[tech] the toshiba laptop

[Jean-Paul Blaquiere]

> On May 09, The Jp scratched in indelible ink :

> has anoyone got the 286 toshiba laptop?  i went looking for it in the machine
> room today and could not find it.
> 
short update.  Grahame had it.  'twas noted in theft book, but as an xt.
The hard drive was not responding to [gmb].  After some minor surgery with a
screwdriver, it now responds.  IMO, it was some corrosion or similar on the
connector cable.  The RTC and main battery are FITH.  I will investigate
replacing both.  The RTC will be *much* easier.  the main one is a 14.4V
2.1A/hr job in a beige sheath.  It *may* be replaceable, or copyable.  I will
bring it on Thursday for others opinions.

It is a 286/12MHz with a 40MB drive.
Originally installed with a copy of Toshiba DOS 4.1, MS Word 5 and some
semblence of an antivirus software.  If anyone wants a copy of these, they
will be available for a short period of time at Waratah. (archival purposes of
course) ask me.

DoS and minix will be played with.

/Jp - happily remembering why he likes Toshiba construction techniques.
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Jean-Paul Blaquiere		||   Student of Computational 
   japester at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au 	||   Thaumaturgy
   	We have what is termed a one way gateway on our house.  
   	Computers are allowed to enter, but they may not leave.