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Thread ID: 87544	2008-02-25 20:00:00	Vintage Mitsubishi MP286L Laptop boot issue	Tbird650 (6754)	Press F1

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643488	2008-02-25 20:00:00	Hi My laptop won't boot and the cmos battery is flat. Google tells me a special prog is needed to set up the bios settings from fdd. I also believe the fdd is 720kb. The laptop itself is from late 80's, I think 1989. I don't know what os it has either as yet. I was told the 720kb's were last made 15years ago, but I scratched around and finally located a 720kb disk to use. My XP computer tells me the file system on that old floppy is FAT. My question is: Can I write to it from XP with its' 1.44mb drive and expect that to work in the laptop? What boot DOS version should I use on the floppy? Here is some google info: uktsupport.ipbhost.com uktsupport.ipbhost.com Take trip down memory lane....	Tbird650 (6754)
643489	2008-02-25 22:13:00	You don't know what O/S? Why bother then? Its probably DOS 5.0. Or maybe DOS 3.0.	pctek (84)
643490	2008-02-26 00:00:00	That must be the older, slower 8 mhz model - the blisteringly fast 10 mhz model produced the next year (1990) had the standard 1.44 floppy! :rolleyes: This laptop was manufactured in 1990 August and is a 286-10hmhz computer in a laptop form factor and has a customized carrying case. Actually, the proper word for this computer might actually be luggable, since the MP286L is almost 4 inches thick and weighs more than 10 pounds. It uses an 11.5 inch LCD standard 1.44 floppy drive, and a MFM 3.5 inch hard drive (type 11) and has a full size keyboard. An interesting feature of this laptop is that the power LED also functions as a reset button when it is pushed. Museum piece	bevy121 (117)
643491	2008-02-26 01:13:00	Well if it can read it and it says it's using FAT filesystem then it should be able to write to it fine also. Then you'll just need to find a way to get it bootable with DOS if it's not already - and do you even have the setup program?	Agent_24 (57)
643492	2008-02-26 10:29:00	Well, success of sorts though not quite the way I expected it. I downloaded the dos5 boot files and extracted onto a 1.44mb floppy. It worked, so I guess it must be a 1.44mb drive. The setup prog "gsetup31", I downloaded and it works but my cmos battery is flat. For fun I might get a new battery but couldnt see myself actually using one of these dinosaurs. My, how things have changed. This is a laptop before the term was invented, it's just that you need a very strong lap. I will post back when I get the battery....... Thanks to all.	Tbird650 (6754)
643493	2008-02-26 11:10:00	Why exactly are you doing this? You know, laptops (I mean proper ones) aren't actually that expensive nowadays...	beeswax34 (63)
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