Re: Looking for cardbus/Pcmcia driver for DOS and windows 3.1

Posted on 2017-10-25, 15:29

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I remember that issue... With all folders, Cardsoft, CardView, etc, it is barely over 1.44MB. I had to delete one or two help/readme files that are not needed to get some free space, and then copied the "SS365SL.EXE" file I needed for my adapter into the CardSoft folder. When you have the file …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-10-25, 14:41

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Today I will finally replace the broken floppy drive from my Compaq Contura 400c laptop with the drive from inside a cheap 12EUR USB floppy drive from ebay. YES! It turns out that most of these cheap USB floppy drives on ebay are actually either new or NOS Teac drives, that - as it turns out - are …

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Re: Better processor than the supported by BIOS

Posted on 2017-10-25, 14:33

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I recently came to the same question with my ThinkCentre M52 from 2005. The question was which processor to choose to substitute for the P4 631, which, although fast, is only a single core. The upgrade to the Pentium D 940 (3.2GHz DualCore) was well worth it, as for even being able to browse …

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Re: Looking for cardbus/Pcmcia driver for DOS and windows 3.1

Posted on 2017-10-25, 14:25

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I remember the CardSoft installer only working properly when it is indeed run from the root A:\> dir, otherwise they are not working as they seem to use relative paths... They expect the install.exe to reside in a:\>

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-23, 11:55

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http://i.imgur.com/h1PQPmKl.jpg Gravis Stinger serial game pad - already found working driver combo for XP and up. Original drivers for W9x included. This gamepad is very special, not only the only serial one I know of, but also the analogue stick works with "magnetic sensors", which is rather odd …

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Re: IBM ThinkPad 770 success story

Posted on 2017-10-20, 17:02

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oeuvre wrote: oh man, mwave 🙁 Those were disgusting! Do you have any pictures of your 760? Will get back to you with some...

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Re: IBM ThinkPad 770 success story

Posted on 2017-10-18, 09:20

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Very neat! I recently did a rather similar resurrection with an 760ELD + ED. Both were not showing any life except power LED. No post, no video, etc... But after a complete disassembly and reassembly the ED turned on and gave me a successful POST. I thereafter successfully transferred the ESS1688 …

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Re: Looking for old Detonator 7.68

Posted on 2017-09-26, 08:25

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Thank you for the quick replies And thank you for uploading it. Yes, I need this version as it is supposed to be one of the fastest drivers when using TNT/TNT2 under Pentium 233MMX -> Pentium II 300Mhz machines. Later drivers decrease in performance and earlier do have artifacts. The widely praised …

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Looking for old Detonator 7.68

Posted on 2017-09-25, 19:28

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Hey there. I am looking for a specific older Detonator version, 7.68. I have searched high and low, if someone has this version and could kindly upload it somewhere (attachment, vogons-drivers for example), that would be neat. Thank you in advance. KCS

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Re: SimCity Classic For Windows 95 (Version 2.0)

Posted on 2017-09-21, 09:56

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A patch isn't feasible. As I have described in grand detail on the last page, the differences are too big to make a patch viable. Different music, different Graphic Sets ("Classic 95"), different HUD, different sounds and a different main menu, not to mention the added Maxis logo-video. Except for …

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Re: SD/CF to ide CHS setup

Posted on 2017-09-12, 04:39

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Related to the Contura, which mode is it? Because I know I have 2 Contura's around here somewhere that do BOTH use CF/SD cards. And one of them runs W95 indeed. So I am very interested in these DDO flaws. Hi, it's a Contura 400c, I think. I've got also the diagnostics/setup floppies. The problem is …

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Re: Compaq Presario CDS 510 won't enter BIOS

Posted on 2017-09-09, 16:14

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Well there are adapters for 2.5" drives (44pin (2pins for power)) and 3.5" drives (40pin, power extra). Since we're talking about a Presario CDS510 here (which uses 3.5" Slimline Drives iirc) you should go for the 3.5" (40pin) variant. Someone with more knowledge on these models please confirm this, …

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Re: Compaq Presario CDS 510 HDD problem

Posted on 2017-09-09, 15:33

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Actually the CDS 510 doesn't have a BIOS you can enter. There's a service partition on the hard disk with settings and diagnostics utilities. You can enter that by pressing F10 during boot (when a cursor appears in the upper right corner of the screen). The first example of Compaq's crimes against …

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Re: SD/CF to ide CHS setup

Posted on 2017-09-09, 15:27

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For Win95 (+NT,OS/2), there's an update, DMPATCH, for EZ-Drive overlays. According to the readme file, it is a subset of the Disk Manager software. " Read Me File for Disk Manager 6.03D Patch: DMPATCH.EXE This patch is a subset of the Disk Manager 6.03D. To use it, run 'DMCFIG /U' at the DOS …

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Re: Compaq Presario CDS 510 won't enter BIOS

Posted on 2017-09-09, 14:55

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As SD cards are rather cheap, replacing or getting an SD card (remember, even 2 or 4GB would be enough to replace an old HDD :) ) is not the problem, as in much cheaper... Compact Flash cards (especially the smaller ones with 128-2GB capacity) are not very common anymore, and they tend to cost more …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-09, 14:12

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One of the biggest (if not the biggest) Docking Stations from the late 90s..: Compaq ArmadaStation II (plus its fitting machine, Armada 7400) for 30 bucks (roughly 40cm x 40cm x 12cm / about 15 kg), built in power supply with extra fan (!) s-l1600(2).jpg It even has 2x ISA/PCI slots in the docking …

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Re: Intel 82365SL PCMCIA support in DOS on Toshiba Satellite 200CDS

Posted on 2017-09-09, 10:20

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Yeah the hard part was to figure out that the file I would need was the SS365SL.EXE, that is not shipped with Cardsoft 3.1. I have since DL it and managed to get it working by putting it into the CARDSOFT folder on the install diskette. When placed in this folder, Cardsoft successfully finds the …

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Re: SD/CF to ide CHS setup

Posted on 2017-09-08, 15:01

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Hello jaZz_KCS! That's understandable, laptops are a bit finicky at times when it comes to fixed disks. I tried myself to convince my Compaq Contura to use CF cards, but the auto-detection didn't like any of them. In that case, an overlay software is sure an alternative that's worth a try! :) …

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Re: Compaq Presario CDS 510 won't enter BIOS

Posted on 2017-09-08, 14:25

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90% chance it's a goner. Either replace it with a 200MB-2GB IDE 2.5 inch HDD that works or go the safe route (adapters for SD or CF). Either or - to break the BIOS limit of (what I guess would be around 500MB), use Drive Overlay software like EZ-Drive or On-Track

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Re: Compaq Presario CDS 510 won't enter BIOS

Posted on 2017-09-08, 14:15

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What's the size of the HDD, is it the original HDD? If so, and it starts and stops, you could try to re-set it with HDAT2 or other HDD Diag software... But to be honest, if it is the original HDD, even if you can successfully reset it, it is much likely flawed throughout (bad sectors). The go-to …

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