Is there a museum of this stuff somewhere? I think of other stuff at museums I've seen and I have to wonder if there is a computer museum somewhere? -- In 08 vote for a crook you can trust. Del Boy for President. http://www.ofah.net On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Alan Dayley wrote: > (OK, I'm sure there is a Linux kernel somewhere that can run on it but I > don't want to take on that project.) > > Digging in my old stuff, I have found my Compaq 386/20 "lunch box" > computer. You remember, the ones with a red plasma screen? Just like > this one: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1065&st=1 > Only mine has the two ISA slot expansion unit on the back. I cranked it > up but it would not complete the boot from the hard drive. The original > Compaq diagnostic 5.25" diskette booted fine and all tests ran without > errors. The DOS 3.21 boot diskette booted and after formatting the hard > drive, it now boots fine too. As far as I can tell, it is fully > functional. > > Basic specs: > - 20MHz 386 CPU > - 4MB RAM > - 1.2MB 5.25" floppy disk drive > - 40MB hard disk drive > - Screen is clean and works as well as ever > - Two ISA slot expansion pack with VGA card in it > - Case is clean and perfect except the disk drive bay cover is missing. I > took it off long ago (Wonder why?) and cannot find it. > - Keyboard is perfect. > - Original Compaq Diagnostic diskette and two Compaq DOS 3.21 diskettes > included, in a plastic case and no extra charge! > > If anyone is hankering for the nostalgic DOS days of the late 80's and > wants a computer that was at the peak of technology when it was released, > this is one! > > Free to a home, good or bad. > > Alan > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss