Popping the battery got it to POST. I already had the backup, so I just stuck in a bootable floppy (WHY?! does the bootable, installable, fdisk-including Win98 CD not have FORMAT?), formated, and so far so good.
of course, I don't have everything in yet, so watch it explode
Phoenix-D
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Phoenix-D
I am not senile. I just talk to myself because the rest of you don't provide adequate conversation.
-Digger