Re: How to install MSDOS 6.22 without disks?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 23:21

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by davidrg

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e0x is available from here: https://kannegieser.net/veit/programm/ If the disks are numbered (eg, disk1.img, disk2.img, etc) you can press F11 to go to the previous disk or F12 to go to the next disk. E0x flashes the border around the screen (won't appear on virtualbox) once its finished mounting …

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Re: How to install MSDOS 6.22 without disks?

Posted on 2024-04-15, 00:03

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by davidrg

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I've used a floppy drive emulator program, e0x, to install DOS 6.22 from disk images living on a network drive. I've got a boot floppy that connects to the network, mounts a network drive, checks the state of C: and if its unpartitioned, unformatted or C:\command.com doesn't exist it mounts MS-DOS …

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Re: Octek Hippo-VL Motherboard Repair Help Needed (MR BIOS)

Posted on 2024-04-10, 19:27

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by davidrg

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My board is this: PXL_20240410_104123782.jpg Which seems to match this page on TRW: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/octek-hippo-dca-ii-486-33 - I assume its the same as what appiah4 had, though perhaps there are other models with this DCA stuff. I wonder what the chances are of finding more …

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Re: Octek Hippo-VL Motherboard Repair Help Needed (MR BIOS)

Posted on 2024-04-10, 10:15

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by davidrg

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I pulled one of these boards out of storage and was struggling with the same beep code issue thinking the BIOS ROM was bad or, worse, the motherboard was bad. Eventually I landed on this post so figured I might as well post what ultimately fixed the problem for me. Reading the manual on TRW it turns …

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Re: Alpha Dec Vobis

Posted on 2024-03-31, 04:55

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What exactly is the machine? There were a bunch of different computers with an Alpha EV5 CPU so it's kind of like saying "windows setup can't find the hard disk on my Pentium 3 computer" If the computer has AlphaBIOS there is an option in there to partition the hard disk and launch windows setup. …

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Re: DOS/SMB/Mounting images

Posted on 2024-03-30, 05:29

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I'd like to point out that OP didn't specify any protocol/fs, so things like NFS or Novell Netware are still on the table. Though I have little experience with both, at least within DOS, but maybe one of you guys has an idea how appropriate they'd be here? The few NFS solutions I've tried have …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-20, 19:58

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Had a Celebris GL 5133 a few pages back in this thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1228227#p1228227 Wow I had no idea they were that expensive! A really unusual buy in Ireland for 1995 that's for sure (especially because tech cost a lot more there even today) so I'm wondering was it …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-20, 00:11

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@https://www.vogons.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=50642 You seem to like DEC computers! I've only encountered one in the wild before (actually my college may have had some old ones waiting to be recycled but I can't really remember). I found a DEC Celebris GL 5133 in a skip probably around …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-18, 20:04

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And for archives sake just a few more: IMG_20240307_160222.jpg IMG_20240307_160244_HDR.jpg IMG_20240307_160258_HDR.jpg IMG_20240307_162621_HDR.jpg Never seen one of the x86 Multias before! The case seems to be the same as the Alpha version, just with different plastic on the front. Looks like your …

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Re: Computers based on the 80188 processor

Posted on 2024-03-09, 07:14

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Only place I've ever encountered a 186 is on the DEC TQK70, a QBus TK70 (DLT II) tape drive controller for MicroVAX systems: Filename tqk70.jpg File size 114.45 KiB Views 340 views

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Re: DEC mainboard - help needed identifying it

Posted on 2024-03-08, 00:45

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These are a bit of a weird machine and there isn't a whole lot of information out there about them and even fewer photos. In the first half of the 90s DEC had the DECpc MT, MTE, MP, XL and XP which I believe all used variations of the same basic tower case (photos are hard to come by to confirm). …

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Re: Upgrading Digital Celebris XL 5133

Posted on 2024-03-05, 22:34

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Thanks 😀. I guess it's quite safe to check it for myself then. But first I have to recap the power supply. It turns off after being turned on for a few seconds. It's a proprietary psu so a normal AT psu won't work. Your machine is a Celebris XL as well? I've got a Prioris LX 575 which uses the same …

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Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on 2024-02-19, 07:33

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I guess if the MIPS emulator is on-topic, then DEC Alpha: https://virtuallyfun.com/2024/02/17/announcin … 1-axp-preview1/

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-02-13, 02:51

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Your links look like this: [L:https://logout.hu/dl/upc/2020-03/29/225621_xn … _vlb486asus.jpg]Asus SIS471 MB[/L] When you probably mean for them to look like this: Asus SIS471 MB

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-02-10, 23:02

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The form-factor is actually NLX - All of DECs PCs after the original Venturis/Celebris machines seem to use it, including the Alpha-powered Digital Personal Workstations (though I assume the Alphas diverged from the standard for the riser due to their use of 64bit PCI). The originators of the NLX …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-02-09, 22:44

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Very nice PC 3100/FX-2 short-tower! Apparently these machines were the first from a major PC vendor to use the K6 CPU: press release , news article (Though I doubt DEC could have ever truly been called a major PC vendor). I've got a whole bunch of Quantum Fireballs with what I assume are bad …

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Re: What hasn’t been done?

Posted on 2024-02-05, 01:35

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Alpha 21264 CPU in a regular Slot A/Socket A motherboard. DEC licensed the Alpha 21264 "EV6" bus to AMD which was used on early Athlon processors and some Alpha made by Samsung used AMDs Irongate and Irongate2 chipsets rather than the more expensive 21272 and 21274 chipsets from DEC/Compaq. Big …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-02-02, 07:13

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Time for more DEC PCs! For these I've done away with the DEC CRTs - the older one is either too new or too old for all of these machines, while the newer one has issues so I've packed it back away. Instead I'm using an obviously wrong 17" Panasonic CRT from the late 90s. DECstation 325sx https:// …

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Re: Windows 3.11 for Workgroups vs Windows 3.11 networking

Posted on 2024-01-25, 21:09

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by davidrg

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Neither version has any form of TCP/IP support out-of-the-box. You've got to provide your own winsock implementation which may or may not support dial-up internet service. Windows 3.11, like Windows 3.1 and 3.0, has built in support for networks but no built-in network client or server - you've got …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-01-25, 02:34

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Yeah, the DECpc LPv/LPv+ systems make for a pretty trouble free DOS gaming machine - just add a sound card of your choice and maybe an XTIDE ROM if you want to use CF cards and you're good to go. Never had any trouble with them except for needing to replace the DS12887 RTC chip and their slightly …

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