Is there any way to resurrect this computer?

[kandrathe]

I have the correct keyboard type.  I'm positive it works just fine.

In case you ever do want to change it.

A floppy boot disk won't help me, because the present boot order is set to hdd>floppy>cd-rom, and I can't use the keyboard to change it.

This part confuses me, since at POST time you should be able to mash on a couple keys to get the BIOS to pop-up. Usually, F1, F7, F8, Alt-INS, Del, or something else (Why can't this be standard?)
The boot sequence should be <Power On> --> Bios POST --> bootstrap to the Device List. During the POST the sequence is interuptable by the special keycode.

Another thing I should note is that when I got the computer, the floppy drive was crammed full of fridge magenets courtesy of my sweet little cousins.&nbsp; The floppy drive resides right above the hdd.&nbsp; Is it possible that these magnets messed the OS install enough to cause the computer to not accept a keyboard?
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Expect some corruption. You should be able to remove the HD and add it as a slave to another system and browse the contents, format it, etc,

jahcs' idea of attempting booting without the HD in place would work as a test, but in order to install a new OS, you may need to get into the BIOS settings at POST to change the boot order.