portable

A good while back, I picked up a somewhat crusty Compaq SLT/286 “portable” with an azerty keyboard for $20. The owner sold it saying that the laptop wouldn’t fire up, the power supply just blinked a green LED, and that was it. I was just happy to add a 286 to my collection, and for the of fun trying to bring it back to life!

Well, today I found a folder on my phone with all the pictures I took, a) so that I could put the damn thing back together, and b) for that big long article I was going to write about the fix process. (haha)

Instead, here’s a 65 image pictorial, with some random comments, an RTC battery repair, and some useful SLT related links.