operating system was found. J3 had no discernable effect when changed. The ribbon cable for the floppies goes to the 3.5 first and then a section is flipped over and then there are 2 plugs attached one of which plugs on to the teac 5.25, the other will plug on to the 3.5 floppy but this resulted in a wiped disk 1 of DOS6.22 when tried.
The system will boot and allow CMOS changes and save them and will not get to the C prompt. A copy of DOS 5 and an original of dos5 and an original of DOS6.22 will allow booting and runs install up to the screen which says files asre being copied and then asks for the disk1 to be put in (its already in) and when tried again will repeat ad nauseum. Exiting at this point will give a request for the disk 1 and press f3 which results in a drive not ready error abort retry fail?
Exiting from setup after the first screens will allow A> and change to C> dir reveals all my files on the C (HD) except that dos directory has only 12 files and 3 of these had been updated on the day when the program was added to fix a port problem. I have chaned config.sys back to an older working previously version and the same with autoexec.bat in case this was the problem. I deleted the dos files which were updated by the fix16550.sys program and still no progress past the setups screen when booting up
Does anyone know where the problem lies in all of this?
Does anyone have information on Zyx-ware-international of San Jose CA
This is getting out of hand for a system which seems to have all of the essentials in place, ie an accessable bios good video CPU HD? Floppies?. The sony is brand new!
Thanks in advance

I have an old tandy 300 that I need to acess the CMOS\BIOS setup on. If anyone knows the keytstroke I would appreciate it or is there a disk required???

Does a old Tandy mouse (PS/2 connector) use a standard mouse driver?

If prop. driver needed, can someone E-Mail 1 to me please?

I've noticed that there have been people with WANG equipment looking for info on their stuff.
I found a website that may be of interest to those needing WANG info at
http://www.wanguser.co.uk/cgi-bin/forum/iwug/sublist.html

It's in Great Britain/United Kingdom but that's what makes the internet so nice, you can get and send info to anyone, anywhere.

1. I have an old Osborne Executive which seems to be operational, floppies light up and seek, but using a CP/M operating system disk from an equally old Columbia set of disks (circa 1983) it does not recognize the disk. first question is, does the Osborne executive require its own special CPM disk and if so, where and how can I get one?
2. I also have a 1990 vintage IBM PS/2 model 80 which has a error message 601 (bad floppy or controller). Inasmuch as the PS/2 can only recognize, diagnose and set up drives and peripherals from the floppy reference disk (which I have), what do you do with the computer if the floppy doesn't work? I already tried another floppy that was working in a different machine, so I assume the problem is either the controller or the power supply.
Question no 2, then, is how can I get data in and out of this machine. It has a SCSI, serial and parallel port, but I have no way to set up any peripheral device, as the single floppy is not working.

I also have a Laser Pal386SX that I am trying to add memory to.
I need the jumper settings info to enable the added memory.
Any info will be helpful

I have a friend who has a Laser 128 that is compatible with the APPLE IIc & IIe. He has no owners manual or any paper work of any kind to help get it running. His wife is going to school and wants to use it in her school work .
Can any one help by telling us where to get the owners maual, also any one that might have softwre or know where to get any.
thank you

Please E-mail

PC Jr owners - I have available a PCJr Color Display for sale or trade, cheap. PC Enterprises wants $189 for one and I'm sure there are very few around, which is why I'm posting this for the last time. I am getting ready to rework the connector to make the monitor a CGA/EGA compatible for a friend's machine but would rather search for a good home for this and dig up a generic CGA or EGA monitor to use in place of it. Once I modify it I doubt it can be reworked back to a PCJr useable monitor.

Looking for $50 plus shipping as this is like and working good. It would really make one of the remaining Jr's without color into a nice(r) machine. It weighs roughly 25 lbs, maybe a bit more after packing in foam.

Anyone interested should email me soon for further info. Other contact info is on my webpage (click on my name in this posting).

First I wish to thank the person(s) that make this page possible for allowing me to find new homes for otherwise useless (to the average person) computers.

Next I wish to update my lsting of the TRS-80 model 4 computers I have for sale or trade. At present I have one left, for parts or possible repair. It does power up but gets ASCII garbage on screen which tells me a possible processor or memory problem. It also has two broken keycaps due to the sloppy way the previous owner/holder had it stored. It is loaded with all the parts and would be a good machine for someone to work on and repair or to have as backup/spare parts for their model 4. Let's face it - these parts are getting harder to come by everyday.

What do I want for it? Roughly $15 plus shipping or I may accept trade of older 8 bit sound cards or 1, 2 or 4x IDE or SCSI CDrom drives (you still pay shipping though).

