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Thanks to a recent upload to the Internet Archive from "LazArchive", I could finally put together a set of compatible MS-DOS 3.31 floppy disks. The COMPAQ FASTART utility disk from 1989 finally works as intended using the COMPAQ User Programs v6.01 Rev B. This never worked for me before, so it's a huge improvement! 😃

MS-DOS v3.31 is a particularly useful version of DOS, because it was the first version to support a partition size of over 32MB... up to 512MB!

Link: https://archive.org/details/compaq331
Another Link: https://archive.org/details/ms-dos.ver.-3.31d-oem-compaq.-english

#DOS #MSDOS #COMPAQ #Microsoft #Retro #80s #80er #80s #IBMPC #Emulation #86Box #Tech #DOSGaming #RetroComputing

#Microsoft licensing #corruption scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption_scandal

#FujitsuSiemens #IBM #Compaq #HewlettPackard #SandT #SIVECO #Softwin

#Romania

Earlier tonight, I was searching the web for the official Compaq diagnostics disk to add a Compaq Deskpro 386/25 to my collection of 86Box virtual machines. This machine's from the late 80s and it does not have anything like a BIOS settings menu, but instead uses a bootable floppy disk instead.

Great success! I did not only find working disk images, but I even managed to download the original files from Compaq to create these disks in the first place. In both 3.5" and 5.25" versions! The files are named "SP0308.EXE" and "SP0316.EXE".

I'm reallly grateful to the community for preserving these files! 😃

#RetroComputing #Compaq #DOSGaming #RetroGaming #Emulation #86Box #PCEmulation #FloppyDisk

Hier noch ein weiteres, eher spezielles Retro-Sammlerstück, diesmal aus dem Jahre 1992: Ein OEM Diskettensatz von Windows 3.1 mit Dienstprogrammen und Branding des PC-Herstellers COMPAQ.

Eine Installation dieser Disketten ist - sofern man keine Fehlermeldung auslösen möchte - nur auf Computern mit COMPAQ BIOS möglich. Ansonsten wird beim ersten Start ein "Segment-Lade-Fehler" durch das Programm CPQINST.EXE ausgelöst. Um dies zu vermeiden, genügt allerdings auch schon ein emuliertes COMPAQ System, wie z.B. der "Compaq Deskpro 386" in 86Box.

https://archive.org/details/mswin_3.1_de_compaq-branded

Viel Spaß beim Austesten! 😉

#Win31 #Windows #Microsoft #COMPAQ #Diskette #FloppyDisk #Branding #86Box #Emulation #RetroComputing #90er #90s

@elfin @doctorwhom funny, i worked as a sub at data general in westfield #compaq #dec

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My first PDA was the first-generation Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC.

I had the Ericsson T39m as a phone, which was the first mobile phone with built-in GPRS and Bluetooth.

Had mobile web always at hand even in middle school, and Pocket PC port of SimCity 2000!

#PDA #RetroComputing #Compaq #Ericsson

Инженерное чудо Compaq'а из 90-х…

Я большой фанат ноутбуков и любых схожих с ними устройств. В моей небольшой коллекции есть самые разные модели: с десктопными Pentium 4, с дискретными GPU от S3 Graphics и даже парочку «отвальных» ноутбуков с MXM-видеокартами. Однако одна модель особенно выделяется — ведь Compaq M300 был не только мощным и при этом компактным ноутбуком родом из 1999 года, но ещё и игровым — благодаря дискретной графике от ATi. Как выглядел игровой ноутбук из 90-х, что у него было внутри, на что он был способен и для чего он мне нужен в 2025 году — читайте в сегодняшней статье!

https://habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/articles/975492/

#bodyawm_ништячки #гаджеты #ноутбуки #ретроспектива #ati #ati_rage #compaq #pentium_ii

💝 Vintage Lust 💝

Seller offers discount—intrigued—but it's just the board, would need the rest, but then I could have that quad Pentium Pro I've been wanting ever since this model came into existence (make it the Black Edition, 200Mhz + 2MB cache). There's simply never enough time to enjoy all of the vintage machines of which daydreams are made.

#vintagecomputing #vintage #compaq #pentium #servers #beautiful

I wasn't kidding when I said I put a dedicated GPU into this #compaqdeskproen! Not bad for a #PCI video card! #compaq #compaqdeskpro #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #oldcomputer #retrogaming #gta #grandtheftauto #gtaiii #gta3 #grandtheftautoiii #grandtheftauto3 #crt #crtgaming #2000snostalgia #90snostalgia #kuruma

Yep, I’ve got one of these too! It’s been a bit of a guinea pig for me, and has a dedicated video card in it (because I could). #compaq #compaqdeskpro #retrocomputing #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #oldcomputer #windows2000 #crt #90snostalgia #2000snostalgia #bluescreen #deskpro #compaqdeskproen

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