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-=> 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> 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. I have a Compaq that was given to me, HD dead but everything else seems OK. Great, I think, all I have to do is swap in a new HD. Pop the box, and there's about half an inch or so of space between the HD and the CD-ROM, and I've been unable to find a screwdriver with an offset that small. Anyone here have suggestions as to where to get one? --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]* Origin: Nerve Center: Source of the ELECTRONICS echo! (1:261/1000) SEEN-BY: 10/3 24/903 106/2000 120/544 123/500 132/500 261/1000 1380 633/104 SEEN-BY: 633/260 262 267 270 285 634/383 640/954 690/682 774/605 2432/200 @PATH: 261/1000 1380 10/3 106/2000 123/500 774/605 633/260 285 267 |
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