[vcf-midatlantic] Repair Workshop June 9 & 10, 2018 Wrap-up

[Evan Koblentz]

>> So those floppies  worked? That's good :)

Yep! Thanks for making them.

On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 8:58 AM Jason Perkins via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> 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:
>
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > b
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