Re: What was your first vehicle?
Posted on Yesterday, 09:54
Re: Pentium 4 Multi-OS Build Log (DOS/3.11/95/NT4/98/2k/Me/XP)
Posted on Yesterday, 06:41
So far the games I've seen listed include: Thief 2, Blood II: The Chosen, Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, KISS: Psycho Circus, and Starlancer. Are there any others? Thief: The Dark Project (along with its Gold version) and System Shock 2 also use 16-bit colors only. I think European Air War might …
Re: What would you look for when a system won't BEEP during POST?
Posted on 2024-06-07, 10:32
In the case of failed capacitors, unless there are some obviously exploded tantalum ones near the bus slots, the ones you are looking for are barrel shaped metal cans. You want to check them for orange or brown "Goo" around the top of the vent, on the legs, underneath the can, OR-- for peaked, …
Re: What do you drive?
Posted on 2024-06-07, 10:19
Especially at those times when it has a value of $500 and you need a $1000 repair, nice post and just wanted to add this - cars often get abandoned when the repair costs more than the car - but that doesn't make sense to me if you already own it. i understand that buying a $500 car needing $1000 …
Re: intel is back!
Posted on 2024-06-07, 06:45
I got a ryzen 5900 a few years ago as my 'it's time now' upgrade, because it had the best bang for the buck. Never did understand the chevy/ford like dichotomy some folks have for intel/amd. Neither has my loyalty. Unlike Chevy/Ford, Intel is a 100% anti-competitive, anti-consumer, anti-technology …
Re: Issue with 386sx (Acermate 333s) - IDE HDD
Posted on 2024-06-06, 18:35
I am going to go out on a limb, and ask you to aggressively test your memory, then also suggest moving the IDE controller to a diff slot. If integrated, try disabling and using a multio card. The values reported look like either the high or low byte is stuck high, and ghe ident string is gibberish. …
Re: intel is back!
Posted on 2024-06-06, 15:57
I got a ryzen 5900 a few years ago as my 'it's time now' upgrade, because it had the best bang for the buck. Never did understand the chevy/ford like dichotomy some folks have for intel/amd. Neither has my loyalty.
Re: How to change from 5v to 3.3v on TTL adaptor?
Posted on 2024-06-06, 15:06
It's necessary for gnd to be connected, to get data on the rx line. Yes. If you are trying to get rid of the ata-lock status, certain gen1 xbox drives will 'forget' their lock status after a firmware update (which they will accept, even when locked.) It's best to hot-swap the drive after being …
Re: Windows 95 installation stuck at "copying install files..."
Posted on 2024-06-06, 10:42
As pointed out in the previous thread, sintechi controllers do not actually support LBA48. This means they cannot actually handle devices larger than 137gb. (Worse, they act like they can, but silently fail!!) Such errata is moot here though; they have a suitably small card inserted. I would look at …
Re: How to change from 5v to 3.3v on TTL adaptor?
Posted on 2024-06-06, 10:31
3.6v should be in expected tolerance for 3.3v TTL. It should be fine.
Re: What do you drive?
Posted on 2024-06-06, 10:03
I drive one of these. ('07 Mazda 3) https://cdn05.carsforsale.com/00ca15aa864adf33efa1420e4b61b12576/480x360/2007-mazda-mazda3-s.jpg The alternate vehicle, is one of these. ('07 Ford Explorer) https://d3j17a2r8lnfte.cloudfront.net/assit/2021/4/medium/Pwt2ldliwUmgVzgOShpPqmqz.jpeg the latter, I got …
Re: Windows 95 installation stuck at "copying install files..."
Posted on 2024-06-06, 09:23
I would try turning off multisector transfers first. In my experience, multiword DMA 2 "does work", but other kinds of multiword (specifically newer), do not. without knowing what mode it is trying here, I would be leery. **Specifically for SINTECHI SD->IDE adapter
Re: How to change from 5v to 3.3v on TTL adaptor?
Posted on 2024-06-06, 07:37
(baffled by the decision to just over-volt the logic, rather than incorporate a level shifter into the design.) (Further baffled that they decided to drive logic levels at 5V on a TTL serial cable, since nothing modern will want to talk at 5V levels.) ---[While I understand that "Cost savings!!" was …
Re: Issue with 386sx (Acermate 333s) - IDE HDD
Posted on 2024-06-06, 07:32
There is VERY CLEARLY incorrect geometry being reported. What kind of CF card are you using? It may not be properly supporting old CHS modes.
Re: 16mb disk space issue with 64gb SD-card
Posted on 2024-06-05, 12:41
I've also used DDOs with the sintechi adapters. what they dont do well, (or at all...) is 48bit LBA.
Re: Trouble with 5.25" Floppy on 386
Posted on 2024-06-03, 23:42
OK, confusing questions time. On the 5.25" drive, are there any small jumpers like these ones? https://zxbyte.ru/pic/byte13_142_sm.jpg Some 5.25" drives are "Fully Shugart compatible", meaning they can be configured with a cabling ID for an untwisted cable, with support for up to 4 drives. They can …
Re: 16mb disk space issue with 64gb SD-card
Posted on 2024-06-03, 18:10
Which version of fdisk are you using? Win98, win95, dos 6.22, freedos, or 'other'?
Re: What is the OPROM slot on a NIC for?
Posted on 2024-06-03, 11:48
As for why a NIC has one; PXE. Pre-eXecution Envirionment. It's a kind of combination TCP/IP stack and boot loader, used to pull small disk images from off the network, then boot from them, to allow network boot. I thought PXE was a specific thing part of a modern BIOS boot sequence. But I get the …
Re: What is the OPROM slot on a NIC for?
Posted on 2024-06-03, 04:05
As for why a NIC has one; PXE. Pre-eXecution Envirionment. It's a kind of combination TCP/IP stack and boot loader, used to pull small disk images from off the network, then boot from them, to allow network boot.
Re: Please help me configure unknown cards
Posted on 2024-06-01, 06:51
As for that VLB combo card... Con 1 appears to be an IDE connector. Con 2 appears to be a floppy drive header. Con 3 & 4 appear to be 9 pin serial headers. Con 5 appears to be a gameport header. Con 6 appears to be a parallel port header. LED1 appears to be the HDD activity LED. For the actual …
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