Ack... all that rom burning sounds scary. My video bios is Phoenix on my T5200, so I assume the bios is also Phoenix. I worked up the courage to open the back and remove the network card. It's an artisoft card, and no boot ROM installed. I ordered the paradise max ide controller, so I suppose I …

OMG, I may cry... I fired my machine up... hit f1 at the bad cmos prompt... pressed end to save data... rebooted.. it booted to msdos... with QEMM 7.03.. and Norton is doing a virus search now. I'll get pix if I can. okay it finished.. went to a menu then quickly to a spinning 3d clown head... I hit …

It came! My T5200/100 arrived today, complete with Toshiba case. I didn't realize that it has an old network card in it already (BNC/AUI connectors). I haven't fired it up yet; I'm torn between wanting to see how it runs right now, and opening it up to inspect its condition first. Before I can do …

Excuse me for butting in (but...) I just purchased a T5200/100 from ebay yesterday. I've been wanting one since seeing "Medicine Man" (before that I've been wanting a gas-plasma Compaq Portable III since 1992... but it's only EGA) The screen seems intact, and in pix provided by the seller, it …