Re: Schneider Euro PC

Posted on 2024-04-04, 16:17

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by RetroBard

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Yes, the EuroPC FDD is 720 kb only. On another note, I’ve been trying to find an original PSU for my EuroPC. I have a DIY PSU from Mean Well that get’s the job done, but would prefer an original one.

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Re: Schneider Euro PC

Posted on 2023-10-23, 17:10

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by RetroBard

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Jinxter wrote on 2023-10-23, 16:17: I came over this ISA Bus Extender for the EuroPC. Made a short video about it to. https://youtu.be/fnERWxNNKPc Our plan is to make a Universal ISA BUS Extender. Nice! I should get one of those for my EuroPC. Is it available somewhere?

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Re: Joystick not working with SB Vibra 16 PnP sound card

Posted on 2023-08-09, 19:24

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by RetroBard

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I seem to recall the default joystick IO port address is 201. Maybe the programs you use to test the port do not look at the BLASTER settings? Also some Soundblasters have a Joystick Enable jumper that needs to be closed, but maybe not your PNP version? Changing the joystick port address to 201 did …

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Re: Joystick not working with SB Vibra 16 PnP sound card

Posted on 2023-08-09, 19:07

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by RetroBard

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dominusprog wrote on 2023-08-09, 17:41: Well, I'm sorry I couldn't help. Try a different card in the future. Hey, sorry for coming out as blunt. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Re: Joystick not working with SB Vibra 16 PnP sound card

Posted on 2023-08-09, 10:24

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by RetroBard

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Yes, yes, and no I/O card with a joyport.

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Re: Joystick not working with SB Vibra 16 PnP sound card

Posted on 2023-08-09, 09:43

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I think I already tried the first driver and couldn’t get the card working as the driver didn’t detect the card. The latter seems to be a Win95 driver. I’m running Dos 5.0 on a 286. The connector sits in snugly. I had to sand down the outer rim of the Gravis connector down a bit, as it was a …

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Re: Joystick not working with SB Vibra 16 PnP sound card

Posted on 2023-08-08, 17:50

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by RetroBard

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dominusprog wrote on 2023-08-08, 15:03: Is there any rust on the metallic parts? Remove the card and check the pins for connectivity with a multimeter or use a LED and the battery holder. The card is visually fine. The axes and buttons on the port test all right for connectivity.

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Joystick not working with SB Vibra 16 PnP sound card

Posted on 2023-08-08, 08:10

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by RetroBard

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I have a SB Vibra 16 PnP sound card in my 286 PC running DOS 5.0. I’m using the Unisound driver for the card. While sound is working correctly, any of the gameport controllers that I have (Gravis Analog Pro, Saitek P120) aren’t detected by any of the games or joystick testing utilities. I’ve set the …

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Re: Installing PnP Soundblaster in 286/386 system?

Posted on 2023-07-28, 14:59

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In my 286 all the PNP utility did was hard lock the system. The same happened to me when I tried that on two different 286 boards, and on a friend's 286 pc. I managed to have SB ViBRA16X (CT4170) working in my XT box. Since ctcm.exe doesn't work on 286 or before, I actually coded an old school …

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Re: Schneider Euro PC

Posted on 2023-05-10, 17:25

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by RetroBard

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I gather if you disable the internal GPU from the BIOS, it should boot from an external GPU.

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Re: OPL2LPT

Posted on 2023-02-14, 22:19

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by RetroBard

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Here’s a thought: Would it be possible to change the lpt port address to 0388 by editing the bios? My Schneider EuroPC’s bios setup shows the address of the lpt1 but it’s not changeable. Since the only ISA slot i have is already occupied by the XT-IDE, I figured I might as well modify and make a …

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Re: Schneider EuroPC no longer POSTs

Posted on 2023-02-05, 18:29

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by RetroBard

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The EuroPC lives again! The AEN line between JIM and PVC4 had corroded away. After yet another bodge, it POSTS and boots. I need to find more suitable bodge wire, though. It has got to be the mother of all ugly bodges with the wire I had at hand.

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Re: Schneider EuroPC no longer POSTs

Posted on 2023-01-24, 19:43

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by RetroBard

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I did some measuring. The CPU resets, it has clock and there is activity on the address and data lines. It’s beginning to look like I have to do some broken trace hunting.

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Re: Schneider EuroPC no longer POSTs

Posted on 2023-01-24, 17:44

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by RetroBard

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Is the EuroPC mobo multiplayer, though? At least the service manual implies that it would be just a two layer board. Nevertheless, I’m going to hook it to my scope to see if there is any signs of life in the system. Couple of observations, though. The floppy drive isn’t spinning at all. Not sure if …

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Schneider EuroPC no longer POSTs

Posted on 2023-01-24, 13:22

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by RetroBard

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My Schneider EuroPC that had battery damage and I had managed to fix in last spring by adding a half a dozen bodges, has stopped POSTing. The power light comes on and the keyboard lights blink once but no POST or picture. I tried removing the XT-IDE to no avail. I haven’t yet opened it to check the …

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Re: OPL2LPT

Posted on 2022-04-26, 21:20

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I recently got the OPL3LPT and was able to successfully patch some Sierra SCI games. Codename: Iceman’s adl.drv wouldn’t patch for some reason, stating that the file could not be found. I circumvented that by copying a patched adl.drv from another Sierra game. The sound is a bit quiet but it works. …

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Re: Schneider Euro PC

Posted on 2022-04-26, 09:21

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by RetroBard

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Would it be similar to the mouse driver? In the EuroPC’s case, both use the same physical port. Not sure if they listen to the same port addresses.

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Re: Schneider Euro PC

Posted on 2022-04-26, 07:40

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by RetroBard

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The actual driver should of course be written in Assembly, but is it possible to conceptualize in Basic that when, let’s say, joy up is read in the port, it would trigger the up arrow keypress?

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Re: Schneider Euro PC

Posted on 2022-04-26, 06:49

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by RetroBard

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Would it be possible to write a short Basic program that listens to the ports to test how it works?

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Re: Fdisk freezing when partitoning a CF card.

Posted on 2022-04-25, 20:39

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by RetroBard

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I received the Sandisk 512 MB CF today. FDisk worked all right and I was able to format it and install MS-DOS 5.0 on it. It boots nice and quiet and I gather it’ll be more reliable than the microdrive.

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