I have a Compaq PIII as well, and I do have bootable DOS media for it. Not sure which vers. are available. There's also a bootable ELKS distro disk (Linux of sorts, for 286). That might be of some utility?
I don't recall - does the Port III have a HD? I can't remember, but I get the feeling it does.. On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:46 PM, jwsmobile <j...@jwsss.com> wrote: > I wonder if someone can help with a bit of a problem I have. > > I have a compaq portable 3 system which has a working Pick (Non dos) > system on it. > > It has the 5 1/4" floppy drives on it. I am looking for a bootable floppy > or 2 with something like dos 6.x on it and some utility that can read and > write disk sectors. Preferably the latter is a nice gui program, but > beggers can't be choosers. > > I need to boot it up from the floppy drive and modify the pick system > dictionary to remove the main password. So the change to the system will > be surgical, just one sector. > > If anyone can help, can you send me a note and let me know how I can > compensate you for your help. > > If I really move crap around I may be able to find a system with the 5 > 1/4" floppies on it, but I'm not sure I could get a program onto the system > then out to the 5 1/4" drive and am also looking for suggestions about what > disk utility / editor might be useful if anyone has suggestions on that. > I'll go ahead and dredge up something soon if I can't get help from > somewhere. > > thanks > Jim Stephens > >
