Compaq Portable III fails POST?

[jim stephens]

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