Compaq SLT/286

[David Vohs]

Hey Ethan, do you have a copy of the Diagnostic disk? I just recently
got one of these old gems & am trying to get it back up and running
again.


On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:15:08 -0400, "Ethan Dicks"
<ethan.dicks at gmail.com> said:
> I have one of these - very nice.  For those that don't remember, I
> have a NIC in one ISA slot of the dock, and a proprietary parallel
> card attached to a device programmer in the other slot.  I use Kermit
> and a packet driver to get device files in and out.  The only problems
> I've had with mine were a) dead battery in the Dallas clock chip (not
> a "regular" BIOS battery, but not a unique arrangement), and b) a
> missing battery and missing power brick, so it only works attached to
> the dock.
> 
> As a small 286, though, it's a nice package.  Someone (else) should jump
> on it!
> 
> -ethan
>