Re: Troubleshooting EGA card on a NuXT
Posted on 2023-09-28, 19:49
Memory conflict with the ROM? Something else trying to load at that same address? XT-IDE?
Re: Tandon TM-100-2A floppy drive: head moves to track 39 (not 0!) and stays there
Posted on 2023-09-27, 15:21
Success. I slathered the Track 0 switch in DeOxit, hoping it'd seep through the cracks. When I came back to it several hours later it was making <1 ohm contact on both poles, a night and day improvement from before. It also needed to be rotated back up into its original position from which it had …
Re: Tandon TM-100-2A floppy drive: head moves to track 39 (not 0!) and stays there
Posted on 2023-09-25, 18:36
Getting closer. Disconnected the Track 0 switch connector and the drive now seeks to 0 at boot and butts up against the stop. Discovered that that leaf switch is both momentary on and momentary off - it's supposed to make a connection both when depressed and when not depressed, to different pins on …
Re: Tandon TM-100-2A floppy drive: head moves to track 39 (not 0!) and stays there
Posted on 2023-09-25, 18:19
Interesting. Well, the drive does have a terminator installed and I'm using it as the A drive with no other drive connected.
Re: Tandon TM-100-2A floppy drive: head moves to track 39 (not 0!) and stays there
Posted on 2023-09-25, 15:39
How did you verify controller? ..ie; known good floppy drive works? I've been reading and writing disks with it since I got the machine, 5.25 and 3.5. edit: a quick glance of the service manual suggests the Track 0 switch would be a place to start diagnosing ... https://retrocmp.de/fdd/tandon/TM100 …
Tandon TM-100-2A floppy drive: head moves to track 39 (not 0!) and stays there
Posted on 2023-09-25, 04:21
I have a non-working TM-100-2A from a 5150 I'm trying to fix. Head assembly moves freely. I lubricated the rails to make sure. Heads look clean (and that's not my issue anyway, at least not yet). Verified working floppy controller (IBM 5170) If you move the heads back to track 0 before starting the …
Re: Okay! Pentium 60 it is: and tips on motherboards or adapting a socket5/socket 7 one?
Posted on 2023-09-11, 21:48
1st gen Pentiums are Socket 4. Good luck finding such a motherboard for cheap.
Re: Build your own AT power supply
Posted on 2023-09-09, 02:13
Honestly, the bigger problem is finding old cases! ATX supplies can be converted to AT. But there's no modern replacement for vintage computer cases, the ones that actually looked nice. There are some nice looking modern cases, but they certainly don't evoke the spirit of the 1980s.
Re: Why does Commander Keen 4-6 hardware scrolling glitch on ATI (Mach) PCI video cards?
Posted on 2023-09-08, 15:09
I think it was K1n9_Duk3 who was able to get Foray in the Forest (a Keen Galaxy source mod) to run at 70 FPS. I playtested it at that rate and it worked well.
Re: Solved(?): Why does Commander Keen 4-6 hardware scrolling glitch on ATI (Mach) PCI video cards
Posted on 2023-08-31, 17:48
Keen also has issues on Neomagic laptop chips as well... would be interesting to see if it's the same problem
Re: No modern SSH client for Windows 98?
Posted on 2023-08-24, 03:26
PuTTY maintains a version for older Windows, but it might only work back to XP. Worth a shot though.
Re: Interfacing IPX networks with TCP/IP
Posted on 2023-08-09, 18:01
It's been a while since I started this thread. Since then I've found two tools that accomplish my original goal: IPXBox and Dali . Using these two tools you can connect as many DOSBox instances and real DOS computers as you want using IPX tunneled over TCP/IP. There is also ipxgw , which should …
Re: CRT experience
Posted on 2023-08-03, 02:44
Yeah an IPS will be able to do that. But it doesn't have the black levels of a CRT. The only flat panel technology that matches the black level of a CRT is OLED.
Re: CRT experience
Posted on 2023-08-02, 16:44
There is not yet a truly *good* solution for connecting VGA to a modern LCD. You will always end up with a picture that is bad in some way, fails to switch resolutions without a 5 second wait, jitters, etc. VGA was designed to be connected to a CRT, and a good, well designed CRT will always look …
Re: Where the heck do I get capacitors?
Posted on 2023-07-28, 17:17
LChackr wrote on 2023-07-28, 14:57: There are a stunning number of fake caps up for sale. What exactly constitutes a fake capacitor? How do I know if I've bought one?
Re: Searching for manual or DIP settings: Jameco JE1044 FDD+HDD controller card
Posted on 2023-07-25, 15:48
Here's the manual for this: https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/Longshine%20LCS-6200%20Series%20Winchester%20Disk%20Controller%20-%20Users%20Manual.pdf It's an OEM version of the Longshine LCS-6220 REV:A3N, and more information is here: https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals.htm - Alex Nice. …
Re: Searching for manual or DIP settings: Jameco JE1044 FDD+HDD controller card
Posted on 2023-07-25, 14:03
Filename IMG_0284.jpg File size 828.45 KiB Views 118 views Filename IMG_0285.jpg File size 839.38 KiB Views 118 views I don't see any other pictures of this card anywhere, or any other mentions online of anyone owning one.
Searching for manual or DIP settings: Jameco JE1044 FDD+HDD controller card
Posted on 2023-07-25, 01:29
Title says it all. Can't find this on the internet. DIP switches are not labeled. Would be nice to know what they do.
Re: Vogonians , how do you deal with fatigue?
Posted on 2023-07-19, 00:42
Honestly it really does sound like hypothyroidism to me so I'd recommend getting that checked out. That would also have an effect on your metabolism. Don't use it as an excuse to stay fat (just means you have to work a little harder until you get supplements), but I'd get into a good endocrinologist …
Re: Win98 Trying to install to 100GB SSD
Posted on 2023-07-18, 21:31
That would be a BIOS problem. Win98 supports up to 127 GB drives
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