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Webpages about the
Compaq Contura Aero
Compaq Contura Aero
The first address
on the web for the aero is Philip Wilks site at:
http://www.zenspider.com/~pwilk/aero_stuff.html
There you find a complete and regularily updated list of links.
The second address
is the aero newsgroup at:
news://news.aisb.org/aisb.lists.aero
GNU/Linux Links
If you're looking for information about GNU/Linux on the Compaq Contura Aero, you find an updated and commented list in the section about Linux on my website.
The most important others are:
The F.A.Q.
Compaq Contura Aero Frequently Asked Questions (Mulitpage)
http://www.landfield.com/faqs/pc-hardware-faq/laptops/compaq-aero/preamble.html
Contura Aero Land
http://conturaaero.tripod.com/
Markus Gebhard: "Little" Compaq Contura Aero Page
http://www.jave.de/aero/aero.htm
Ruel.Net Compaq Contura Aero Page
http://www.geocities.com/broadway/3369/mhome/aero.html
Shuichi NAKAMURA Aero Page (Japanese)
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~WR7S-NKMR/AERO/
Niccolò Rigacci
http://www.rigacci.org/comp/aero/
Niccolò Rigacci from firenze has collected some rare information about the aero, f.i. original compaq photograps of the motherboard and a tool to boot the aero from the serial line.
El Museo de los 8 Bits
http://www.museo8bits.com/aero.htm
Spanish computermuseum with a page about the aero (in spanish).
Linux User Group Brandenburg
http://www.bralug.de/wiki/index.php?title=CMOS-Batterie_im_Compaq_Contura_Aero_wechseln
Information about changing the CMOS battery (in german).
http://www.bralug.de/wiki/index.php?title=Linux_auf_einem_Compaq_Contura_Aero
Information about installing Linux on the Compaq Contura Aero (in german).
Stephen James Houchard
http://kallvor.mimezine.net/stevehou/computers.html#sador.html
Stephen James Houchard, Illinois has many tips how to care for old pcs. Says, he was the first one who had an aero with a 6 GB Harddisk. There is also much information about OpenBSD, which he is running on the aero.
Now offline. Archived here.
Compaq
Compaq Services - Out of Production Portables - Contura Aero
http://www.compaq.com/support/portables/out_of_production/ConturaAero.html
Compaq Contura Aero Information
http://www.compaq.com/productinfo/notebooks/aero.pg.html
Compaq Contura Aero Support Forum
http://www7.compaq.com/forum?CPQ004@25.hnxogeWVbkk.0@.ee7e98f!lang=English
Compaq will merge this forum these days together with other compaq and hp notebook forums. To rescue some of the really valuable information, I mirrored some of the questions and answers here.
My favourite is:
How to build an aero all by yourself - no cash needed
http://isweb37.infoseek.co.jp/diary/tetsuzo2/papercraft/aero/aero.htm
01.02.04:The link above seems to be outdated. :-(
But the idea survived... :->
Download the
zip-file with the three pictures...(165 KB)