I won't lie, the unit is heavy - 41 lbs average. Shipping can run from $10 to $30 within the US, dependant upon where the unit goes. That's not bad when you consider what a CRT unit goes for at a salvager.

Anyone interested should email me soon for further info. Other contact info is on my webpage (click on my name in this posting).

For Steve Jenette:
There is no such thing as an IBM XT setup disk because there is no CMOS setup. The IBM XT was configured with DIP switches on the motherboard that set the number of drives, type of video card, presence of math coprocessor, etc. The hard drive type was set by jumpers on the controller card.

Does anyone have contact information for GRID Systems Corporation?
I know the laptops / notebooks were mfg'd for Tandy Corp. But not sure
If I need to contact Tandy or keep trying to find Grid.
Better yet, can anyone supply any literature, schematics for the Grid1755.
It is a Cyrix 486slc.
Thanx,
Ed

I need an IBM XT setup disk as the CMOS has been cleared. Could someone email me a copy????

Thanks

LOOKING FOR A KEYBOARD FOR AN OLD TANDY 1000SX.

I have memory for a Zenith SuperSport 386sx laptop.
The memory for this system is propratary and I am sure
if you have one of these systems and want more memory
you know that it is expensive. If you are interested in
buying this (I have a 1 meg base, 2 meg A-mod, and a
2 meg B-module)please contact me. I also have a 41 meg HD
and a 1.44 FD, books and power supply.

I have a new Compuadd 325 TFX, it has at most 50 hours on it the battery is dead but ti has 2 of them. Brand new but outdated. this si the model with a modem. any one interested?

I JUST FOUND AN OLD ZENITH LAP TOP SITTING IN THE BOTTOM OF MY CLOSET THAT I FORGOT I HAD. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE C DRIVE IS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT. THERE IS NO DOS OR ANYTHING.
THE ONLY THING THAT POPS UP ON THE SCREEM IS: "MFM-180 MONITOR, VERSION 3.1. MEMORY SIZE 640K BYTES." AND THEN THE ONLY OPTION IT GIVES ME FOR THAT IS THE HELP MENU TITLED: "MFM-180 COMMAND SUMMARY" I CAN'T FIND ANY KIND OF DOS ANYTHING TO INSTALL, I HAVE NO BOOT UP DISKS, ANYTHING. HELP MY POOR OLD LAP TOP BEFORE I BLOW IT UP OUT OF FRUSTRATION. :)

I have a really nice IBM 5120 that was given to me by a local school. It came with a ton of software and disks, but I have very little knowlege of the machine. I wouldn't mind setting it up in my office (if I can get it up the stairs) as a conversation piece.

Any background out there about this thing?

I want to install an internal modem in a Zenith 386SX Mastersport lap-top. Anyone know if that's possible? Where I can find the part? And if there's someone still servicing Zeniths in the San Francisco Bay Area? Thanks.

Also looking for the memory manager software to access the expanded memory for the EPSON Equity II+, thanks again!

I have a 5 year-old AudioMaster sound-card built by Omni Labs.
I would like to use it in Windows 95 but, I haven't found any
drivers for the card (other than DOS and Win 3.11). Any assistance
in finding a driver for Win 95 would be greatly appreciated.

Hi cyber folks,

I've got an old 286 that I screwed up by deleting dos
before I checked to see if it booted from floppy first...
it must be set to boot from only c:
Problem is I can't get into Cmos... any help with key
combo's that I don't know (tried ctrl, alt, enter (esc,f1,
f2)... and others... but need more combos I guess...
thanks
TIM

I am searching for an Orchid Technology PCturbo 286e card.
This is a full size 8 bit card with a 286 coprocessor and
1MB of RAM. Original manufacture date was about 1987.
Any assistance in either finding a replacement or repairing
my defective board would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know where I can get the diagnostic software for an EPSON Equity II+ ?? Trying to fix up five of these for a friend of mine and her family. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

CompuAdd 425 TFX

I am in need of a Type 19 hard drive 85? Meg.

The computer was purchased in 1992 and the hard drive went bad. Please call or write if you can help with parts phone 1-800-892-6532.

TANDY 2500RSX

Want it? Make me an offer. I have the mouse, keyboard, all of the books and it works, if not maybe you know where I can get a compatible printer.

I would like to install an internal 3.5 inch HDD 250MB
SCSI Apple Quantum ProDrive LPS taken from a
Power Macintosh 6100/60 AV into a Macintosh II with a
68020 processor. Can this be done? The disk will connect
OK, but the computer won't boot up. Could it be a SCSI
termination problem or port conflict or...?

I have recently aquired an epson equity 1+ or something close the name eludes
me at this time. it has the constant problem of no setup disk needed to access'
the bios. If anyone has one or knows a way to acess the bios the info will be
appreciated.

