I fought with the same 99% command.com problem for weeks. Tried different disks, different sources for disk images, different compact flash cards. What ended up fixing it in the end was to flash XT-IDE to an eprom and drop it into an Ethernet card I had for the system. Worked perfectly after that.

Leak checking done, installing Windows XP. Had to hook up a floppy to load drivers for the storage. Filename PXL_20231211_184021904.jpg File size 541.73 KiB Views 599 views

My bad, I posted this than ran out the door. It's genuine Chromalusion base/tint/clear over a less than stellar prep job. I had a friend who worked at an automotive paint place and they had a half pint of it mixed up that was about to be scrapped, I think he may have paid $20 for it when the stuff …

Possibly the worst case I could use to build a monster XP gaming rig, but it's got a $300 (2001) paint job, so here we go. I've got plenty of vintage rigs, in fact one of each generation starting at 80386, and then some. But I wanted something for 32bit xp that'll handle 1999-2010 gaming at …

Yup. That's all that was on there.

Been trying to archive everything I have, this seems like the best starting point. The disk image was also made on the same system as the mathco is installed and has been since the early 90s. I can also make a flux image of the disk too, just haven't set that all up yet. https://archive.org/details/ …

Perfect, that's exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!

I'm in the process of restoring and assembling my old systems that have been picked over and cannibalized over the years, along with making all the upgrades couldn't afford at the time. I've got a Diamond Stealth 64 S3 964 2mb with open slots for an additional 2mb. I have seen some references to …