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> A friend has a Bondwell 286 portable computer (made in 1991 according to
> the FCC ID). The display gave up the ghost. He has all of his formulas
> and solutions to his laboratory experiments on the hard drive. I am
> assuming that the drive is either a MFM or RLL type. The computer has a
> video output connector on the rear, but it is identified as an RGB
> output. The system will turn on but he cannot "see" anything. If a
> monitor could be connected to it, he could then copy all of his data to
> floppies and put it on his home computer until he gets a new laptop.
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> But since it is a RGB output, I don't think it can drive the more common
> standard monitor.
>
> I thought of taking the drive out, but before I crack the case, I want
> to know if that is a good approach or a last ditch effort.
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> Looks like Bondwell is not on the web (was a Hong Kong company)
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> Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.
>
> --
> Jean Bourvic :>))
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You could get a pile of empty, formatted, floppies and try a "blind" DOS
BACKUP.
If you use a bootable floppy with BACKUP.EXE and a second copy in the A:
drive of another system, you can verify that everything else (other than
the display) is working by using the DIR A:, DIR C: commands (the
appropriate drive LED will come on.)
Type BACKUP C:\*.* A:/S (practice on the working system first - I
gather that you have been less than conscientious keeping backups.
You can re-use any floppies filled this way.)
Just keep feeding floppies and pressing <ENTER>. When the A: drive LED
goes out, feed the next. Number them carefully. Then you can use
RESTORE A: C:\*.*/S to load an empty system.
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If you want to rescue just a few files and store them on a friend's
compatible system, MD YOURFILE to create a directory to contain all
the files you want to rescue. You must be able to recognize them by
their pathname or filename.
Put a floppy in your old system and use XCOPY C:\*.* A:/S/M to copy
everything on the old C: drive. (This copys only files that have
been modified since your last backup - i.e. the archive bit is SET.
It then UNSETS the archive bit - After this you won't be able to do
an incremental BACKUP - only a full BACKUP.) Transfer the floppy to the
friend's system and use XCOPY A:\*.* C:\YOURFILE\*.*/S/P, which will prompt
(Y/N?) for each file. Type Y for those you want to save, N for the rest,
DEL A:\*.* to clear the floppy, and repeat until done.
Boyd Ramsay
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