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"HH" <hahunt42@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Don,
> Never was a 524 with a TV Tuner card. There was a 520 CDTV and a 528 CDTV.
> HH
>
> "Don Kelloway" <dkelloway@commodon.com> wrote in message
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>> "HH" <hahunt42@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Don,
>>> Consumer TechInfo lists the modem as a 14.4, which is what I recall the
>>> 500 series having. 9600s came in the 400/600/800 series Presarios.
>>> Video RAM is 512K, non-upgradeable.
>>> HH
>>>
>>>
>>> "Don Kelloway" <dkelloway@commodon.com> wrote in message
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>>>> "Torbjørn Morka" <tbm_ar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> Don Kelloway wrote:
>>>>>> "Torbjørn Morka" <tbm_ar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I am the lucky owner of such antique PC, and i wondered WHERE to get
>>>>>>>a manual for it ? NOT what kind of memory etc, but something showing
>>>>>>>the motherboard etc...?
>>>>>>>Ehh, HP has bought up ALL Compaq i guess ??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe I can help. As a former Tech Support employee of Compaq I
>>>>>> still have my Compaq Service Quick Reference Guide and within are a
>>>>>> few pages on the Presario 500 Family. What is it you would like to
>>>>>> know about the motherboard?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not so much really, i have seen there are one set of RAM-chips on the
>>>>> MB, i guess for VGA-memory ?
>>>>> And i have one of two slots with place of max 64Mb RAM, waow
>>>>>
>>>>> Ehh, it is pretty much clear of what i want to know or what i need to
>>>>> know really, since i've already dismantled it for closer study
>>>>>
>>>>> The built-in MODEM, how fast is it ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess the time has come for me to wipe the dust of an OLD ISA-card
>>>>> for network-use...
>>>>>
>>>>> But, by all means, many thanks for replying,
>>>>> Hope i dont seem to childish only because my need were smaller than i
>>>>> anticipated my self.
>>>>>
>>>>> T.
>>>>
>>>> The mobo comes with 4MB memory built-in so my guess is that you are
>>>> looking at these chips. Though you're already aware you can add a
>>>> couple of additional SIMMS (70ns), maximum 64MB. For the modem, it's a
>>>> 9600bps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> Hmm? In my reading the QRG (-29 Edition) pages 2-76 through 2-79, it
>> states "Presario 500 Family" of which it then lists the CDS524 as well as
>> all of the other flavors. I did however note upon reading the section
>> more closely that the 9600 modem is used in the International builds of
>> the product and there is nothing listed in the QRG for US Domestic build.
>> Maybe that's why? The 14.4 modem is used in the US builds? I dunno.
>> Hopefully the OP has the information he sought.
>>
>> Got to love that old CDS524 with the TV Tuner. hehe
>>
Unless I have mistaken the model I believe there was a CDS524 in our Tech
Support lab with the TV Tuner card. Of course we're talking eight years ago
so my memory could be faulty. Maybe it was a 528? Something I do remember
very distinctly is that Compaq had many flavors of every model.
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