Needed - Info On Older PCMCIA Card Reader
DataMedia - Personal SECREcard

I have a PCMCIA card reader and Local bus card
Manufactured be DataMedia Corp. It is called the
SECUREcard. I need software or Win 3.1 drivers for
this product.

Needed - Info On Older PCMCIA Card Reader
DataMedia - Personal SECREcard

I have a PCMCIA card reader and Local bus card
Manufactured be DataMedia Corp. It is called the
SECUREcard. I need software or Win 3.1 drivers for
this product.

i have recently come into possesion of and older model 386 laptop from a
company named ITC (intellegence technology corp.) and it lacks an
attached floppy drive, and the OS is not present and i was hoping to
find some more info on this company or more specifically the model:
V20pup if you could help guide me to a resource or provide any
information it would be greatly appreciated. thank you
sid

While cleaning up, I came across an AST MICROSTOR, model #
A-MSTR-10D hard drive that was hooked to an old APPLE IIE
computer. If anybody has any need for it and would pay for
shipping, it's theirs. Bud Waltonbaugh vetdad@sprynet.com

I have a KAYPRO II system that is in perfect working order my only problem is that I have NO disketts at all for start-up purposes or otherwise. If anyone has any disketts that would help me please contact. As I am now on a more modern system I would be interested in selling this system to a good home, for a very reasonable price {less than 25 dollars} plus shipping. Again it is a very clean machine. Thanks to all responses.

I have a standard 286 PC I would like to use as a dedicated
answering machine (among other things), but I don't have a
hard drive for it and I don't want to spend much (any) money
if I can avoid it. I also have a complete and working PS/2,
Model 50z, which has a 30 meg hard drive. Anyone know if
there is any way to use the PS/2 drive in the 286 PC?
Thanks.

trying to get a printer Tandy dpm 250 to work on windows
95. the led window on the printer dont seem to be working.
but is i could find the 250 driver its self i might be ok.
found info on it at tandy homepage but not the actual driver

I need an AC power cord for a Zenith Mastersport 386SX portable. Can anyone help?

Sorry, I mistyped the mail address in the next message, this
is the correct one.


Hi,

I have an old (1987) IBM 5170 PC/AT, with a 5 1/4 inch
floppy drive. I replaced the floppy with a 3 1/2 inch drive.

Now I need to get into the setup screen to let the system know
that this changed, how do I get there, I tried several key
combinations during startup, but nothing worked.

Please help,
Groets,
Paul de Jong.

Hi,

I have an old (1987) IBM 5170 PC/AT, with a 5 1/4 inch
floppy drive. I replaced the floppy with a 3 1/2 inch drive.

Now I need to get into the setup screen to let the system know
that this changed, how do I get there, I tried several key
combinations during startup, but nothing worked.

Please help,
Groets,
Paul de Jong.

Hi.. I have an Epson Action Laser 1100 and I need the drivers
for Win 95..
Please tell me where can I download this driver or send me
the driver to: jnuzz@intramed.net.ar

Thank you..

hi, I have just got an atari 400 computer,
does any one know how to work it ,besides using
game carts?I have a cassette drive w/tapes
but i dont know how to access them.
any help would be apreciated.
mail me w/snail mail at
steve bendon
601 broadway
west plains ,missouri
zip: 65775
u.s.a.

hi, I have just got an atari 400 computer,
does any one know how to work it ,besides using
game carts?I have a cassette drive w/tapes
but i dont know how to access them.
any help would be apreciated.
mail me w/snail mail at
steve bendon
601 broadway
west plains ,missouri
zip: 65775
u.s.a.

I work in the Archives at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and came across some magnetic cards (2) from about 1976. They're shaped like punch cards, but look more like floppy diskettes with no cover. They have been in the sleeve I'm sure since they were made, so they just might read. If anyone has a reader. I've contacted every professional source in Houston, and IBM, with no avail.

I have a compaq 4/40c lte elite. I can't get com1 recognised
in windows 3.10 with a modem. It works in dos 6.x.
Can anyone help

Looking for 20meg harddrive for compaq LTE/286 notebook

Does anyone know where i can find pictures of old IBM monitors. Actually i need more than old IBM stuff, i need old pictures and technical info on most of the computer companies. I've looked basically everywhere and i feel like i'm going mad co's i havent found anything.
If i dont find anything soon my bosses are going to have a field day with my ass !

PLEASE HELP...
Debbie.

I am looking for some JPEG or GIF pix of Tandy 1000HX, SX, etc. PC from the mid 80's Any info please email me. Thanks!

