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Golfrock
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 Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject: Portable Plus |
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I just picked up a Portable Plus with 20MB hard drive. I opened it up
and was astonished to find a clean machine! It is just beautiful.
As I was using it, some keys began to malfunction. They were working
and then just didn't. Upon taking the keyboard apart, I found that the
foam between the key and the foil that made contact to the keyboard
circuit board had basically lost its elasticity. I have begun the
process of replacing this foam on all the keys. The stuff just
crumbles. This will take some time.
I was able to use the machine for a few days. It works great. There
is a Space Invaders game on it. I put Pac-Man, Zaxxon and Defender.
The joystick port works and the Pac-Man game runs fast. The game is
older than the machine! Those games came from a website that has stuff
going WAY back.
I can't wait to finish repairing the keyboard so that I can continue
working with this piece of history.
Robert |
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HH
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: Portable Plus |
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The old Compaq "Luggables" were damned near bullet-proof. They were designed
to withstand hard use for many years and were likely the most
"over-engineered" computers ever built.
HH
"Golfrock" <rtspitz@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I just picked up a Portable Plus with 20MB hard drive. I opened it up
and was astonished to find a clean machine! It is just beautiful.
As I was using it, some keys began to malfunction. They were working
and then just didn't. Upon taking the keyboard apart, I found that the
foam between the key and the foil that made contact to the keyboard
circuit board had basically lost its elasticity. I have begun the
process of replacing this foam on all the keys. The stuff just
crumbles. This will take some time.
I was able to use the machine for a few days. It works great. There
is a Space Invaders game on it. I put Pac-Man, Zaxxon and Defender.
The joystick port works and the Pac-Man game runs fast. The game is
older than the machine! Those games came from a website that has stuff
going WAY back.
I can't wait to finish repairing the keyboard so that I can continue
working with this piece of history.
Robert
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Golfrock
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: Portable Plus |
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Does anyone have a source for downloading a diagnostic disk or drivers
for the Compaq Plus?
Thanks,
Robert |
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