I figured that might be the case. It’s getting harder to get small capacity and PIO cards locally. I need to go eBay for those. I guess I’ll keep just using the microdrive until I can get a replacement. I have purchased a few (three in the past week) Verbatim 4GB PIO cards on Amazon new for $12 and …

I recently had an issue where while my BIOS detected my 4GB CF card, attempting to create partitions in FDISK would freeze. This was on an ASUS VL/I-486SV2GX4 based 486 build. As it turned out it was the BIOS. I needed to update it so that it allowed LBA support. Now, it does not freeze and FDISK …

maxtherabbit wrote on 2022-04-09, 14:19: I've literally never had a problem with cute mouse been using it for like 10 years almost Are those of you having troubles with it using serial or ps/2? Mine is using serial.

1541 wrote on 2022-04-09, 08:18: You know that this thread was about CD drivers for DOS? Certainly....but it got boring. Just kidding....go ahead and carry on.....sorry to veer off. 😉

I've done a LOT of testing on many different systems over the past two years using a mix of original & replacement drivers and I found the following: - CTMOUSE is not worth it - way too many games have issues with it: * games not detecting the mouse * game speed being wrong or X/Y axis having …

Consider yourself lucky you "missed out" on that first motherboard from your introductory post. I feel sorry for the sap who won that thing....hope it didn't sell for more than $10. My God... And, congrats on the find. Very nice! And changing the CPU that is in there with a 486-33? I should smack …

I have a SiS 486G motherboard with the same issue. It is certainly a BIOS Y2K bug of some type. I just set it to 1994 and pretend that it is 1994! Maybe "2094" is the next coming of the 486!

If this tool really is unassigning the IRQ from the MPU-401 and that is what is the "fix", would it be possible to add a switch to unassign the IRQ from it in Unisound so that I no longer have to use the sbmpu fix tool? Too late to edit my post but I just caught in the documentation that setting …

I have just tested Unisound with my CT2770 on my 486 build and it works GREAT! And, saved me quite a bit of conventional memory too :) Thank you! I do have a question or perhaps maybe a feature request. I am using a Roland Sound Canvas model SC-50 with this computer and I have encountered a weird …

Well, I have an SC-50 (which I love!) that I purchased for a song not too long ago and knowing already about this battery situation I immediately opened it and removed the battery when I had received it. Thankfully no leakage however the battery did look a bit cruddy. I suspect that it would not be …

Well, received the PSU today and it is real cache, 256K installed, so each of these are 32K. Odd how I can find no reference to any of these chips however. The external battery connector also works fine with no jumper needed to change. Just take the battery out and add an external. Easy! As for the …

I have this board https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/5549 I'm not sure how to change the battery jumpers but I suspect the one under the battery connector to be the one. (Don't mind the schema, it doesn't match....) As for the cache, is it soldered to the board ? Because mine came with …

Hi everybody, I was lucky enough to happen upon this board in great shape...although I have admittedly not tested it yet as I am waiting for an AT power supply to arrive :) You see, this will be the first 486 build for me in decades. I received the board with a 486DX-2/66 CPU, 4MB of memory and the …

I have a 4MB Stealth II S220 myself. Oddly enough the Rendition reference driver I have installed reports it as a V2200. I am not sure if it is because it has the latest/last v1.36 BIOS or something is different about the card. In any case, I *love* this card. It is the only card I own out of maybe …

Nevermind, found it 😀

Does anyone have a copy of this BIOS update? My machine is on 1.00.05.BS0T and I would really like to grab this (what I believe is) final release and update it. If anybody can help it would be much appreciated. I have scoured the net and Gateway no longer offers old BIOS downloads.

I am interested! PM sent 😉 Hope you are still around 😉 EDIT: Oops. I don't have Thor (thought I did). I have Zappa 🙁 Sorry for the mixup.

Hello! I just had to register in order to reply to this (well, I was planning on registering anyway) as I ran into the same problem last night, but in reverse. I recently received and bulked up a Gateway P5-120 and was interested to see how Cannon Fodder (the first one) stood up to other ports. I …