Note to self
In Compaq / HP lingo, softpaq is an update of some kind, software, firmware, drivers, ,whatever.
Many of them can be hard to find if you have older equipment.
But if you google something like “ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq”, which is the address of the ftp server that used to host them, there’s a good chance that something will turn up.
As of early 2023, for example:
- https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/
- http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info/ftp-archives/
leading to …
- https://archive.org/details/ftp.compaq.com
- https://archive.org/details/vintagesoftware
- https://archive.org/details/ftpsites
I guess you’d appreciate it more if you had an ancient Compaq.
DSPACE 