Re: Use USB keyboard on ASUS P5A-B / MS-DOS

Posted on 2023-01-17, 00:31

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by wkjagt

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Have you tried something like this? https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Replacement-USB-Keyboard-Adapter/dp/B000A0K2JO?th=1 Yeah I have, and I hoped it would work, but for these passive adapters to work, the keyboard needs to support the PS/2 protocol. These adapters don't have any logic in them, …

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Re: Use USB keyboard on ASUS P5A-B / MS-DOS

Posted on 2023-01-16, 23:22

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That makes sense. I guess I was hoping that somehow the motherboard would Just Take Care Of It™. Especially since it didn't complain about no keyboard being present during POST. Ah well, maybe I'll find a nice PS/2 keyboard at some point. Seems that all the nice 60% mechanical keyboards are USB …

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Use USB keyboard on ASUS P5A-B / MS-DOS

Posted on 2023-01-16, 22:07

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I have a nice ASUS P5A-B that I am really happy with. One thing bothers me though, and it's probably just because of my lack of understanding. I am currently using it with a cheap PS/2 keyboard and an adapter to the 5 pin keyboard connector on the keyboard. But I would love to use it with my USB …

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Re: Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-16, 15:07

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[...] Weird thing is that both boards came in identical cases. I assume they are ATX cases because of the power button, which is a momentary push button. Are you sure it's a P5A -B ? The non -B version of the P5A was ATX. It's possible to put a baby-AT boards in ATX cases with an AT backplate for …

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Re: Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-16, 14:10

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@debs3759 I am too much of a noob on here to send PMs, so I'll do it here even though it's not the topic of the thread (sorry). If you're into NASM coding, I just bought "Programming Boot Sector Games" by Oscar Toledo. Very cool book.

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Re: Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-16, 13:37

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I just also found an ATI Rage 128 Pro. Other than that I only found ISA and VLB video cards in my pile (weirdly no PCI). No AGP card either? But at least the ATi Rage 128 is a start :P Would be quite underpowered for the Athlon though. Sorry I wasn't clear. The GeForce 4 mx4000, and the two ATI …

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Re: Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-16, 13:34

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This is true, just don't :'( If you notice, power off immediately! And I mean flip the power switch and not the 4 second softpower one. One common mistake is for people to accidentally mount the HSF backwards, which also may damage the CPU. Always check from the side if the HSF is oriented …

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Re: Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-16, 13:27

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If I had to choose, I'd use the P5A-B, but mainly because it's an Asus board (I like Asus motherboards), but as others have said, the k7T will be faster if the caps are OK or you are confident (and competent) enough to replace them. I might just replace them anyway then. What revision is the P5A-B? …

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Re: Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-16, 13:17

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by wkjagt

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Cases are relevant here. The P5A- B is a baby-AT board that needs a ditto case (which could indeed be anything back to 1985 - sleeper builds are a thing ;) ), and is one of the last boards for that form factor. The K7T Turbo 2 is an ATX board, so needs an ATX case. Choose a case and you …

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Re: Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-15, 22:41

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I just also found an ATI Rage 128 Pro. Other than that I only found ISA and VLB video cards in my pile (weirdly no PCI).

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Re: Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-15, 00:48

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@waterbeestje good idea to build 2 systems actually :D For now though, I don't even have a nice case for one of them. I do have some cases but they're all much older, and I'd feel bad putting the Asus in a case that's clearly meant for a 386 or 486. You mention a Geforce 4 mx440. I currently have a …

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Choosing a mainboard (Asus p5A-B vs MSI k7T Turbo2)

Posted on 2023-01-14, 19:54

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Hey all! I recently bought a whole bunch of hardware from someone who bought an old building in our village that turned out to be an old computer repair shop that closed a long time ago. I bought all their computer stuff so now I have a whole storage full of surprises :-) It's mostly 8088/286/386, …

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Re: Gotek problems

Posted on 2023-01-07, 14:00

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by wkjagt

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Oh FAT sort looks interesting! I configured Flash Floppy to sort by filename with a specific naming convention. They call it indexed mode: https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/wiki/Ini … up#indexed-mode I'll also look at fat sort though, it might be more convenient, thanks for the suggestion!

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Re: Gotek problems

Posted on 2022-12-31, 14:15

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by wkjagt

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It all works now!!! Formatted my USB drive as FAT32 (required by Flash Floppy), put some images on it and it just works! Lesson learned: always just go with Flash Floppy. Now connect the buzzer so flashfloppy can emulate floppy sounds. ;) Haha yeah, I saw that somewhere :D And there's the other …

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Re: Gotek problems

Posted on 2022-12-30, 00:31

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by wkjagt

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It all works now!!! Formatted my USB drive as FAT32 (required by Flash Floppy), put some images on it and it just works! Lesson learned: always just go with Flash Floppy.

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Re: Gotek problems

Posted on 2022-12-29, 21:59

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I managed to flash Flash Floppy onto the Gotek from my Mac following the same procedure as what works for Linux, described here: https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy/discussions/698#discussioncomment-3901428. The only difference being that I installed dfu-util using brew and not apt-get because I'm …

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Re: Gotek problems

Posted on 2022-12-29, 17:16

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paradigital wrote on 2022-12-29, 17:04: That’s how the GoTek works as a floppy emulator. If you press the increment button on the front once you are in windows, you can change to partition 001, 002, 003, etc. Oh ok, I guess it's a different mode, where you never have to transfer files to the USB …

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Re: Gotek problems

Posted on 2022-12-29, 16:57

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I just learned something new. If you hold both buttons on the Gotek when powering up (with a USB drive inserted), it formats the drive. You can see it count up to 999. From what I've read, it creates 1000 partitions. However, when I plug the drive into my Mac, or even the Windows 98 PC I'm testing …

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Re: Gotek problems

Posted on 2022-12-28, 19:00

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Hi there! This is perhaps old news, but I had some trouble with my first Gotek, too. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=58186 After that, I flashed the Gotek with Flash Floppy and had no trouble anymore since. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=55893 The flashing procedure wasn't …

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Re: Gotek problems

Posted on 2022-12-28, 18:57

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I’ve never tried manually creating the folder/file structure on my GoTek, I’ve always used FlashFloppy, and unfortunately my PC with it installed is in storage, so I can’t test it out for you. Do you know if there are folders? Or just files? I've only tried putting files in the root of the drive. I …

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