Re: How to open this case? MikroMikko 6 Plus DL/33

Posted on 2024-04-21, 14:14

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leonardo wrote on 2024-04-21, 14:11: This is a rebranded Fujitsu ICL. The top cover (incl. sides) will slide forward (towards the end with the floppy- and CD-ROM drive) after you've loosened the screw that holds it in place. Thank you kindly, that did the trick. Case is now open. Time to tinker : ) …

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How to open this case? MikroMikko 6 Plus DL/33

Posted on 2024-04-21, 14:00

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Could anyone give me any guidance on how to open this case? There's only one screw visible in the back, nowhere else. Taking the one screw out doesn't seem to have any effect. Filename Screenshot 2024-04-21 at 16.54.37.png File size 380.85 KiB Views 88 views File comment back Filename Screenshot …

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Re: GUS Classic 3.74 - system hangs at install/init

Posted on 2020-06-07, 11:54

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Pierre32 wrote on 2020-06-07, 08:41: Coincidentally, I was reading a very similar thread this afternoon: Gravis Ultrasound Classic problems Well, damn. Thanks for the link. Seems like the card is most likely dead then.

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Re: GUS Classic 3.74 - system hangs at install/init

Posted on 2020-06-07, 07:49

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Thank you for the answer. So it's more likely a problem with my pc and GUS working together than a problem with the GUS itself? My motherboard is a very generic Intel Zappa with a P75. One of the cheaper clones from mid 90's. I've been trying to install the drivers for GUS, versions 1.2, 2.X and 4. …

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GUS Classic 3.74 - system hangs at install/init

Posted on 2020-06-06, 12:30

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I've been trying to get my GUS to work in DOS. I've tried three different versions of the installation/setup program, they all hang at either at start of setup or when checking IRQ's. HWMonitor also hangs when it starts to "Checking GUS at h220". I've tried to change the address to 240, and same …

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Best sound card to use with Roland SCD/SCB-15?

Posted on 2020-06-06, 07:07

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I just purchased an SCD-15 and want to use it to play mid-late 90's DOS/Windows games. I want to combine it with the best possible sound card, so what's the ultimate choice? I already have ESS 1868F and Yamaha YMF719E-S, but I'm guessing there are even better choices? Maybe one of the SB 16 models? …

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Re: CDR101 error with a burned CD-RW disk?

Posted on 2020-06-03, 13:57

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Nah dos is to dumb to even care :) Well that opens up a lot of possibilities! Dos to Win10 (well dos to anything) is tricky to network easiest way is to use ftp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgATAo9WVHs Thank you! This actually seems like a fun project. Sure seems a lot easier than fiddling …

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Re: CDR101 error with a burned CD-RW disk?

Posted on 2020-06-02, 14:58

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I don't know why but failing CD drives always got me more angry then floppies back in the day. Unless your going for period correct build I'd actually avoid a period drive, as darry said the earlier drives have trouble with burnt discs, plus general wear and tear on older drives. DVD drives or even …

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Re: Which hard drives can you use with a Pentium 75 (socket 5) computer?

Posted on 2020-06-02, 09:20

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On Intel boards this is usually preserved during BIOS update as the image is located outside of the area flashable by fmup.exe with default settings. As far as I remember there was a separate utility for flashing OEM logo. But if you care, do a backup. Should live between EC000H and ECFFFH …

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Re: Tseng Labs ET4000/W32P PCI Rev. A - a good card for late dos gaming?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 19:59

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Thanks guys, I'm sticking with my trusty Trio64V2/DX then and pocket the 30 dollars.

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Re: CDR101 error with a burned CD-RW disk?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 19:19

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Apparrently getting angry was the solution. I got so annoyed at the Abort, Retry, Fail choices that I kept hammering at the Retry and suddenly there it was, the directory listing. So it seems my drive is capable of reading CD-RW, but is just reeeeeally picky about when it chooses to do the reading. …

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Re: CDR101 error with a burned CD-RW disk?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 18:48

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Apparrently getting angry was the solution. I got so annoyed at the Abort, Retry, Fail choices that I kept hammering at the Retry and suddenly there it was, the directory listing. So it seems my drive is capable of reading CD-RW, but is just reeeeeally picky about when it chooses to do the reading. …

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Re: CDR101 error with a burned CD-RW disk?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 17:53

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Older drives are often unable to read CD-RW . Did you use CD-RW for the Windows 98 installation disk that worked ? Did you use the same brand and batch of disk as the Windows 98 installation disk ? Yep, same brand (Verbatim), same kind (CD-RW) and from the same box of 10. The drive itself is a very …

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Re: CDR101 error with a burned CD-RW disk?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 17:41

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Thank you for the advice! I've been trying to get it to work for an hour now and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I installed imgburn, chose ISO9660 as my format and burned the disc. No luck, still the same error. Then I tried making the files (which are just the installation files for GUS) …

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CDR101 error with a burned CD-RW disk?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 15:12

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I'm having trouble transferring files from Windows 10 to DOS. When I inserted the CD-RW -disk to my Win10 computer, I chose the "Mastered" option. However, when I burn some files on the CD and then try to read the directory in DOS, I get a CDR101 error? This confuses me, since I also burned a Win98 …

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Re: Which hard drives can you use with a Pentium 75 (socket 5) computer?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 08:51

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evasive wrote on 2020-05-31, 20:03: I think you can make a backup of that bitmap with the same tooling that is used to load it in there. Let me think where that went 15 years ago... So would it be possible to restore it if the BIOS update erases it? I'd like that a lot 😀

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Re: Which hard drives can you use with a Pentium 75 (socket 5) computer?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 08:47

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zyga64 wrote on 2020-05-31, 18:30: Show us photo of the splash screen ! Here you go!

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Re: Which hard drives can you use with a Pentium 75 (socket 5) computer?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 15:34

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Just one more question - will the BIOS update delete my start up splash screen? The splash screen is the logo and name of the computers original manufacturer and has nostalgic value to me 😀

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Re: Tseng Labs ET4000/W32P PCI Rev. A - a good card for late dos gaming?

Posted on 2020-05-31, 09:31

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kixs wrote on 2020-05-31, 09:23: I wouldn't bother with it unless you really want the Tseng card. Better option is an ET6000 model. If you don't have any preferences get some cheap S3 Trio64 or Virge... it will work just fine. So my other choice S3 Trio64V2/DX would be a better choice?

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Re: Faint vertical lines (shadows) on a CRT

Posted on 2020-05-31, 09:05

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The stuff I saw in the photo looks like digital interference from video card itself. Placing some good capacitors to RAMDAC power lines on that card can probably cure this problem. Good to know, thanks! I also noticed, that the lines don't appear when I choose a resolution of 1024x768, only on …

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