Scott

Amd-k6 200meg computer display is elongated when it boots.
If computer restarted,display is ok.Computer has some windows 3.1 programs on it.it is running win95 b version.

Need adapter definition files (*.ADF) for a PS/2?? NCR has a full page of them at
http://www.ncr.com/support/pc/pcdesc/library/adfs.shtml

Also someone refreshed my memory on a very good source of info on PS/2's and parts. It's at
http://www.gtweb.net/index.html

I just bought an se 4/40 i'ts great i also have an umax
c600 200. anyway i want to get on the net. i've already
downloaded macweb1.0, tcp, and ppp, and i run 7.1os
tell me exactly how to set those up and use them to set up an account with an isp. thank you

Have a Grid1755. Did Fdisk to hard drive before setting CMOS to
boot from drive A. Now I have no way of entering the machine. Cannot find
ANY keystrokes that work to enter CMOS. Does anyone have the keystrokes to enter CMOS
and change the boot drive, or is there a keystroke that will force the
boot from drive A: on cold or warm boot?
I am in deep guano!
ED

I have an old Wyse 286 12.5 MHz Machine, and I had the BIOS setup file on a 5.25" Floppy Disk. Since the setup file on the disk has become corrupted, I wondered if someone else had a copy of this file they could e-mail to me?

Im looking for memory at least 8mb, largest possible hd, and 14.4 modem for a Tandy Laptop, Grid 80386 model 1750

Judging by the sheer volume of postings about how to resurrect a dead CompuAdd machine, I think it's fairly obvious why the company went out of business.....

I need a mouse for a Tandy 1000 pc ex. Where can I get one?

without seeing the unit can an epson 486/33 be upgraded
to a 486dx2/66 also will installing a sound card be
possible

I have a Zenith Supersport 286. It works great....except
it can't communicate with the floppy. Something wrong with
the motherboard, or so I've been told. It's available for
parts...make me an offer.

Does anybody know if this old Macintosh Portable (1989) I have is worth anything? It came out before the power books. It crashed on me one day and I have since moved on to the world of PC's. Is worth me fixing for my kid to play with?

Does anyone know where to find cards for a micro-channel mother board? I have an NCR 486, DX2, 16MB RAM, that works good, but I would like to add a modem and CD ROM internally if possible.

I need a system disk for my IBM PS1 Investor computer, Model 2155-P84. If anyone has this disk I would be greatfull.

I have an old hard drive and I need the setup info
for it .It is a Magnetic Peipherals M\N 94205-51.
If you know what they are or where I could find the
info your help would be appreciated.
Thank You.

I have a 1991 IBM PS\1 NEA Edstar Special Edition computer
that says it is not ready to read Drive C or A ...a technician
told me it needs a hard drive... but I cannot locate one..
Does anyone have this computer type...or can you tell me anything at all
about it??

Re: Xerox 800 ETS (ETS stood for Electronic Typing System). While this is not a bona fide micro computer, it qualifies as an obsolete piece of office equipment. It was the very last (and very expensive) dedicated word processor that appeared on the market in 1977 (wih great fanfare at the time by Xerox) just before the advent of word processors with SCREENS (e.g., the Displaywriter). As a young secretary, I typed on one of these machines in 1977-78, after attending an intensive one week training course sponsored by Xerox. The machine came in 2 configurations, mag card or magnetic tape (cassette). Does anyone know anything about this machine, if any are still in existence, etc.? I tried browsing using keywords but found nothing. A visit to Xerox's website proved futile. Thanks!

Joni Mueller

Looking to buy an Atari PC (like the one pictured on this
web page).

Prefer it to be working, complete, and if at all possible,
in the box. If you have one and would like to sell
it contact me.

Thanks

-Brian

Where Can I obtain a serial port for a Compuadd 316sl
laptop. I need to remove the modem and install a serial port
card.

I need jumper and dip switch settings for my CompuAdd 316S. Trying to tell the thing to look at drive B in the boot sequence, since my drive A is a trashed 5.25, and the 3.5 that is B doesn't seem to work as A. Thanks.

Can anyone help me with some info on a Wang 2200 VS system.
I have got the main box with the 2 8" floppies and cpu electronics
inside, but nothing else. What terminal do I need and what software?
Any info, help, coments will be apreciated. Thanks.

I have an old PS1/486SX33, but want to replace it with a 486DX2/50. Since the manual is sparse, is there a jumper for setting the clock speed from 33Mhz to 25Mhz?

Thanks

Hello
I am looking for info re : Watford Aries laptop
from 1988/89 i think. uses NEC V30 at 10Mhz.
Thanks

A friend has an Epson Equity III 286 machine that needed a battery and now a setup disk. Anyone have one they could ZIP and file attach or tell me where to download one? It would be greatly appreciated.

