I just "inherited" a Toshiba 3100e/40 computer, and I'd like to install a simple word program onto it, but don't know how. I tried installing one, but nothing I do works to install it. All I want the computer for is typing up papers at college. Please help!

I came across these little tidbits while looking for a memory chip for an Osbourne 1: [quote] The 286 chip in the T3100 series was smaller than the regular 286 chip (IIRC). The "fun" part about it was that it just dropped into the socked (loosely), and was held in place by the heatsink that snapped on top [one of Toshiba's *many* bad designs). If the computer would get bumped suddenly, or if the chip would move due to expansion and contraction of the chip from heat, it would need to reseated. There was also VERY little airflow in those machines. The power supply has a 1 1/2" fan, and the hard drive and floppy drive were directly in front of the internal air vents, basically blocking the already limited (because of fan size) airflow. The HD controller was also buried under the hot power supply. The controller would heat up, and the P/S would heat up, causing the HD controller to blow from overheating, and making it seem like the heads in the HD were stuck (don't know if toshiba did this on purpose...). The HD's, if you can find one are around $150 for a 20 meg. I don't know the cost of the controllers, because I sold the thing for parts before I even thought about looking in to it. -- -Jason PS> when the P/S starts blowing out air about as hot as a hair dryer set on "low" (about an hour and a half), you better turn it off an let it cool down for a bit (or just put it on ice). [/quote] From another thread: [quote] The hard drive was made by JVC and had a 26 pin (IIRC) connector, with no power connector. My WANG WLTC has the 10MB version of the JVC drive, and my Tandy 1400HD has an ALPS 20MB with the same connector. I think they were fairly common in old laptops, but just fairly hard to find now. The drive usually didn't go bad in the Toshiba. It was the controller. I know two people who replaced the HD, only to find that it didn't work, either. They sent the HD's back to the company and scrapped the computers. -- -Marte [/quote] Um, this doesn't look promising at all.