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    Text corruption after BIOS on internal LCD only, external display fine on Portable PC III (Orchid)

    I have a Portable PC III by Orchid Systems - a 386 compaq portable III clone that takes a regular MB with a special video card for the LCD. Plugging in a VGA monitor, everything works fine - the initial BIOS boot screen, and then DOS afterwards. Using the internal LCD screen instead, the BIOS...
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    Toshiba T1200 laptop User Manual

    Toshiba T1200 laptop User Manual I scanned it myself as I couldn't find it online anywhere, only the service manual https://archive.org/details/toshiba-t-1200-user-manual
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    Rebuilding Toshiba T1200 Main Battery Pack (Suggestions on replacement cells)

    I've opened up main battery on my Toshiba T1200 laptop, PA7491U 7.2V 2200 mAh, I assume nicad cells. Took a bunch of pictures to help others in the future. I basically cut it open along the seam with a utility knife. It looks like it has some weird leaking cells that were 25mm x 100mm, with some...
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    My 4P Drive Switch Mod

    I added a drive select switch to my 4P and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. I'm a bit of a novice so I adapted a lot of existing sources, so I wanted to make a thread with high res pictures and tips I wish I'd had when I started this. First, I swapped out the LED on the gotek since I...
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    Found some old Kaypro boards

    I was given an old Kaypro about 10 years ago, I was never really use it. It had no disks, and I got a boot disk through the mail, but it still didn't like it. I was in high school at the time, and ended up having to throw it out to to save space, but I did strip out the guts. I've gotten...
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