cctalk Digest, Vol 11, Issue 42

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Jul 22 16:01:18 2004

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, [iso-8859-1] Subramanian Iyer wrote:
> hi guys,
> great info on the rounds here.
> btw i happend to find an old comp, i fig must be
> atleast 15-20yrs old. i fig that it has a NECV30
> (similar to 8088) i guess.

Do you KNOW that it is a V30 or "fig" it?
A V30 is similar to an 8086, not 8088 (that would be the V20)

> no idea if its still in workin cond. i tried checkin,
> the powersupply's alright, and the power reaches the
> processor and the other chips. the bios chip is on
> board (andi doubt that's the trouble maker)
> can somebody tellme where ican find some info on
> manual bootstrapping it.
> the monoc monitor that came with it does not work, so
> how do i proceed. i hv my hols now and would like to
> work on it.
> tu

It would be a bit difficult to describe how to proceed,
unless/until you get some information about the computer.
So far, the only identification has been "an old comp",
"NECV30", and that the "monoc monitor" does not work.
IF you know that it has PC compatible video hardware,
then you could try another monitor, or use a scope to
check for video output.
But, if it IS a V30, then it prob'ly has many other things
different from an ordinary PC, so it would not be a good
idea to swap monitor until you confirm compatability.
Received on Thu Jul 22 2004 - 16:01:18 BST