Re: Need help getting IDE/Floppy controller working on 5x86

Posted on 2017-08-02, 22:56

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That's good info. I have 7 drives, and can't seem to find a rhyme or reason to which ones will work. It seems intermittent. At least I've found 3 that work with the 3 systems I have going so far. Also, I was finally successful in setting up this computer with a HDD, floppy and CD rom (piggybacked on …

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Re: Need help getting IDE/Floppy controller working on 5x86

Posted on 2017-08-02, 17:54

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Got it to work, finally. Man, these floppy disks I have have been going bad faster than I can write to them! Was a freshly sealed pack, probably around 18 years old, but had never been used before. Went bad almost immediately after writing the DOS boot disk to it. Hard drive is formatting now. …

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Re: Need help getting IDE/Floppy controller working on 5x86

Posted on 2017-08-02, 17:19

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Well, I moved it to another ISA slot and disconnected the HD and now it will try to boot from the floppy. It brought up the win98 "boot from CDrom" menu when I tried the Win98 startup disk. I want to install DOS 6.22, so I am trying to get it to boot from the DOS install disks. It's now hanging on " …

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Re: Got the band back together for a group photo

Posted on 2017-08-02, 16:50

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Ah, thanks. This is actually where I work. Those are baggies and tubes of soil samples (I'm a geologist). I'm the only one that works out of this satellite office at the moment, so I've temporarily been using the space to take inventory of my recent "dumpster finds". This really can't be permanent …

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Need help getting IDE/Floppy controller working on 5x86

Posted on 2017-08-01, 23:56

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Hey guys, I'm digging into this dumpster AMD 5x86, and it doesn't have any onboard drive controllers. It came with this HD/Floppy controller card, which seems to be able to detect the HD fine. However whenever it tries to boot from the floppy drive, it says disk read error. I've tried 5 different …

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Got the band back together for a group photo

Posted on 2017-08-01, 18:10

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Figured I'd just gather them all up before I get rid of a few. Also included a shot of what I accomplished today on the Data General machine. From left to right: -Cyrix 6x86MX PR200 with AT case, turbo button and LCD, soundblaster 16, Orchid Farenheit 1280 VGA, untested. -AMD Athlon AX1800 w 128mb …

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Re: Mystery DVDI Creative Card?

Posted on 2017-08-01, 02:53

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That's the one. Thanks! I guess I probably wont end up using it, but always good to have an ID.

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How do you decide what to keep and what to toss?

Posted on 2017-08-01, 02:48

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Small stuff like cards, memory, etc is easy to store. But I have a few too many cases, and I'm not sure about this one. It's not particularly neat or anything, but it is BEIGE. Anyone want it? It's got a couple stains that should come off with some scrubbing. Filename beige case.jpg File size 562. …

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Mystery DVDI Creative Card?

Posted on 2017-07-31, 23:31

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Hey guys, I found this in my box 'o parts and can't seem to identify it. Any ideas? On the front it says Model C13828, but on the back it says A15828. Elsewhere on the card it says Copywrite Creative Technology, 2000. Filename IMG_2251.JPG File size 999.56 KiB Views 387 views Filename IMG_2250.JPG …

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Re: Scored Doom 2 Floppies at a Garage Sale - need Disk 4 files!

Posted on 2017-07-30, 21:08

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Thank you - I'll try that!

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-07-30, 20:14

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Finally is the one I'm most excited about. It's a mini tower with turbo button and key! It's an AMD 5x86 x5 133mhz machine, with I believe 16 megs of ram and a sound master 16. Sound master 16? Is that a typo or just a name that sounds a lot like a Sound Blaster 16? I do have two Sound Boostar 16/ …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-07-30, 19:36

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Cyrix200+ wrote: Cute, they're family! tizzdizz wrote: IMG_2148.JPG Cyrix200+ wrote: Sooooooo I had some extreme luck on Marktplaats.nl yesterday. I bought two old systems and I picked them up today: […] Show full quote Sooooooo I had some extreme luck on Marktplaats.nl yesterday. I bought …

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Re: Scored Doom 2 Floppies at a Garage Sale - need Disk 4 files!

Posted on 2017-07-30, 18:45

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Darn - As you said, it says it needs 1.0 KB more space on this freshly formatted,, never-used floppy disk. I ran into this before when trying to copy a disk image directly to the disk. Hmmm

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Re: Scored Doom 2 Floppies at a Garage Sale - need Disk 4 files!

Posted on 2017-07-30, 18:39

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Hey thanks! I'll try my luck with this file and check back in later.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-07-30, 16:18

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Last weekend I found a free Craigslist ad that simply said "old computer". I emailed the guy and picked up a Cyrix 6x86 which I posted a little about elsewhere. Same guy emailed me again a few days ago saying he found some more stuff if I wanted it. So here we are. One is an Acer Aspire A360 which …

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Re: Just got a lot of new retro stuff to make new content for the community

Posted on 2017-07-30, 15:44

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I had a face palm moment earlier this week while reassembling a socket 7 machine. It's an AT Machine, with a front case panel hookup on the MB, and also a two wire plug that comes from the power supply, that goes to an "enable" on th MB. There aren't any switches directly wired to the power supply. …

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Re: Just got a lot of new retro stuff to make new content for the community

Posted on 2017-07-30, 15:17

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Most are that way, but I'm pretty sure I have a couple that aren't.

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Re: Just got a lot of new retro stuff to make new content for the community

Posted on 2017-07-30, 14:56

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Just taking a stab here, that brown slot could be for the cache? As for the power switch - I've seen some AT machines that had half size ribbon cables that go to the front panel to control things like the power switches, leds etc. Look next to the floppy cable port on the board- it kind of looks …

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Scored Doom 2 Floppies at a Garage Sale - need Disk 4 files!

Posted on 2017-07-30, 01:37

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Hey guys, I picked up Doom2 V1.7 with manual and strategy guide at a garage sale for $2 today. Problem is that disk 4 is bad. I am hoping someone has a copy, so they might be able to send over just that disk image. The other 4 disks seem to be fine. There is only one file on Disk 4, it's doom2b.4 …

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Re: Just got a lot of new retro stuff to make new content for the community

Posted on 2017-07-30, 01:11

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Can you post a picture of your test setup? Also one of the whole motherboard would be helpful too. I had a similar issue with an AT machine recently, and not all AT power supplies and motherboards are created equal! Ask me how I know... POOF...

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