sodde

A couple of years ago, I was given a 386/20 portable by a guy I worked with. He had it from new, paid over $10,000 for it! It has the expansion pack that has what I think is a modem (has a large DIN plug socket)and a video card which I had to remove to make the machine boot. I guess it lost its configuration when the CMOS battery failed. It also has max'd out onboard memory at 2MB. It used to boot right up but when I dug it out recently and booted it up, it had lost its settings. I found the setup and diagnostics files on line but as this machine only has 5.25" floppy I was kinda stumped until I managed to temporarily cobble a floppy drive to it and run the files. As was expected, the CMOS battery was dead and I received a new one today which I'll be fitting soon. I'd be really interested in finding an original 3.5" floppy for this machine. This thing is in outstanding condition. Its been in its original Compaq bag since new. There's not a mark on it! One thing that puzzles me is that the tailored bag for this machine is leather with 'Compaq' embroidered on the sides in silver/grey. All the ones I've seen so far have been made from a material. Was this bag an option? Anyway, I'd like to hear from any other owners of this nice machine, if for nothing else just to share info. Steve