Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!kmh20822
From: kmh20822@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kevin Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: COMPAQ clone help needed
Summary: No manuals, need info.
Message-ID: <1989Sep10.165937.5861@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 10 Sep 89 16:59:37 GMT
Reply-To: kmh20822@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kevin Hill)
Distribution: usa
Organization: V-Network
Lines: 22


Help! I just bought a used compaq deskpro and didn't get the manuals with it.
Hopefully someone out there can answer a few questions for me. 

This particular deskpro has an 8086 and runs at (I think) 8mhz.

1>Where can I get the manuals?

2> Can I upgrade with MS-dos or do I have to stick with compaq dos? I ask
because before I got the hard disk fixed I borrowed a copy of PC-dos to boot
with. everything worked fine except when I tried basic it asked for the
compaq dos disk.

3> Why does the power light change from green to red? I have two theories.. 
either its red when you boot with pc-dos and it doesn't like it... or else
the system speed is 4/8mhz switchable and the light indicates speed.

Thanks for any possible info.
--Kevin
kmh20822@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
{Please respond in e-mail and if these questions seem stupid, remember I
never used ms-dos machines before wedensday.}