At 07:29 PM 12/18/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>I was just given a 3100e/40 "laptop". It powers up, screen works,
>goes through bios and then asks for a boot disk. The expansion
>bay is empty, which is where I assume the hd goes.
>
>I tried booting from a DOS 6.22 disk, but it couldn't recognize it. I'm
>guessing that it's not a 1.44mb drive.....800k perhaps? (It's 3.5")
>
>What version of DOS is the latest supported? I would also like any
>info on the processor, etc. The little beast has one whole meg of
>ram, so this is truly a power machine......remember when you
>could fit a word processor into 64k of ram along with Basic?
>
>Also, what kind of hd does it support? I'm guessing I'll have to track
>down a proprietary drive carrier, but does it use ide or is it mfm/rll?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
>Paul Braun
>NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
>nerdware_at_laidbak.com
>www.laidbak.com/nerdware
>
I have three Toshiba 3100's, all have HD floppy drives, and all will run
Dos 6.22. The one I got new, a 20 meg version, came with two disks,
Toshiba MS-Dos ver. 3.3, Pt # PA8804, and a "Diagnostics and Supplimental"
disk Pt# 8810U, that will not work with later versions of Dos.
The hard drive in the 20 meg version is a Conner CP 3022.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Charlie Fox
Charles E. Fox
Chas E. Fox Video Productions
793 Argyle Rd. Windsor N8Y 3J8 Ont. Canada
email foxvideo_at_wincom.net Homepage
http://www.wincom.net/foxvideo
Received on Sun Dec 19 1999 - 06:01:35 GMT