Hi,

When I tried to boot from floppy, the PC reads the floppy, twice
briefly, before giving me the error:

Non-system disk or disk error.

This happens regardless how many times I push the F10 button. I even
tried using a Windows boot floppy.

Regarding the CMOS reset: My understanding is that I have to remove
the battery from the motherboard in order to reset the CMOS. The
battery seems to be fixed quite securely to the motherboard and
certainly not removable by hand. I have not tried using a screwdriver,
but I will certainly try it sometime if the boot floppy will not work.

Thanks for any advice,
Paul