I also have 2 Tandy TRS-80 model 4 computers (complete) for sale or trade. One is working great and the other for repair or parts (memory problem and two busted keys on the keyboard). They run 40 lbs UPS (I just shipped another one earlier) and cost around $25-30 to ship cross country, less the closer you get to the central US. I'd like to get $15 plus shipping or equivalent for the parts/repairable machine and $25 plus shipping for the good working one.

Email me for info on the Model 4's or to reply to my plea for the Epson setup disk/program.

i have a zeinth masterport 386sx that i need a ac power supply to operate rather than battery can you help....

I've got a Prospeed 386 and am in serious need of the vidoe driver for the LCD.

Does anyone have information on how to run the old 'comordore 128 computer
someone gave one to my nephew who is 6 years old. Would appreciate any help.
He is so excited about this old computer.

I have an Access Matrix CP/M computer with DOS options dated 1983, in excellent working conditon. Machine comes in a black leather case, and includes a modem, screen, printer and keyboard, all in one unit. Lots of software and ephememra, including the original bill of sale. Anyone interested? It goes to the highest bid received by Jan 31, 1998

Does anyone know anything about the old Wang text adventure
game entitled "Adventure"???? I loved to play Adventure on my
old Wang terminal, and want to find a copy of it for the PC.
Any help or information would be highly appreciated!!!

Thanks to all of you that offered me manuals and other information!!!
I no longer need a manual as I have fixed the problems that I was
having. I REALLY APPRECIATED EVERYONE'S HELP!!!

I'm wanting to sell an old Mac Color Classic. I know there are different configeurations, but what's a fair deal on the average Color Classic? Thanks.

I need jumper settings for a compudyne V30 motherboard.
running a 75Mhz with Intel Chip Set.

Do you have MicroSoft Word 6.0 for Windows and it's setup diskettes ??? Could you send me number 4/9, please ???
I had this little accident with my disk... UPS !!!!

Do you have MicroSoft Word 6.0 for Windows and it's setup diskettes ??? Could you send number 4/9, please ??? I had this little accident... UPS !!!!

Need dirvers !!!-) I need drivers for my printer. It is a XEROX printer model 4045. So if you have it send it to me. Again XEROX 4045 drivers (for Windows 3.11).

I have a Zenith Z-Sport 325s laptop, M/N ZWL-300-BA that has a battery but no power supply. Does any one know where I could possibly purchase one. I've look all over but no one seems to carry them. Help!!!!!

I have an IMSAI VDP80 in my collection: I know everything
about its history, but nothing about its features: processor,
memory, cards. Can anybody help me?

I just got a Zenith data systems (Supersport 286). I need help getting into setup.
The computer comes up saying starting MS Dos, then locks up.
I have tried all I know for entering setup. There has to be a way to get into setup.
Would apericate any help, I can't seem to find any info from Zenith home site.
Are these so rare? All I find is info on batteries for them.
If you can help please e-mail me.
Thanks,
Jerry

Have several Epson 386 SX 16 Plus's w/network use history.
Will not recognize memory (SIMMs). Need good setup disk -
where can I find one. Might this be other than a software
problem? A jumper or? I'm a frustrated novice running a
street ministry - want to set up PC's to sell and pay bills.

Is the Tandy Rainbow Club still active? I have a Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2 with TRS-80 DMP-110 printer if anyone is still collecting them.

Looking for AT Advanced Diagnostic disk to reset hard drive
on a IBM-286 frame 8560-041,drive type 0665, which had a
dead battery. Any body seen one of the beasts?

Sorry, if I am wearing out my welcome, but I am very, very curious about the age of your computers, does that leave the Packard Bells (and some other brands) out ? I did not see, not a one, mentioned here, wondering why ? Thanks, MzSuzy

Hi, again. We also have another computer, a Packard
Bell Legend 34 CD 93 Supreme. Went to PB site and could only assume its an old, old one. This one just got a sound card, and says it can not find it. Says it can not find drivers, either. Any help whatsoever would be
appreciated. They are using this for a daycare center.
Thank you all. Yours truly, MzSuzy

In a daycare that my daughter works, they have an
IBM ps 27774 866DX2 Digital
That is all we could find to identify it. We beleive it needs
drivers. The sound does not work on it, and we are interested in having sound. Any info at all would be appreciated. We are not familiar with IBM's at all.
Thanks for your time. Yours truly, MzSuzy

How do I transfer ASCII files from a COCO III to a Mac Quadra 700.
I have Vidtex and Mikeyterm for the COCO and Clarisworks, Eudora, and Netscape
for the Mac as terminal programs. I made a cable to connect printer serial ports. The
Coco seems to want to send, but the Mac doesn't want to
recieve.

