Newbie's got a dead 386

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sun Nov 15 15:40:24 1998

Ethan, nevermind, I had a slip and got the original last.
jax wrote:

> 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.

CTL-ALT-ESC, CTL-ALT-ENTER, CTL-ALT-INS, CTL-ALT-S, CTL-ALT-END, F10, Hold F while
booting, many other possibles. Look in your presonal inbox for a message in which I
sent you a file called GSETUP31 that when run will allow much of this to be fixed.
Anyone else that wants it can email me and I'll attach it, very small file. Got it
from a guy in Amsterdam and it's saved many an odd machine over the last 2 years. I
think it's available on Download.Com or Shareware.Com as well.

Have you replaced the battery yet? Many use a commonly available photo or watch
battery that you can get at a retail store rather than a 200% markup for one in a
pooter shop that's usually old anyway.

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

I work like that all the time, it's obvious by me asking Ethan for the originator's
address. Ask Sam, he knows all about people with no brains on the list <grin, just
kidding Sam>

> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> jax_at_tvec.net

Appreciation can be sent by check or money order to.........
Received on Sun Nov 15 1998 - 15:40:24 GMT