Equill - I suppose I'll be persisting.
The repetitive restart trouble has cleared. That seemed to have been related to the PMU and/or faulty power supply brick. The startup chime now brings grey death. The floppy drive does make some clicks and whirs for the first minute or so, but nothing further. I took apart the 'book earlier and found a pristine looking situation, like new. The previous owner was an older Cornell prof., who very likely was quite careful and conservative with his little computer of sixteen years ago. The display cable is quite supple and correctly connected; I was too cautious to unseat the daughter card from what I suppose is the mother board. I don't know where to look for the RAM on the board, and could not find any information by google.
tomlee59 - Thanks for the system enabler clue, I'll see what can be arranged regarding that. And the floppy drive, of course. (and other fun hardware failure!) Suppose I'll be needing a parts machine. ;-) And to interject (latinus nerdus sum): vivendi is the gerund, living/nerd-ing...
Cheers!
The repetitive restart trouble has cleared. That seemed to have been related to the PMU and/or faulty power supply brick. The startup chime now brings grey death. The floppy drive does make some clicks and whirs for the first minute or so, but nothing further. I took apart the 'book earlier and found a pristine looking situation, like new. The previous owner was an older Cornell prof., who very likely was quite careful and conservative with his little computer of sixteen years ago. The display cable is quite supple and correctly connected; I was too cautious to unseat the daughter card from what I suppose is the mother board. I don't know where to look for the RAM on the board, and could not find any information by google.
tomlee59 - Thanks for the system enabler clue, I'll see what can be arranged regarding that. And the floppy drive, of course. (and other fun hardware failure!) Suppose I'll be needing a parts machine. ;-) And to interject (latinus nerdus sum): vivendi is the gerund, living/nerd-ing...
Cheers!