Curtis Johnson wrote in a message to Wayne Chirnside:

 -=> Quoting Wayne Chirnside to Roy J. Tellason <=-

 RJT> Compaq 286 box here that I can't use *anything* out of,  no 3.5"
 RJT> drive, only 5.25",  non-standard PS and MB and everything else in
 RJT> there.  

 WC> Yeah, seen them, tossed one, should have kept the DX-66 processor
 WC> however. Stupid P.B. uses what I believe to be a non-standard 
 WC> A: drive the kind with a twist in the middle of the cable,
 WC> not too hard to find however. I really hate Compaq.
 WC> P.B. is annoying sometimes but there are workarounds,
 WC> Compaq is certainly not for hardware tinkerers or power users.

 CJ>    I have a Compaq that was given to me, HD dead but everything
 CJ> else seems OK.  Great, I think, all I have to do is swap in a new
 CJ> HD.  Pop the box, and there's about half an inch or so of space
 CJ> between  the HD and the CD-ROM, and I've been unable to find a
 CJ> screwdriver with an offset that small.  Anyone here have
 CJ> suggestions as to where to get one?

What model Compaq is it?  And why is it that you refer to the space between
the drives as a way to get the HD out of there?  Or am I misunderstanding
some aspect of this?  The one desktop system I have here,  a "Deskpro
XL 586",  has the drives coming out the front after you remove the
outer case.

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