Newbie's got a dead 386

From: jax <jax_at_tvec.net>
Date: Sun Nov 15 18:24:31 1998

Hello all, FNG here.

        Having joined the mailing list a few days ago, I've been sitting back
reading with interest and sometimes envy, but I have a prol'um:

        Friend brought me his expired Wyse Decision 386SX20 for resurrection.
Don't know exactly why he brought it to me, just a somewhat adept hobbyist
( I only hurt myself every 45 min. or so). Guess he's too cheap to get a
pro even though the unit is used as a POS device in his business.

        It's got a bad floppy drive, which I have, BUT, it sat around unplugged
until the battery went down and the BIOS settings are GONE. I have tried
every keyboard combination I can think of at bootup and I can't access the
BIOS setup. I am suspicious that this model needs a special setup disk to
write to the BIOS directly.

        No book, no brains, no patience...... this may take awhile.

        Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
        jax_at_tvec.net
Received on Sun Nov 15 1998 - 18:24:31 GMT