-=> MATT MC_CARTHY wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> Now I'm looking for a DOS memory utility that might
 WC> tell me if my EDO RAM is parity or non-parity and
 WC> 60 or 70 NS prior to buying 64 Meg. of EDO on Ebay.

 MM> I have never seen EDO memory in parity form, and TTBOMK boards that use
 MM> EDO never supported parity.  If there is _no_ setting in the CMOS, the
 MM> board does NOT support parity.

 OK, I'll buy that.
 Now I have to learn about SDRAM with the new machine in case
 I want to bump it up from 96 to 256 Meg 
 
 WC> Oh yeah the CMOS now holds, it was corrosion under
 WC> the top positive battery contact.

 MM> GREAT!  Glad to hear it is working!

So isn't the found on doorstep partially disassembled 
H.P. Pavilion .
Some bad sectors on the disk since mapped out bad
and software reinstalled.
Now to learn Win 98.
 
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