Notebook Compal TS30EG (AMD 80x586, 8 Mb RAM)

An interesting instance, a Compal laptop, built on the basis of the AMD 80x585 P75 processor . The bottom line is that it is physically a socket of the 80486 processor, however the processor itself in integer operations is equivalent to the first-rate speed of 75Mhz. I got in this configuration: the device itself, a removable FDD module (drive) and a power supply. Attention, a lot of great photos!


Here it is in an expanded form:


Below, under the main screen there is a small LCD screen that displays the current state of the Numlock key, icon for accessing the hard disk, drive, charging or battery status. Conveniently. At the top of the speakers screen. The keyboard is a purebred American and to top it off with a regular touchpad that supports double clicks.

View from the left side:


On the left we have: PS / 2 input for keyboard or mouse; two PCMCIA slots (the curtain is broken off at the top); input for power plug; speaker output and microphone input.

View from the right side:


On the right is a removable drive module and battery (dead of course). By the way, an interesting detail: the power supply can become a place for the drive, that is, the drive is pulled out and the power supply is inserted into the slot instead. Conveniently. Well, you can work with the drive, and from the power supply in this case there is a regular plug into the laptop.

Rear view:


Everything is simple: COM, LPT, VGA and some kind of comb, most likely for a docking station or, perhaps, some kind of variation on the ISA or VLC bus. History is silent, and God bless her. Oh yes, there is something else similar to the infrared transceiver (on the black tab).

Here is the power supply:


Well, it's time to turn on the device. Of course, the CMOS battery is dead, but nothing. We click F2.


Here we are kindly told what is wrong with our system:


We set auto-detection of hardy:


And boot from drive C:


And that's it, 95 Windows booted. I did not take a picture, because for sure everyone saw 95 Windows, nothing special. Everything works. There is sound (ESS 688). Word 97, Excel, all things. And then I thought about the transfer of files to the subject (well, at least CPU-Z early for Windows 95). From the available drive. Yeah, I thought - it’s right that when upgrading my main desktop I didn’t throw a flop out of it, I’ll insert and format the floppy disk ...

And then bummer number one was waiting for me: the flop was connected, but did not work. Okay, I open the system unit and see that I’m connected upside down on the flop, upside down, in other words, simply. I scold myself, disassemble the half-system to remove the flop and see what is wrong with it:


The worst is confirmed - there is a hole in the flop controller, although the power fuse is safe and sound. Sorry, goodbye MITSUMI, the flop was good. I sort through the flops I have, I decide not to immediately insert into the main system (it’s very hemorrhoid) and train on cats. To do this, the light of day is taken from the closet first-hand:


New-fashioned (by relative standards) SAMSUNG - something rumbles, tries to twist, but does not read and does not write. It should be where MITSUMI went, namely, to the trash. But the whole dusty EPSON shaggy 89 years worked fine after cleaning. We put on the main desktop, collect, run, copy to the CPU-Z diskette. I turn on the laptop, insert the floppy disk and try to open it, and here, as many have probably guessed, bummer number two was waiting for me - the drive in the laptop point-blank does not see the floppy disk. Does not format, does not write does not read. Dismantled, cleaned everything - but no, it did not take off. Well, in the end there is a COM port and a hyper terminal, so you can use a null modem cable. But due to the lack of COM connectors, file transfer is delayed. For myself, I wrote down in a wish-list: to buy a couple of flops, while still being sold in some places.

Well, let’s better show the insides, I know that this is the most interesting. For example, extended memory is located at the bottom of the computer:


And here is a pulled-out memory bar on 8Mb:


Accum:


And here is the ill-fated flop:


Now we drop the keyboard and get to the hard drive. Nothing unusual, IDEs, there were so many where:


The most interesting is to the left, under a black piece of iron that serves as passive cooling. We unscrew the four screws and see the heart of the laptop in all its glory:


The processor is soldered to the "daughter" (daughter board), which is inserted into the main through special connectors. In the next photo it will be clearly visible. Near the right is an unusual little "daughter" with jumpers that set the work of the cloker. That is, you can drive, apparently up to 140Mhz against 133Mhz standard. Here, the motherboard is visible, and the "daughter" -processor and "daughter" -jumpers are removed:


Separately, the "daughter" -processor (top view):


"Daughter" -processor (bottom view):


"Daughter" - jumpers:


Then he tried to remove the lid completely, but spat, as the plastic is already crumbling - the latches break, and it seems to remove the lid - you need to disassemble and disconnect the matrix and only then ... I can’t handle it, in short. Okay, we collect everything back, turn it on and ... Then bummer number three was waiting for me - a black screen, the laptop will not start. Assembled, disassembled several times, but the situation has not changed. The patient is more likely dead than alive. This is the end of the story, and the laptop goes to the closet or to the new owner, if he writes me why he needs this unit in private.

Good luck to all!

UPD: Wound up again. Somewhere there was a contact.