[vcf-midatlantic] Repair Workshop June 9 & 10, 2018 Wrap-up
Jason Perkins
perkins.jason at gmail.com
Mon Jun 11 08:57:38 EDT 2018
So those floppies worked? That's good :)
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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> > >
> > > As for my own project, I spent about four hours cursing at the Portable
> > > III and all the Lego stuff because it wouldn't properly run code that I
> > > knew "should" work ... until Jeff G. and Bill I. convinced me to try
> > > flipping a ribbon cable around ... after which it immediately worked
> > > perfectly. :)
> > >
> > > Had a problem using the setup disk to configure the hard drive. Entered
> > > the date/time (also tried period-appropriate dates) but then it just
> said
> > > "please wait" and froze there on every attempt. I don't know if that
> > means
> > > a dead CMOS battery or something else. Did not get any errors while
> > > booting. The battery appears to be a square plastic assembly, not a
> coin
> > > cell. Any ideas?
> > >
> >
> >
> Basically you have to replace the battery.
>
> You might get something out of this thread, indirectly, at least in that
> you can contact this III owner:
> http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?64063-Compaq-
> Portable-III-Keyboard-Controller&p=519229#post519229
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