On 2001-08-03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsey> said:
>http://www.compaq.com/search/
>where I searched for "Portable II Softpaq" (without "s), and found:.
>http://www.compaq.com/support/portable/out_of_production/PortableII.
>html
Thanks for mentioning the URL. Actually, I've already been there and
created the necessary disks. They worked nicely. The only question
that arose from the diagnostic program was a message indicating an
unrecognized hard disk; the hard disk works just fine, except that
its little light isn't working (although connected). Perhaps this
hard disk replaced an earlier one and doesn't work with the indicater
light; the light is not connected to the hard disk, just to the
controller card.
>A spirometer measures the volume when you blow. (This checks how
>well your lungs work.)
Well, that explains why it was in the respiratory department.
>Don't forget to set the floppy jumper on the higher of DS0/DS1 or
>DS1/DS2 and connect to the end of the cable (after the twist).
>That sets the floppy as B:, but the twist reverses it back to A:.
>(If there is no twist, set the floppy jumper to the lower of
>DS0/DS1 or DS1/DS2.)
>Check that there is a termination resistor chip installed (A: only.
As it turns out, I was ignorant enough to overlook that this floppy
drive has a button with *three* positions: 1) disk inserted & button
out 2) button pushed in to seat floppy disk properly (what I didn't
do) 3) disk ejected by pushing button one more time.
I've been so used to two-step, in-out floppy drive buttons that it
didn't even dawn on me for several days that this was what I had
overlooked!
The 360k floppy drive works *very* well and actually seems to format
DD disks better than some of the other such drives I've used on other
machines.
>Not as scratch resistant as glass, but tougher. You or the supplier
>can use a hot nichrome wire to soften it along a line to make a
>rounded fold. If you want to make right angles, file the edges
>flat. Then you can use a squeeze bottle with a needle tip to apply
>a little chloroform along the joint. Use just enough so that it
>sucks in between the pieces. You can see when you have enough, as
>the joint goes clear. Too much will mar the surface. Let set
>overnight.
I've already done this, too. Just had a 1/16" piece of plexiglass
cut to cover the case so as to expose nicely the entire top; it's
just fasted with a few screws and washers on the edges. It's not
perfect (thanks to the case being warped when they ripped it open),
but it's certainly fine for SurvPC class work and show! I also
added a 14.4k Intel modem to it to try out later... :-)
Jerry... on his IBM PC/AT 5170 Model 339 | My laptop computer's a
***** 9600kbps/30MB HD/512k RAM/8 MHz | Tandy TRS-80 Model 100
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