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Well, I’ve gotten her to post but she won’t boot. The boot disks were new old stock, MS DOS 4.01. So old enough that the disks might have failed even sitting in the shrinkwrapped package. But it could be other things. The odd part is it would POST one out of maybe 3 attempts, then…
I’ve wired an appropriate size DIN connector to an ATX motherboard power extender, and soldered the PSON line on the extender to a ground wire so that it will run. Plug it in, and my Compact XT does power on. I don’t get any video display. I’m unsure if my modern(ish) TV is incompatible with…
So, when I was in middle school/high school, my parents bought me my own PC. It was a Laser Compact XT. 8088@8mhz, 512k ram, 1x 360k floppy. I eventually got a second floppy for it. Having watched an 8 Bit Guy video(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0B0hiVqxA) detailing his efforts to restore a one of these machines, I was eventually…