Re: GUEST locks the PC up looking for a drive letter?

Posted on 2022-12-24, 18:09

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by CaelThunderwing

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I think your on the right track. I've had HDD's and Optical drives that simply don't play nice on the same cable. Sometimes jumping it for Master/Salve rather then cable select works sometimes you have to use cable select. Sometimes it only works if one of the devices in primary, Sometimes it only …

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Re: GUEST locks the PC up looking for a drive letter?

Posted on 2022-12-11, 01:16

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by CaelThunderwing

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just got to trying (sorry have been sick the last few days) i have tried and its still locking teh system up. No problem. Then the last thing you can do is to find out which line in the guest.ini file locks the system up. It's a bit of trail and error but the system locks up because of the …

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Re: GUEST locks the PC up looking for a drive letter?

Posted on 2022-12-05, 14:40

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by CaelThunderwing

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You can try: guest letter=k. The letter k is the drive you want to use. If that doesn't work you have to play with the guest.ini. Remove all lines which you don't need. For example I had a PC where it would hang unless I removed all lines except for these 2: ASPI=ASPIPPM1.SYS /INFO FILE=NIBBLE.ILM …

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Re: GUEST locks the PC up looking for a drive letter?

Posted on 2022-12-03, 13:44

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by CaelThunderwing

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Yoghoo wrote on 2022-12-03, 07:47: What DOS version and Guest version do you use? Also make sure your LASTDRIVE parameter is high enough in your config.sys. MS-DOS 6.22 and Last Drive is set to Z whiel i initally had the HDD partitioned in 2GB Chunks, i tried just dropping it to the Primary @GB C: …

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GUEST locks the PC up looking for a drive letter?

Posted on 2022-12-03, 03:35

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by CaelThunderwing

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im building a Pentium 1 PCX (200mhz) for windows 3.1 (little Overkil.)but in the system, it has a ZIP100 Drive and a LS120 Drive (both internal ATAPI drives w/ the Zip drive as IDE Master n the LS120 as IDE Slave) it has a 8GB SCSI HDD (just all i had to spare this small.) and an S3 Verge GX Video …

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Looking for Drivers/Bios update to an HP Vectra VL6/350 Series 8 (D5884T)

Posted on 2022-09-19, 01:37

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by CaelThunderwing

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just recovered one yesterday, i think i found a Usable Recovery CD on Archive.org but im trying to find the drivers for the system and any Bios Updates, only reason i had to search out a Restore CD and am searching to make sure i have the right drivers, the original Hard Drive was clicking loudly on …

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Re: Setting up network shares for Windows 98 on a NAS?

Posted on 2022-03-25, 13:26

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My smb.conf currently contains: [global] # For old windows compatibility ntlm auth = yes lanman auth = YES client lanman auth = YES client plaintext auth = YES This is supposed to be all that's required on the Samba end and it certainly makes Windows NT 4.0 connect fine. The page notes that you …

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Setting up network shares for Windows 98 on a NAS?

Posted on 2022-03-22, 16:06

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by CaelThunderwing

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i'm not sure where to put this so the offtopic was a safe bet, but i've setup a NAS using a Debian 11 Minimal install setup samba, apache2 ( for a web management GUI) partitioned out it's 2TB HDD pretty much to /,/home,/temp and a mount point partitin for isolating NAS data ( so if something happens …

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anywhere w/ pre-flashed EEPROMs containing XTIDE?

Posted on 2021-12-19, 03:39

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by CaelThunderwing

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anywhere with Pre-flashed EEPROMs containing XTIDE? (looking to use it w/ the NIC i have for a Pentium based build im making. ) or anyway to patch the bios for an MSI MS5156 TX4 Rev 1.2? (theres downloads of the bios from https://www.mpoli.fi/files/hardware/ROM/MSI/index.html for 1.2 & 1.4 of the …

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what's the best CPU for an MSI MS5156 (TX4) Rev 1.2 Board?

Posted on 2021-12-18, 00:43

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by CaelThunderwing

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long story short to why i had sought out a new machine ( i need to hunt for a case for it atm...) , i was evicted from old home, thought i had packed up my 486 only to realize after the time cutoff it was NOT in storage. i found a nice local place where i am now (Morganton, NC) "Discerner Computers" …

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Re: help identifying an "Super I/O" VESA Bus Card?

Posted on 2021-12-18, 00:29

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by CaelThunderwing

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Elitegroup UC4913 Rev 2.0 Not many years have passed :) Maybe there is an opportunity to take a bios dump? I only found 1.0, although I know there is 1.4, but it is not read correctly and does not work (on win3x.org) sadly some time HAS passed but , since august my trailer park management evicted …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-12-12, 01:34

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by CaelThunderwing

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since im going to be replacing a Display of mine that Had VGA and what i will have doesnt, whats a decent but not bank breaking means of Converting VGA to HDMI that supports a good range of Resolutions? Define "bank breaking" and define "decent" . Also, Do you want 70Hz in-out capability for DOS …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-12-12, 00:51

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by CaelThunderwing

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since im going to be replacing a Display of mine that Had VGA and what i will have doesnt, whats a decent but not bank breaking means of Converting VGA to HDMI that supports a good range of Resolutions?

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Re: Replacement I/O Shield for an Shuttle HOT 637?

Posted on 2020-09-08, 04:31

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by CaelThunderwing

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kolderman wrote on 2020-09-07, 22:10: Photos? Shields are fairly cross-compatible, if one has the same overall layout of ports it will likely work. mind the dust, compressed air can i guess got used up when cleaning out my 486 n main PC,

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Replacement I/O Shield for an Shuttle HOT 637?

Posted on 2020-09-07, 22:04

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by CaelThunderwing

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Anyone happen to know where or how i can obtain a replacement I/O Shield for this old MB?

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Re: Writing and Reading of LS-120 Images and Disks?

Posted on 2020-02-25, 14:47

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by CaelThunderwing

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i've tried and No luck, im looking more less at this point if its just possible to even MAKE it bootable in the first place

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Writing and Reading of LS-120 Images and Disks?

Posted on 2020-02-23, 22:11

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by CaelThunderwing

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after being intrigued by a video by MJD about the mini Windows 3.1 fitting entirely on a single 1.44Mb Disk, then recently the one about a "Rescue environment" version of Windows 7, that runs from a 50Mb ISO image, i got the S*it eatin idea (i didnt care if it'd be painfully slow) of running that …

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Got in mail a Phillips PSC705 Seismic Edge but no CD

Posted on 2019-12-26, 20:01

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by CaelThunderwing

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i got in the mail today an Phillips Seismic Edge but no CD Sadly (ignore the one pill was taking meds and didnt both w/ allery pill, and yes i know my desk is Horrible) https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/250709061820088322/659847135704907777/20191226_145549.jpg?width=1202&height=677 i had one …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-04-08, 18:44

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by CaelThunderwing

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I nearly killed my SHUTTLE HOT-555A... A floppy molex connector landed right and square on the IDE header, thankfully I hadn't turned the power on! i wish i had a close call with my SHUTTLE HOT-677 V2.2 , it just stopped booting one day i dont know if this cheap "EL Series" PSU fried it or not RIP …

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Strange Mouse and system freezing.

Posted on 2018-11-07, 19:23

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by CaelThunderwing

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recently i dugout my Pentium II System out to try out Net:Zone, and middle of the game play i was noticing my mouse would halt and lockup for a few moments i'd see the busy hourglass then it'd free itself aftre about 10 mins of this it finally locked up, i restarted started just listening to MIDIs …

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