Re: Cloning old 486 HD to CF or SSD
Posted on Today, 04:25
DOS 6.22's XCOPY lacks the switches to copy hidden and system files, that didn't come along until Win98 IIRC
Re: DOS 7.1 With Large Hard Drives
Posted on Today, 03:19
2k runs marginally better on systems with less RAM. Other than that I agree with you, XP is pretty much better in every other way.
Re: DOS 7.1 With Large Hard Drives
Posted on Today, 00:04
I always install Windows 2000 with SP4 slipstreamed in. Never had a problem with big disks, been doing it that way for almost 20 years (or however long it was since SP4 came out)
Re: Reliable Windows 98 storage benchmark
Posted on 2020-02-24, 01:51
I like sisoft sandra for most windows based retro benchmarks There is also Atto Disk Benchmarl, but I'm sure sure where to find a version that runs on 9x, or if one even exists
Re: Strange floppy drive issue with a 386 m/b
Posted on 2020-02-23, 21:38
the other thing to check is the DMA controller on your motherboard. Run Checkit and do the system board tests
Re: Strange floppy drive issue with a 386 m/b
Posted on 2020-02-23, 20:49
someone else recently had this issue here and it turned out the 14.whatever MHz crystal oscillator on the motherboard was bad
Re: NEC Proserva V Plus (dual socket 7 system) (have a lead on multiple of these)
Posted on 2020-02-23, 19:13
feipoa wrote on 2020-02-23, 13:07: H3nrik V! wrote on 2020-02-23, 06:05: So very cool, running dual p55's! ...but with very non-matching interposers, fans, and heatsinks 🙁 who cares? it works!
Re: Legit Harris 25MHz?
Posted on 2020-02-23, 15:15
I'm now convinced the chips in the OP are fake. I ended up grabbing a legit 20MHz part here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1PCS-5PCS-CS80C286-2 … TY/183698237669
Re: Dual Boot MS-DOS and Win98SE on SEPARATE DRIVES???
Posted on 2020-02-22, 21:49
http://www.xtideuniversalbios.org/binaries/ It's not a custom BIOS, just an option ROM that takes over disk handling from the system BIOS. Something to maybe try down the road once you've got a stable foundation
Re: Dual Boot MS-DOS and Win98SE on SEPARATE DRIVES???
Posted on 2020-02-22, 20:37
The XUB can allow you to boot from other IDE drives at boot time through the boot menu. You could just install each drive with the OS as normal separately, and then connect one of them as secondary master or a slave and use XUB to boot from it when desired.
Re: Zenith 80286 IBF-2527-ET
Posted on 2020-02-21, 17:45
man you dodged a bullet with that battery, amazing it didn't damage any traces or vias
Re: Promise SATA150 TX2Plus: how to use + no CD-ROM?
Posted on 2020-02-16, 18:08
getting PCI IDE or SATA controllers to work properly in motherboards that have onboard controllers is always an exercise in frustration. I'd remove the card completely for testing purposes BTW I love the CRT so much
Re: Promise SATA150 TX2Plus: how to use + no CD-ROM?
Posted on 2020-02-16, 15:41
Seeing as how you're having all these goofy issues, I would realllllly recommend trying an install on a bog standard IDE drive using the motherboard's onboard controller, if applicable.
Re: ~20 Windows 98 SE Installs later....STILL isn't 100%, ever
Posted on 2020-02-16, 15:39
Windows 2000 Pro is a great OS in its own right, but it is most certainly NOT built on DOS. It's true NT kernel. You might as well go with Windows XP
Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter
Posted on 2020-02-14, 22:32
Nitroraptor53 wrote on 2020-02-14, 21:41: maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-02-14, 19:53: Yeah after giving Masterpiece a try I think I'm sold Good for you! What game(s) did you try it on? Descent and Duke3D
Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter
Posted on 2020-02-14, 19:53
Yeah after giving Masterpiece a try I think I'm sold
Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter
Posted on 2020-02-12, 22:31
I've been sitting here for about 10minutes just rocking out to the Descent title track through GeneralUser 1.35. My god this patch is great
Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter
Posted on 2020-02-08, 15:51
So it was just a bad PAL all along. I'm up and running! Dreamblaster was nice enough to send a replacement free of charge, and he also threw in 2 more PALs and an awesome little MT-32 music box with the monkey island theme!! What a guy! Filename IMG_20200208_105244.jpg File size 1.45 MiB Views 214 …
Re: Determine speed of ISA bus? (in MHz)
Posted on 2020-02-07, 16:17
It could be that the clock for your DMAC is derived from that xtal, which would explain the floppy issues
Re: Determine speed of ISA bus? (in MHz)
Posted on 2020-02-07, 15:22
B20 is the correct place, B30 is just the fixed 14.318 oscillator output
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