Recreating a LOST Compaq Portable 2 memory expansion card

[@MrLurchsThings]

AWESOME!!
I absolutely adore my Portable II and now having this available is brilliant. Well done to all those involved.
And if you’ve got no real use for it……. 😜

[@icedmuons]

I'm so jealous!!! Very nicely done! I'm still struggling with my Compaq Portable III and Compaq Portable 386.

[@silvestronsbitsandbytes]

Thanks! All the props go to btb, I was just along for the ride!

[@SamKopri]

Awesome!!!

[@Dark_Horse_Productions23]

Great work..!! I wish i couldt fix those things like you do..

[@Grezify]

Wouldn't it be funny if those ali-chips were from a scrapped Compaq Portable 2 memory expansion card? 😃

[@MadCatSE]

Great job! But I'm surprised that you insert ali-chips without testing them first. For me it's always the assumption that not only they are fake, but also not working. So I always follow the rule "check first, insert later". Saves a lot of time. I'm planning to build a self-designed 5160 replica, together with a replica of CGA videocard and replica of adlib, and I can already see that fake chips are going to be a problem.

[@silvestronsbitsandbytes]

Thanks! Yeah it was definitely a gamble, I tested a small batch and they were fine so I just rolled with it. Oh well, not too much time lost :)

[@MadCatSE]

@@silvestronsbitsandbytes True, but I laughed at "three days later" :) I saw it coming

[@curtisator42]

Nice work! Could install Windows 3 now at least

[@silvestronsbitsandbytes]

I genuinely contemplated it, but then I saw that it's 15 x 360k floppies and wasn't sure I was ready for that commitment (or had enough spares!)

[@curtisator42]

@@silvestronsbitsandbytes Ah yes, that would be painful. The controller card is plain old IDE, and works fine with a Compact Flash card however...

[@silvestronsbitsandbytes]

That's cheating ;)

[@curtisator42]

Well, period accurate null modem file transfer then :)

[@silvestronsbitsandbytes]

Now we're talkin! Gonna have to remember how LapLink works...