Summary: IM having trouble with the BIOS in my Compaq contura 4/25 it wont let me change the settings for the hard disk drive so i used the closest one but win...
Summary: Well, I hope it helps - they're just easier to work with if they're simplified. Nothing you had there would have hurt (much) other than maybe the 4(!...
Summary: I have never worked with 3.1 , so i need some help installing a mouse. I have the mouse plugged in but i dont know how to navigate using just the keyb...
Summary: Similar problem: I wonder if any of you can help me out. I am trying to put together a computer for a family with a 7 year old daughter, who cannot a...
Summary: Hello there, my friend gave me an old japanese NEC PC 9821 LD with 486SX/33 processor notebook running under windows 3.1 japanese version. since i can...
Summary: i have a very old laptop and i have the windows 3.1 installation disks that i got of the net then i installed it and it said incompatible dos version ...
Summary: boot from cd-rom on a 486? I am afraid that is not possible. Computers with bootable cd-roms appeared around 1997 with the intel pentium II. What you ...
Summary: Do anyone out there have a Toshiba T190CS 486/Pentium Laptop? I'm locked out of my system and need to reboot with a floppy diskette. However I need to...
Summary: I need help with my laptop. Its a ACERNOTE730 And has windows 3.1. when ever i turn it on it boots up normaly but when it comes to the initializing se...
Summary: Further to the above, two comments 1. You don't need to do anything to the BIOS to boot from the floppy. This is just as well - never, ever play with...
Summary: i have a 486 computer and running 6.22 dos and windows 3.11 need help with drivespace trying to compress a disk to get more info. on it but am having ...
Summary: Its a creative labs sound card (dont know what type), and it controlls a 2 speed reveal cd drive. i can get the cd drive working fine with my old 'SBC...
Summary: hey i need HELP!! with my computer when ever i start-up my computer it says: loading cd-rom drives-------------no drives found aborting cd-rom instal...
Summary: ok is it possible to share a dsl connection between a amd 900 mhz and a 486 with win 3.11 (business networkign one) in it? Please email me with the an...
Summary: http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/cgi-bin/helpline.pl This is the OBSOLETE COMPUTER MUSEUM HELPLINE If you need help with the old stuff, it is the...
Summary: Hi everyone, I recently found a new ISP that I want to try called copper.net. Copper.net cost half what earthlink, my current ISP, costs or $9.95/mon...
Summary: I currently have a Gateway Solo 800mhz with 128mb ram, 20GB Hard drive, and Windows XP Professional Installed. I would like to run Windows 3.11 along...
Summary: I can't think of much worse of a computer for a newbie to have to deal with than an older, manual HD install Packard Bell! This is one of those older ...
Summary: ok - them manual method. Ensure that the CD-rom is inserted correctly, power and data cables are the correct way around, and then check the jumper blo...
Summary: Hi, Recently I downloaded MS Media Player 5.2 beta for Windows 3.1 but the program apparently didn't install the MPEG-4 video codec V2 so I get only s...
Summary: Hi! I have been recently having problems with a 386, it is virus-ridden (a lot of the files are corrupted) and I want to format the hard drive. I have...
Summary: What Chad says about using a 10BaseT NIC on your Win 3.1 computer is true. I have some 3Com Etherlink III ISA NICs (3c509) on several of my computers ...
Summary: I have an old Labtop (486/33 Halikan) with Bios Version PhoenixBIOS(TM) A486 Version 1.03 081293-1630. I try to enter the Bios with delete but nothing...
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