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HP OmniBook 300 find!
05-08-2016, 11:36 PM (This post was last modified: 05-08-2016 11:43 PM by Adam Vaughn.)
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RE: HP OmniBook 300 find!
(05-08-2016 08:56 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  The 300 is really fussy about flash card compatibility, but I'd say you've got decent odds with the 32 MB one. Failing that, just use serial, or IR from the 200LX.

Thanks for the heads-up. I tried the 32MB flash card in the Omnibook 300, and it shows up just fine as A: (though much of the LX-centric software on it doesn't quite work correctly on the 300). I'll have to use one of my older laptops which still has a PC card slot, but at least I have a known way of getting outside software onto it.

Anyway, my current concern about the unit has to do with batteries. Is there a known source for replacement battery packs, or at least the cells used in the existing pack? I found a thread on the old forum concerning these packs, but I'm not sure how relevant the info is. There are sites which claim to sell new battery packs for the 300, but I'd rather not pay several times as much as I paid for the unit to get one if possible.

Further, is it OK to operate the unit with the battery pack removed? I know some of this old battery-powered stuff doesn't like to be run from an AC adapter without the battery pack installed, so I've been limiting my usage of it on AC with the old pack still installed. Also, is there an internal battery for the BIOS? Generally, when the unit starts up from dead, I get a couple of errors saying that the internal settings have been lost, but it does manage to boot once those are gotten past. Again, thanks!
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HP OmniBook 300 find! - Adam Vaughn - 05-08-2016, 07:35 AM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Thomas Radtke - 05-08-2016, 09:32 AM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Dave Britten - 05-08-2016, 12:39 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Thomas Radtke - 05-08-2016, 01:01 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Adam Vaughn - 05-08-2016, 06:31 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Dave Britten - 05-08-2016, 08:56 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Adam Vaughn - 05-08-2016 11:36 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - rprosperi - 05-08-2016, 11:39 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Dave Britten - 05-09-2016, 12:42 AM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Adam Vaughn - 05-09-2016, 01:56 AM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Dave Britten - 05-09-2016, 02:54 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Adam Vaughn - 05-09-2016, 08:30 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Dave Britten - 05-09-2016, 05:17 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Adam Vaughn - 05-10-2016, 11:43 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Portablepower - 06-28-2017, 01:06 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - striegel - 06-28-2017, 03:02 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Portablepower - 06-28-2017, 03:26 PM
Omnibook 300 possible resources - striegel - 06-28-2017, 06:10 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - Portablepower - 06-28-2017, 07:30 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - legooolas - 04-01-2021, 06:06 PM
RE: HP OmniBook 300 find! - ratthing - 01-14-2024, 07:49 PM



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