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PC Archeology: One of first Compaq Deskpro 386 made... but how early?

VCFed about 2 months ago

So I recently acquired a Deskpro 386/16, dated from September 1986, the month they began shipping. Some clever person has already explained either here on VOGONS, that the beginning of the old Compaq serial numbers give you the year and week a machine wa …

XT-CF card giving errors

VCFed about 2 months ago

Not sure if this belongs here, but I’m trying to setup a XT-CF-lite rev. 2 for my Compaq Portable, and since I have no 360kb disks I’m doing it on my 486. Anyways, when it tries to boot from C: it says, “Non-system disk or disk error”. However, if …

CompaqDeskpro 2000 Diagnostic and Startup disks needed (non-MMX)

VCFed about 2 months ago

I got a Compaq Deskpro 2000 P166 WITHOUT MMX yesterday and it was apparently owned by the FAA. It had a multi-serial card plus another serial/lpt card plus the built-in one. It runs just fine but of course the battery was dead so I replaced it (why do they …

Compaq Armada M300 HDD case/bezel

VCFed about 2 months ago

Hi, Do you have a hdd enclosure + bezel for this model that you want to part with? Do PM me. br Dan …

Compaq Portable Diskette Error?

VCFed about 2 months ago

Heyo, Booting my Compaq Portable gives me an error that states, “Diskette Error, replace and strike any key when ready”. I’ve tested both floppy drives in a 486 (with ImageDisk) and they both work fine. What’s odd to me is that the error still appe …

Compaq LTE286

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hello A question for the COMPAQ experts... I have a working Compaq LTE286. But after a short time the image disappears and the hard drive only ticks. The Conner CP-4041 therefore needs to be replaced. But that disk is hard to find and probably (very) expe …

Compaq Portable III: Using multiple drives/storage devices on IDE controller possible?

VCFed about 3 months ago

All right. I have had success in using XT-IDE on the Compaq Portable III, thanks to a patched BIOS ROM from VOGONS: https://www.vogons.org/view... problem I am having now is that I have a dual-plug cable, but it only reads and a …

Help identifying a sound card

VCFed about 3 months ago

Recently acquired a Compaq 4/66i running Windows 3.1 and it happens to have a card which I cannot identify. Looks to have a OPL2 chip, can I assume this is a clone of sorts? Manuals, drivers, or suggestions would be nice. Thanks! …

Text corruption after BIOS on internal LCD only, external display fine on Portable PC III (Orchid)

VCFed about 3 months ago

I have a Portable PC III by Orchid Systems - a 386 compaq portable III clone that takes a regular MB with a special video card for the LCD. Plugging in a VGA monitor, everything works fine - the initial BIOS boot screen, and then DOS afterwards. Using the …

Compaq SLT/286 Hard Drive Replacement

VCFed about 3 months ago

Picked up a Compaq SLT/286 a few months back, tested it briefly after I got it and found that the hard drive was either missing or non-functional (or it works and I just need to set it up, I can't remember). I set it aside as I did not have time to work on …

IBM PC, PCXT, Tandy 1000 • MiSTer PC XT BIOS

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Here's my small contribution to this project:MiSTer PC XT BIOSIt's a fork of well known 8088_bios (https://github.com/skisele... PC XT related enhancements:Memory size set to 704KB. So if A000h UMB enabled, 704KB memory will be available to …

XT-IDE AT/x86 version: Unable to configure ports and addresses?

VCFed about 3 months ago

Since I have my Compaq Portable III in easy working order again, I want to try using XT-IDE as a pair of option EPROMS (note the missing "E") in the extra chip sockets provided on its motherboard. (That is, if it has the capability to do so.) Th …
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Need help—IBM 5162 can't boot from the XT-CF card!

VCFed about 3 months ago

My IBM 5162 has a damaged hard drive. Every time, I had to use a floppy to boot it. I recently bought a MINI XT-CF card. However, my IBM 5162 can't boot from it. Using DOS 3.3, I fdisk the CF card and erase all partitions on my Compaq Prolinea 4/50 (whi …

Project Compaq Portable 286 for Trade

VCFed about 4 months ago

I am looking to trade away a project Compaq Portable 286 for an IBM 5150. Please see the pictures (in Imgur) and notes about the machine below. Let me know if you have any questions or offers. 1) I have not used the 3.5 floppy drive; however, it does not …

Compaq & Dell PDA CF-card usage?

VCFed about 4 months ago

I have a Dell Axim X30 and a Compaq Ipaq 3975: I want to use them as MP3 players. What do I need to do to get them to play music? I've put some MP3's on the cards then used Active Sync to do whatever it is I'm supposed to do, but I'm at a loss as to what …

Compaq Ipaq 1801-Microcode Update Error

VCFed about 4 months ago

Howdy folks! I have a first model Compaq Ipaq desktop that I'm working on. I recently upgraded the CPU to a PIII 1Ghz, but now I'm getting, "1801-Microcode Update Error". It's fine with a 733 Mhz, but not the 1G. I need to update the BIOS, bu …

Early Compaq turbo speed keyboard combination

VCFed about 4 months ago

Does anyone know if early Compaqs, specifically the Prolinea 3/25, had a keyboard combination that could switch between normal clock speed and a reduced speed? I don't know if this Prolinea allowed this, but I would assume Compaq didn't employ many differe …

Need help identifying a large TO-3 "transistor"

VCFed about 4 months ago

Compaq Portable 286 power supply, there are two identical TO-3 packages labelled "102528" with Linear Tech logo. Anyone know what these are? https://imgur.... …

Problem with Compaq SLT/286

VCFed about 4 months ago

I have purchased a Compaq SLT/286 laptop and, when I try to turn it on, the power and caps, num lock and scroll lock light come on for a moment, they all turn off and it repeats itself, and so on continuously. An internal "clack" sounds slightly. …

Hello from Michigan! Compaq EP Deskpro 3DFX Build

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello all! I stumbled onto this forum looking for specific information of SCSI ULTRA terminators. After looking around some more, I figured I would register! I have been working in I.T. since 1996 at a very young age and have always loved the old stuff. I …

Disassembly of a Compaq LTE Lite Series Laptop

VCFed about 4 months ago

While it is my belief that next to the Toshiba Satellite series, the Compaq LTE Lite series of laptops were perhaps some of the best of the premium white-label laptops of the early 90's that were NOT built by IBM. Unfortunately it is still a laptop that li …

Compaq 486 4/25S parts list ?

VCFed about 5 months ago

Dear Fellow Forum members I have a few questions i'd like to ask. Does anyone have a parts list for the Compaq 4/25S ? Is there a riser board with 1 pci slot ? does anyone have the latest/last softpaq for it ? Thankyou Everyone Happy New Year James …

How to write a floppy disk from an image file on a Compaq Portable III?

VCFed about 5 months ago

I have a Compaq Portable III and the system defaults to 1.2MB floppy drive after losing its settings (replace the battery for the clock chip DS1285). I would like to have a bootable Diagnostic floppy for a Compaq Portable III (286 CPU), for which I have d …

Looking for Compaq Portable III Technical Reference

VCFed about 5 months ago

I'm restoring a Compaq Portable III and was hoping to find the Technical Reference online somewhere. Primarily I would like technical details and the pin-out to the expansion header on the back, but the whole reference manual would be nice. This system i …

Compaq Portable 1 with 301 / 101 error. 8255 PPI Chip?

VCFed about 5 months ago

I took out my Compaq Portable 1 today to install the Gotek I got for Christmas and it's now booting to a 101/301 error. It boots to DOS but a handful of the keys just type garbage. It was fine when I put it away a year ago. I found this thread h …