To John Hill RE: CompuAdd 425 TFX.
The specs: Cyrix 486 SLC2 50 MHZ processor with additional Cyrix math coprocessor, 4 meg 80 NS non-parity ram(72 pin SIMM), 2400 BPS internal modem, Gray scale monochrome screen. Serial, parallel, external mouse and keyboard ports. Should have been preloaded with MS DOS 5 and Windows 3.0, along with proprietary power management software. The AC power adapter should be either 24 VDC, 2.2A, or 21VDC, 2.2A output.
Note the memory uses standard non-parity 72 pin SIMM, (1 slot). It won't accept memory faster than 70 NS.
According to my manual, it will only accept up to 16 MEG ram. I have a 16 MEG in mine and it reads it as a 4 MEG. No amount of fiddling with the CMOS settingswill change it. Go figure....... Anyway, I hope that sheds some light.

I am looking for a parts vendor for a Notestar NP-942 (1988) 25mhz 486sx with 8MB Ram.I need parts for rebuilding the powersupply control board and to modify the I/O ports unless a Port Replicator is out there!! Any information on parts vendors or the manufacturer will be appreciated!

I am looking for a parts vendor for an NP-942 (1988) 25mhz 486sx with 8MB Ram.I need parts for rebuilding the powersupply control board and to modify the I/O ports unless a Port Replicator is out there!! Any information on parts vendors or the manufacturer will be appreciated!

I am trying to find an MS-DOS program that can read/write 5 1/4 Apple 2 DOS/PRODOS disks. Can anyone out there help me?

how old is the pc compuer?

I want to install a hard disk in an old ps/1 .
I have a disk from a genuine ps/2 does anybody out there have a ps/1 setup disk
the model is 286-2011-m01

I have a Compaq notebook computer. and LTE 386 and I don't have an AC adapter for it. I need one please respond.

not the comon phoenix qeustion!!!
i am looking for a setup.exe for a WANG 80286 clone
phoenix bios for 286 ver pro 3.10 1
and i do need manuals
an technical details to rebuild this machine
-where could i find WANG
-how do i get the setup.exe
-how do i get info

For some years now I've made use of my Sharp pc1403-h 32KB
(ancient by todays standards) but reliable and small
enough to carry in one's pocket.

I've developed software so as to facilitate
programming of intersection points in the
CNC machining field (e.g. intersection points
of three circles with only the centers and radii known)...

The problem I have is that some "Intelligent Being " has
decided to deny me access to my own software be encrypting
his own password ,is there anyone out there who can assist
me with a PEEK or POKE command to deactivate this password
or do I have to accept this as a learning experience(quite costly!!)

ciao..

I have a 486 DX4 100 with a bad 72 pin bank so I can not add 2 additional banks of memory.
I want to run Win 95 (16 bit version) and with 32 meg of memory if its worth it
Could the 486DX100 with 32 meg memory be as fast as a 66 or 75 pentium class?

need apple II gs software and color monitor!!!!!!
thanks

A friend of mine has what appears to me to be just
a terminal, but she was told that it was still
worth some money. I have never heard of this unit
but maybe someone out there has.
It's marked ColorTrend 210 terminal
Intercolor Model 2445

Any info. would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Art

I recently picked up a PACKARD BELL STATESMAN Laptop at a
garage sale. Model 810411. I desperately need the setup
disk for this, and any documentation.

I have a COMPAQ Presario 4402. I have inadvertently screwed up my telephone answering software and can't seem to get any help through numeris E-mails to Compaq. Can anyone help me in this area. Will pay for software.
thanks
Bud Waltonbaugh
vetdad@sprynet.com or bhgbudd@frostproof.net

Whado I do with and old IBM with 4K Memory and 3 4K attachments?

486 jumper settings!
Hi, I own a Olivetti PCS 42 P, originally equippet with a sx 33 (now DX2-66). It has a AMI BIOS (American Megatrends), but I can not find jumpersettings og advanced chipset setup info anywhere. Anyone got any idea??????? There is no BIOS number at startup either, where do I fin that?

Thanx
Jan

486 jumper settings!
Hi, I own a Olivetti PCS 42 P, originally equippet with a sx 33 (now DX2-66). It has a AMI BIOS (American Megatrends), but I can not find jumpersettings og advanced chipset setup info anywhere. Anyone got any idea??????? There is no BIOS number at startup either, where do I fin that?

