Re: KMC A419-8 (ACER ALi M1419) for 386 - serial mice won't work

Posted on 2023-01-20, 16:33

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by BlackLinus24

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Anybody? Is my case so isolated that nobody else has had this issue? I would also try to setup the IO card into different ISA slots. P.S. Does -12V present in ISA slots ? I tried several I/O cards in different slots. How can I check if I have -12V in the ISA slots. Where would I have to measure …

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Re: KMC A419-8 (ACER ALi M1419) for 386 - serial mice won't work

Posted on 2023-01-20, 16:31

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by BlackLinus24

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weedeewee wrote on 2023-01-20, 13:58: I'm not fond of ctmouse, so, first suggestion, try another mouse driver. default microsoft mouse driver to test the mouse. As stated in my "troubleshooting so far", I have used different drivers and mice.

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Re: KMC A419-8 (ACER ALi M1419) for 386 - serial mice won't work

Posted on 2023-01-20, 13:56

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by BlackLinus24

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Anybody? Is my case so isolated that nobody else has had this issue?

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Re: ASUS 486SV2GX4 rev 2.0 vs rev 2.1

Posted on 2023-01-18, 09:54

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by BlackLinus24

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I'm going to make a DOS gaming box that includes 486DX100 and VLB graphics card. I've been searching for information here for months, and finally I'm signing up today and posting my first question. ASUS 486SV2GX4 was recommended as a good board. But this board seems to have several revisions. I …

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KMC A419-8 (ACER ALi M1419) for 386 - serial mice won't work

Posted on 2023-01-18, 07:51

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by BlackLinus24

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Hi, So I wanted to build a new 386 system with a KMC A419-8 (ACER ALi M1419) motherboard. All went well except for the fact that I do not get serial mice to work on the system. CT Mouse driver recognizes the mouse, but it doesn't work either in Windows (3.1.) or any DOS games. Here is my …

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Re: Failed Voodoo 1 on a dual Pentium Pro system?

Posted on 2021-02-04, 16:36

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by BlackLinus24

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I guess it depends on what's failed on the card If it was the TMU or anything that's not used outside 3d rendering the signal will bypass the faulty component and display just as if you don't have drivers loaded. But if its dead dead then it wont be even able pass the signal to the 2d card which …

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Failed Voodoo 1 on a dual Pentium Pro system?

Posted on 2021-02-04, 12:07

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by BlackLinus24

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Hi, Over the last couple of months I've been trying to gather the necessary pieces in order to build Dual Pentium Pro system combined with a Matrox Millennium and a Voodoo 1 4Mb. For some reason, I do not get any OS (Win NT 4.0, Win95, Win98 nor Windows 2000) to recognize the Voodoo 1 card. If the …

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Re: Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 - broken front bezel/panel

Posted on 2020-12-17, 08:35

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by BlackLinus24

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Wow, great. Thanks a lot for the info. I'm afraid that I already did some irreversible "damage" to the front bezel by using superglue. Thanks for the schematics of the bezel. Where did you find it? I was wondering if it be possible - at a reasonable price - to 3Dprint a new bezel using the …

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Re: Compaq Workstation 5000 - broken front bezel/panel

Posted on 2020-12-15, 18:07

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by BlackLinus24

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Would you be able to repair it with superglue? I tried but it doesn't work. There are some "pins" broken too that hold the bezel tight to the case. The force that holds the bezel tight is too big for broken plastic fixed with superglue to hold. I glued it and fixed the bezel on some points with …

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Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 - broken front bezel/panel

Posted on 2020-12-15, 17:50

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by BlackLinus24

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Hi, I found a real gem on Ebay for a good price but then the seller didn't package the heavy workstation well enough. The front bezel/panel is broken as you can see. I was wondering if anybody out there know where to get a replacement for the front panel. Without it the workstation has no face. It's …

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MV PRO SONIC 16 FD-SCSI (650-0087-03) - JAZZ16 - Mixer in DOS does not retain settings

Posted on 2020-12-15, 17:38

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by BlackLinus24

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Hi, I would like to use the JAZZ16 (PRO SONIC 16 FD-SCSI (650-0087-03) together with a MT-32 but the Mixer in DOS (to set the line-in volume) seems not to be able to retain the setting. After each reset, the volume of the line-in is again at 0. Does anybody know about this issue. I took the drivers …

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Re: GL-GD542x - poor signal quality

Posted on 2020-02-27, 14:52

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by BlackLinus24

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I'm using a FlexScan from Eizo. Here some photos. The vertical lines are more visible when the background is dark and/or unicolour. So I guess I'll have to live with it or check for later ISA VGA cards.

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Re: Need BIOS file for any 386 motherboard with TACT83000 chipset

Posted on 2020-02-27, 12:24

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by BlackLinus24

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I think I'll leave the system as it was without the NIC and XT-IDE. It's perfect now, exactly what I wanted. Thanks to you!!!! You were great!

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GL-GD542x - poor signal quality

Posted on 2020-02-25, 11:16

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by BlackLinus24

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Hi, I recently bought ISA VGA card from Ebay. Not sure if this is the right thing to say but it does have a quite high "noise" level. The signal is not 100% clear as one can see vertical lines on the screen. Nothing major but they can bee seen. I'm not sure if this is due to some interference or a …

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Re: Need BIOS file for any 386 motherboard with TACT83000 chipset

Posted on 2020-02-25, 10:01

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by BlackLinus24

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But your patch did work as intended! Many thanks again for everything!!!!

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Re: Need BIOS file for any 386 motherboard with TACT83000 chipset

Posted on 2020-02-25, 09:59

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by BlackLinus24

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Hi, After receiving the new EPROMs and being back from holiday I made another try at adding the Ethernet Card to the current 386 system and I ran the Patch 3 ROM file. Here a screenshot. The IDE-XT does post. The booting error I assume is due to the fact that I did not format the drive and install …

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Re: Need BIOS file for any 386 motherboard with TACT83000 chipset

Posted on 2020-02-08, 08:58

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by BlackLinus24

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This is not caused by your EPROM. Anyway, you should order rewritable ones like the W27E512.... I used 27C512-100 which can be erased using UV light. I checked for actual rewritable EEPROM but couldn't find any. There are some AT28Cs but for some reason there are 100x more expensive than EPROMs the …

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Re: Need BIOS file for any 386 motherboard with TACT83000 chipset

Posted on 2020-02-07, 16:05

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by BlackLinus24

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OK thanks for trying. Was almost sure it runs. But I wont spend more work in it as your system is running without it now ;-) I ordered some new Eproms and will try it again flashing brand new ones. I'll let you know about the result. You put so much effort into everything and I you think you …

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Re: Need BIOS file for any 386 motherboard with TACT83000 chipset

Posted on 2020-02-06, 13:17

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by BlackLinus24

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Not sure what's going on here. Flashed the new BIOS on a 512kb Eprom. Everything is as before (Network card installed, etc...). I don't understand where these error messages come from. The system boots alright from the CF card. No XT-IDE anywhere. Keyboard does not work. Mouse probably doesn't work …

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Re: Need BIOS file for any 386 motherboard with TACT83000 chipset

Posted on 2020-02-05, 15:20

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by BlackLinus24

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BlackLinus24 wrote on 2020-01-31, 15:47: Predator99 wrote on 2020-01-31, 12:44: Last try with this please 😉 patched3.zip Ok! Will do so on Monday as I‘ll be away for the weekend. Sorry, will have time to do this tomorrow and will report back to you.

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