was "Re: old 386 pc, vga port" now DS1287

[Brad Parker]

"Antonio Carlini" wrote:
>
>Well a 386 may not count as vintage yet (or ever ...) but isn't it more
>in keeping with the spirit of what we do here to hack, twist and bend
>the modern to fit in with the old, where possible? Shouldn't the OP pull
>a pin on a common or garden cable rather than drill a mobo connector?

I pulled the pin :-)

I got the compaq setup program to work but it would still not boot.

I'm sure the DS1287 rtc has lost it's battery but I would have thought
it would be ok as long as I didn't turn off the power.

I reset all the settings but it complains when I reboot that it does not
have it's settings.  %^$^$^%$#$.

Am I high to think that if I buy one of the DS1287's on ebay it might
work?  Or all those so old that it's a waste of money?  Anyone try
lately?

A while back I brought an IPX back to life replacing the dallas chip,
but that was easily 5 years ago, maybe longer.

(I even tried putting the old compaq ESDI controller in a newer pc, but
it's not happy; it does auto discover the drive & geometry but the boot
fails with an error that looks like a bios problem)

I'm going after the DS1287 with a dremel tonight and solder a 3v battery
to it :-)  hi ho!

-brad