Ive been tinkering with my Compaq Portable 486C that has a bad floppy drive.
I ordered one of those gotek floppy emulators like ive seen others use in various vintage computing sites.
I also ordered a 26 pin to 34 pin adapter like this one...
the other day i bought a amd 586 133 chip on ebay hoping it would work in place of the 486 dx2 66 that was in there. the one i bought was a PNY quickchip with board revision E.
i went to install it earlier last week and the computer wouldnt boot. i was a bit bummed. so i popped the 486 dx2 66...
Hey Folks,
Looking for a compaq portable 486c 1.44mb floppy drive. Mine took a dump.
It worked years ago but when i tried to access a floppy today, no dice.
the machine has that proprietary connector so its not like i can dangle a 34pin/separate power connector out of the machine unless i...
Hey Folks,
New here... My name is Brian and I've been tinkering around with computers since the 90's.
I recently scavenged a Compaq Portable 486C from by inlaws basement to mess with so I'm sure I'll have questions.
Brian