Thanx
Jan

I added a startup utility which was supposed to correct a 16550 UART problem trying to get a com port or modem init problem solved.
The machine is a 386 sx with DOS5 and since I added the line in the config.sys file (Device=fix16550\c:path) The machine will only boot to the screen which shows the memory ports drives etc. and then quits before the command prompt comes up.
The bios is AMI 386 BIOS. I don't have a bootable floppy. Can I interrupt the processing of the config.sys or modify it in some way?
TIA

NEED INFO (ZENITH ZWL-0200-02) WERE CAN I FIND A MANUAL OR TECHNICAL INFO ? I TRIED ZENITH DATA SYSTEMS ON LINE BUT COULD NOT CONNECT????? IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN THIS MACHINE I WILL SELL IT FOR $350. THANK YOU. ANY ?'S OR COMMENTS FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME E-MAIL OR PAGER 1-917-948-8167.

RE: Seagate 120 meg drive.
Thanks to all who replied. I will be heading to the Seagate site and will try the jumper settings that have been sent as well.

For those who thought I might have neglected the CMOS settings, that was actually the first spot I began as I have a motherboard that will do an auto detect hard drive and this drive is very different from the one that is normally in the unit.

This was one of those situations of fixing a friend's machine for free and putting more time in than the whole thing is worth even when new.

Now if any one can tell me the jumper settings for the video card, I can get it out of the house and my wife will thank you all! :)

Thanks again to all, Greg

Does anyone have the setup disks for an HP Vectra ES. It's a 286. HP has the setup files on their web site, but they are olny for use with a 3.5 1.44 meg floppy. The ES only came with 5.25 360k floopies. Thanks in advance!

The Basement
Welcome to The Foundation!

lookig for info on jvc model jd3824r00-1 hard drive out of zenith laptop

Sir,
When a boy in my school moved back to America he donated his 512K Mac.
The school was about to throw it out when I saved it.
I set it up, turned it on, put in the start up disk. The mini finder cameup
Acording to instructions on the disk I clicked on the SCS BOOT V2.1 icon and was asked for a pass word.
I have got two Winchester drives but with out the password they are useless.
Could you please give me (E-mail) A boot disk and software.
Thanks Niall

I have one donated Mac 512K that probably needs a new power supply, because it was connected to 220V instead of 110V (it came from US). I'm trying to repair it, so I'm looking for the schematic to the machine. Does anyone knows where I can find it on the net or have it?

I have what appears to be a TRS80 color computer 1 ,as it looks
just like the picture shown under that title on this website.
I have plugged it up and it seems to be working fine,though
I have seen clearer pictures, but I suppose it is on par with the
standard of it's day. It only came up in basic ,which is not
surprising since, I do not have the data cartridge or whatever
that plugs into it.
Make me an offer. I will gladly trade for hardware ,especially
a VGA or better Video card ,or VGA or better monitor, or a good
ide harddrive(any size). I have a Tandy 1200 external modem
also. It does not have a power cord with it. I plugged it up
using the power cord from a Nintendo and the lights came on.
I really haven't fooled with it much other than that.I am
fairly certain a power cord from Radio Shack would work.
Neither of the items I have described are in mint condition
by any means ,but they appear intact.
thanks

Does anyone know who made LASER Computers? I have a LASER PAL 286.
At least that is what the label on the bottom says.

I need to know how to set the motherboard DIP switches so I
Can add some RAM. It has 4 SIMM sockets and I don't know if it needs
parity or non parity RAM. Every setting I've tried doesn't work.

Chris

It seems like someone is always looking for documentation on
older computers, so I intend to have a webpage with as much
information as I can find. Of course I am having a link to
this page. Send me any info or docs you have. I would also
like to ask if anyone knows if republishing documentation online
constitutes a violation of copyright ,or any information you could
give me.
Thanks

I need the original setup and utilities disk(s) for a
NEC Multispeed HD computer. Uses NEC V30 chip. I have
the computer....but no setup utilities....any help appreciated.

I would like to know if the Tandy 286 has a
backup memory and how to get it

Help ! I need the pin-out for a COMMODORE 1902A
monitor. It's the 40 Column input labeled #2 on the back
I beleive it's a 6 pin DIN
Thanks

Leading Edge Computer>> 80286 12mhz
Model D2 w/Enhanced Video Bios
Pheonix Bios version 3.07 01 1985-1986

My question is "how do i access the cmos setup on this mechine.. is there a key combination , or does it require a diskette/software utility?

I need a command interpreter (command.com?) for an Kaypro XT. I had backed up the files and was then removing files in preparation for giving this computer to a grandchild. I accidentally deleted the system files. I have them backed up, but I can't get to the "restore" option until I can boot the computer.

I am trying to find out what kind of memory was used with
the Intel 4004 chip. I believe this chip was never used for
anything but the Busicom calculator that it was designed for.
My guess is that the memory could not have been core. So what
sort of memory was used? What was the size? And more importantly
what was the latency?

