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Compaq Presario R3000 - No Tips Work
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Compaq Armada 1700 and 1750 - Entering The BIOS
According to the Service Manual for the Compaq Armada 1700 series, you press F10 to enter the BIOS. Unlike modern computers, the BIOS pro...
162 System Options Not Set - Compaq Armada 1700/1750
Are you getting the 162 System Options Not Set on an old vintage/retro laptop? Is it followed by a message telling you the Time and Dat...
Reset Vintage Retro Toshiba Laptop BIOS Password With A Key Disk (KEYdisk)
Have you got a Vintage or Retro Toshiba laptop that wont boot as it has a BIOS Password set? Then what you need is a KEY Disk!... When y...
£1.20 Faulty Untested iMac - Will It Work?
Nobody was bidding on this Apple iMac on eBay and it had a starting bid of a random £1.20 so I had a cheeky bid and I only went and won it!!...
The Best Way To Format and Test Old 3.5" Floppy Disks
I recently won 240+ 3.5" floppy disks on eBay so I have been looking for a way to reliably mass format and test them. I did ask on a F...
Compaq Armada Series QuickRestore Recovery CDs
This came all the way from Israel today (vie eBay): I didnt realise but it has both Windows 95 and Windows 98 restore options/CDs. I...
How To Replace The IBM ThinkPad 380D (Type 2635) CMOS Battery
On the IBM ThinkPad 380D laptop the CMOS batter for the BIOS is located under the RAM cover on the bottom of the laptop so (after first rem...
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Way before the Covid19 Pandemic came to light I picked up a job-lot of laptops from a car boot sale and I'm slowly starting to refurbish...
New Home - New Grotto! (Coming Soon)...
It's been a bit of a weird year the last 12 months with the Covid19 Coronavirus causing many of us to go in to periodic isolation. Desp...
Compaq Contura 3/25 intel 80386SX
Just got around to opening up the Compaq Contura 3/25 I 'won' on eBay the other week to see if it works or not. I got out my truste...
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