Capt. 2110
Experienced Member
I recently was given a Compaq Contura Aero 4/25(my first WORKING vintage computer, finally!), and I wanted to know a little more about it.
1. The laptop thinks it is 1980. I can't find the CMOS/BIOS disk. Where would I get it?
2. The drive sounds terrible, especially on spin down. Should I replace it?
3. The CMOS/BIOS battery is dead(see #1). How do I replace it?
4. Everything I see says this display is STN. Is it? Because it seems like a slow TFT to me...
5. Where do I buy a new Ni-MH battery for it?
6. Is there a way to keep the keyboard from fading? I don't want to be the guy that wrecks a 22-year-old keyboard with Japanese text slapped on it from the factory.
7. What do all of the characters do? Win95 won't respond to any of them...
1. The laptop thinks it is 1980. I can't find the CMOS/BIOS disk. Where would I get it?
2. The drive sounds terrible, especially on spin down. Should I replace it?
3. The CMOS/BIOS battery is dead(see #1). How do I replace it?
4. Everything I see says this display is STN. Is it? Because it seems like a slow TFT to me...
5. Where do I buy a new Ni-MH battery for it?
6. Is there a way to keep the keyboard from fading? I don't want to be the guy that wrecks a 22-year-old keyboard with Japanese text slapped on it from the factory.
7. What do all of the characters do? Win95 won't respond to any of them...
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