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Compaq Deskpro 386s model 2530
I have gotten a Compaq Deskpro 386s
From what I can see on this picture http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015149.jpg it must be the 2530 model. The first issue is that I don't know how to have more memory. The operating system I'm planning to run requires at least 8MB, and would perform better with 12MB. From this picture http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015136.jpg it appears the max memory in this machine is 13 MB, I don't know if I need a memory expansion board or if I just need memory chips. There appears to be some card which might or might not be the memory expansion board (look at this pictu http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015124.jpg ) I don't know what type of memory I need. It's for sure not 30-pin SIMMs or 72-pin SIMMs. The other issue is the hard disk. From what I can see on this pictu http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015133.jpg this machine only supports a handful of "types". I guess this means I can't just use any 540 MB IDE drive I might have around. Also, I don't even know if this machine uses IDE drives or "other" (ESDI ?) drives.... If anybody could help, I would be very glad. Thank you, Daniel |
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wrote in message oups.com... I have gotten a Compaq Deskpro 386s From what I can see on this picture http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015149.jpg it must be the 2530 model. The first issue is that I don't know how to have more memory. The operating system I'm planning to run requires at least 8MB, and would perform better with 12MB. From this picture http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015136.jpg it appears the max memory in this machine is 13 MB, I don't know if I need a memory expansion board or if I just need memory chips. There appears to be some card which might or might not be the memory expansion board (look at this pictu http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015124.jpg ) I don't know what type of memory I need. It's for sure not 30-pin SIMMs or 72-pin SIMMs. The other issue is the hard disk. From what I can see on this pictu http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015133.jpg this machine only supports a handful of "types". I guess this means I can't just use any 540 MB IDE drive I might have around. Also, I don't even know if this machine uses IDE drives or "other" (ESDI ?) drives.... If anybody could help, I would be very glad. Thank you, Daniel Several companies made ISA memory expansion boards if you could find one it maybe a little slow but still work. You should be able to install a larger disk and use a product like disk manager to map it correctly note you would need and old version of this software as the version they sell now doesn't support 386 CPU. Which OS are you planing to use ? From a economic stand point you should be able to buy a used computer for much less than $25 than would be better choice. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW |
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As a second to this, I was just at EPC last week and Pentium (I) class
machines were going for about $50.00 w/o OS. KC "Stanley Reynolds" wrote in message .. . wrote in message oups.com... I have gotten a Compaq Deskpro 386s From what I can see on this picture http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015149.jpg it must be the 2530 model. The first issue is that I don't know how to have more memory. The operating system I'm planning to run requires at least 8MB, and would perform better with 12MB. From this picture http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015136.jpg it appears the max memory in this machine is 13 MB, I don't know if I need a memory expansion board or if I just need memory chips. There appears to be some card which might or might not be the memory expansion board (look at this pictu http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015124.jpg ) I don't know what type of memory I need. It's for sure not 30-pin SIMMs or 72-pin SIMMs. The other issue is the hard disk. From what I can see on this pictu http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015133.jpg this machine only supports a handful of "types". I guess this means I can't just use any 540 MB IDE drive I might have around. Also, I don't even know if this machine uses IDE drives or "other" (ESDI ?) drives.... If anybody could help, I would be very glad. Thank you, Daniel Several companies made ISA memory expansion boards if you could find one it maybe a little slow but still work. You should be able to install a larger disk and use a product like disk manager to map it correctly note you would need and old version of this software as the version they sell now doesn't support 386 CPU. Which OS are you planing to use ? From a economic stand point you should be able to buy a used computer for much less than $25 than would be better choice. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW |
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I am planning to run Debian GNU/Linux. potato (release 2.2) will run on
8MB, albeit very slowly. woody (release 3.0) requires 16MB, and will also be very slow on just 16MB. The problem isn't actually economic , I just happen to collect various "vintage" computers and try to run operating systems on them. Indeed, you can find unexpensive Pentium-class computers. For instance, on ebay.de, there's a bunch of Pentium-II @ 233 MHz machines with 128 MB RAM for 29 EUR. Anyway I'd be glad if I could have more RAM on this Deskpro 386s. Thank you, |
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wrote in message oups.com... I am planning to run Debian GNU/Linux. potato (release 2.2) will run on 8MB, albeit very slowly. woody (release 3.0) requires 16MB, and will also be very slow on just 16MB. The problem isn't actually economic , I just happen to collect various "vintage" computers and try to run operating systems on them. Indeed, you can find unexpensive Pentium-class computers. For instance, on ebay.de, there's a bunch of Pentium-II @ 233 MHz machines with 128 MB RAM for 29 EUR. Anyway I'd be glad if I could have more RAM on this Deskpro 386s. Thank you, In that case four options come to mind: 1) Generic board like the Everex Systems EV-159 ISA memory expansion up to 16M. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=WDVW&tc=photo or http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=WD1V&tc=photo 2) Find the compaq board that is for this model. 3) Stack extra memory chips on the back of the current chips. I have found documation hard to find but you would need to figure how to address this memory. goggle "piggyback chip memory expansion" http://www.cling.gu.se/~cl3polof/vic20expansion/ http://www.webweavers.co.nz/system-8...memory_upgrade (good ideas but wrong computer) 4) Replace current chips with bigger chips http://aland.roarvgm.com/mods/1.html Would think option 1 is the only one I would try, but I did stack chips in my old color computer three or four high. Guess you could also make your own expansion board but that would be a long shot. Happy hardware hacking ... |
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Thanks a lot.
What about this board: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=5730246360 Regards, Daniel |
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wrote in message oups.com... Thanks a lot. What about this board: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=5730246360 Regards, Daniel No, that is for a ProLiant 3000 Server |
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Look here for the possible memory expansion using standard compaq options:
http://configurator.memorystock.com/...s&modelid=1489 |
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"Stanley Reynolds" wrote in message . .. Look here for the possible memory expansion using standard compaq options: http://configurator.memorystock.com/...s&modelid=1489 http://www.4allmemory.com/index.cfm?...memory_id=1790 Another not sure either of these would work, do you have a 1meg expansion borad in your system and does it have a part number ? |
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At boot time the machine says it has 2 MB.
The Compaq Diagnostic diskette says there is 1 MB on the system board and 1 MB on the expansion board. Look at this pictu http://www.geocities.com/daniel_lebr...s/r0015124.jpg Greetings, Daniel |
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