ToPIC laptop wanted

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <200310192025.h9JKPlWl039253 at grimreaper.grondar.org>
            Mark Murray <mark at grondar.org> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" writes:
: > Before I go out and buy an old Toshiba laptop (which I've tried three
: > times to do now w/o a success outcome), I thought I'd ask here if
: > someone might have one they would give/loan me.  There are a number of
: > subtle issues with NEWCARD and ToPIC bridges, and that's leading me to
: > believe that they won't be resolved unless I have hardware in hand.
: > I've had mixed reports on all the ToPIC parts: ToPIC 95, ToPIC 95B,
: > ToPIC 97 and ToPIC 100.  If anybody has a laptop with this chipset in
: > it (they are only found in Toshiba laptops, afaik), and would be
: > willing to help me out, I would be most appreciative.
: 
: I've ordered some parts already to fix that one that you already have.

Well, I have three Toshiba laptops, not just the one, that I bought a
little while ago when trying to find one for some OLDCARD work I was
doing.  One is a really old one that had the same model number as a
newer one (turned out to be a 82365B pcic bridge chip).  One is a
parts machine for sure (but has the 95B in it).  The last One is the
one we're trying to fix with a disk caddy.  However, even so, it would
be good to get another, possibly working one.  I'm hoping the parts
that you send get me to having a good, working one, but I can't be
100% sure that it will :-(.

Warner