Compaq Portable III fails POST?

[Don]

jim stephens wrote:
> Barry Watzman wrote:
> 
>> I have a Compaq Portable III here, worked the last time it was powered
>> (years ago), may or may not still work.  I also have a file called
>> "SP0316.ZIP" that contains "SP0316.exe" which, I THINK, is a utility
>> (service pack) that makes the setup disk for the Portable III.  
>> However, it
>> needs to run on a PC with a 360k 5.25" floppy drive.
>>
>> I THINK.
>>  
>>
> try the url(s)
> 
> description:
> 
> ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp0000-0500/sp0316.txt
> download above
> 
> ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp0000-0500/sp0316.zip
> 
> SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP0316.ZIP
> PART NUMBER:  N/A
> FILE NAME:  SP0316.EXE
> TITLE:  SETUP/DIAGNOSTICS Version 8.00 Revision B VERSION:  8.00
> 
> LANGUAGE:  English
> 
> CATEGORY:  Diagnostics-Setup
> 
> DIVISION:  All PC's
> 
> PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  COMPAQ Portable, COMPAQ DESKPRO, COMPAQ DESKPRO 286, 
> COMPAQ PORTABLE 286, COMPAQ PORTABLE II, COMPAQ PORTABLE III, COMPAQ 
> PORTABLE 386, COMPAQ DESKPRO 386, COMPAQ DESKPRO 386/20,
> COMPAQ DESKPRO 386/25

I think 8.00 is the *last* that will fit on a 5" floppy.
8.04 requires 3" floppies -- though I haven't checked to see if
the extra 0.24M actually has any significant *content* (e.g.,
it could just be part of INSPECT.

N.B. I've already emailed 3 versions (6.something, 7.0 and 8.00)
to the OP -- though *this* SP probably self-extracts under
*DOS* (the versions I emailed required windows for extraction)