I'd really appreciate if anyone could help me answer these
questions.

Thanks!

I have recently acquired a 512K Mac. I need start up disks and software. Any help out there?

SIR,
I HAVE A COMPUADD 320S. I NEED A LIST OF THE DIP SWITCH AND JUMPER SETTINGS.
THIS UNIT CAME OFF OF A NETWORK, AND IS SETUP WITH NO COM PORTS AND NO PARALLEL
PORTS.THE SWITCH AND JUMPER SETTINGS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP IN THIS MATTER.
JOHN

Looking for specs and info on CompuAdd 425TFX laptop

I have some IBM PS/2 microchannel (MCA) token ring network adapters that I've pulled from a group of
machines I bought from a loal government agency, and I'm reselling these machines as individuals, hence I have
excess cards. Here's a breakdown of them:
2 each FRU 74F9415 short cards
2 each FRU 93F0331 long cards
1 each FRU 53F7748 long card

If you have a couple IBM PS/2 model 50-90 machines you wish to network or add to an existing token ring
network these would work great for you. I'm asking $5 each (plus $2.50 s/h)or all 5 for $22 (plus $5.00 s/h)
I would also trade for 1, 2 or 4mb 30 or 72 pin PARITY SIMMs.

I have got an old toshiba t5200/100 laptop and require some
specs for it. It has got 2 meg of ram and I would like to stuff a bit more in if poss. (provided I can work out how to get inside it) Can you help?

I am looking for a computer that was pretty much like the NEC PC
8201A or Tandy model 100 in outward appearance but came out quite
a bit later. It was revieweved in Byte at some stage.
forgot the Manufacturer as well as the model name. It used a ZIlog
Z80 CPU.

I have and old Zeos 486 DX33 motherboard that I would like
to get some specs or a manual for.
I found out Zeos calls it their "Core" board and it has
30 pin simms.
Where can I look?

thanks

Have IBM PS/2 55 386/16 am servicing for 8 year old handicapped little girl, and in need of setup disk or good copy of one. Have successfully loaded DOS 6.22 and Windoze 3.1. HDD is only 40 meg and is quite full, would like to put in larger HDD and more RAM, IBM of course. This thing scares me a little, as it has been my expierence with later IBM stinkpads and their proprietary stuff that IBM's don't like to see much generic stuff. I would hate to break this machine and her heart. Any help would be appreciated by me and her dad.

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This seems to be a common question: How do I get into the setup on the old 286 I just aquired. In my case, it's a Phoenix 286 ROM BIOS version 3.07. Of course, I've tried the del, insert, etc. and also CTRL+ALT+just about everything. Ideas?

I have a ZDS Supersport 8086/8088 Laptop Model number ZWL-184-D2
When I got it, it was messed up pretty bad. On the side I see a 2400 Baud internal modem but whenever I try to acces COM2 it says that there is none. How can I get to the BIOS or do I need some sort of disks. I have no directions or anything with it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Brian

I just got a TRS-80 moodel 100 portable computer and need to
know anything about it. Like how to set the clock and use TELCOM. I have a printer for it but would like more info. about other addons I anyone knows where I can get a manual for this computer please tell me.

I am a 15 year old male if any cute 15 year old femals want a good time e-mail me.

Sys

Cyber_flyer@earthling.net

Wow, hi I had soo much luck wiht my last question that I thought I would put another. I have an old 286 laptop. When I turn it on it does it's memory check and and asks if if you want to go into the CMOS press enter. 1 time out of a hundred it works the other 99% of the time it gives me a keyboard error a HDD and a FDD error and a COMS error. But it doesn't give all the errors all of the time. I turn it on and it might give the to drive errors. I turn it off and back on again and maby to other errors. Any susgestions?

Pstanisci@hotmail.com

Need programs, parts, or any help for an Osborne portable
computer. Thanks muchly 1/2/98

Need programs, parts, or any help for an Osborne portable
computer. Thanks muchly 1/2/98

I have a Epson model Q130A need to get into BIOS. Any info would be of great help. Have tried all keyboard commands.
Thanks
Moe

Does anyone know where to get an inexpensive, yet operational, disk drive for an Apple II E computer?

I am trying to add memory to an AT&T 486dx2 and have no paper work and can not locate where to find the info needed
can you advise- AT&T no longer in computer business-don't know who took over

have 2-4megs purchased 1-16meg double sided simms non parity non EDO 72 pin

computer reads on boots but windows will not work properly or sometimes at all
will not work alone must have at least 1 4meg in also
any help you can supply will be appreciated.
Thanks

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