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Need help Compaq Portable III Boot disk

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First post, by Hiddenevil

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I recently got my hands on a working CP-III but no software came with it. I was wondering if some nice user on here, might be able to help me out sourcing a 5.25" boot disk. My eventual plan is to install a 3.5" floppy drive or gotek, but I understand this can't be done without first booting up from an original boot disk and editing the bios.

There's an old android saying which I believe is peculiarly appropriate here. In binary language it goes something like this: 001100111011000111100, which roughly translated means: "Don't stand around jabbering when you're in mortal danger!"

Reply 1 of 2, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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Hiddenevil wrote on 2022-07-04, 22:00:

I recently got my hands on a working CP-III but no software came with it. I was wondering if some nice user on here, might be able to help me out sourcing a 5.25" boot disk. My eventual plan is to install a 3.5" floppy drive or gotek, but I understand this can't be done without first booting up from an original boot disk and editing the bios.

Is the Setup / Diagnostic disk any help?

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Reply 2 of 2, by Hiddenevil

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Hi thank you for that, but i don't have the means to actually write these disks to a 5.25" disk

There's an old android saying which I believe is peculiarly appropriate here. In binary language it goes something like this: 001100111011000111100, which roughly translated means: "Don't stand around jabbering when you're in mortal danger!"

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