Fwd: compaq's portable computer

From: Dave Dunfield <dave04a_at_dunfield.com>
Date: Tue May 4 07:30:22 2004

>> If anyone has the original setup disk for the Portable III, I would love to
>> get an image of it - the "generic" AT setup disks work in that you can configure
>> the drives and get it to boot, however Compaq apparently "rolled their own"
>> checksum algorithm, as once configured with any of the generic disks, it gets a
>> CMOS Checksum error.
>
>http://www.compaq.com/support/files/obsolete_diagnostics.html
>I THINK that it includes what you need, along with some other junk.

Thanks! - that was exactly what I wanted - works perfectly!

Regards,

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