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Re: format b: /4 - not working?

Posted on 2019-04-25, 08:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

hi - more info: - floppy drive is 1.2 5.25 - diskettes are HD - dos 6.22 according what i read above (thx guys) it looks like i can not use /4 option because i have hd diskettes i will try the other option you mentioned btw - why i am doing this: i found an old 5.25 360kb floppy drive i want to test …

format b: /4 - not working?

Posted on 2019-04-24, 20:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi, I have a 5.25 1.2mb floppy. diskettes are read ok, write ok, I can format the diskette to 1.2mb - everything is ok. but, there is also an option to format to 360kb, it is format /4 I tried this and got error informing that track 0 is not found (or bad - I dont remember) - disk unusable. Do you …

Re: My new 486-386 junk boards [IT gore]

Posted on 2019-04-24, 19:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi Deksor, nice job. Question: on one of the first pictures, there is a barrel battery. In such configs, it can be replaced with cr2032? 3v? no need to have any diode or sth?

Re: PMs blocked

Posted on 2019-04-24, 18:53

in Milliways

in Milliways

Vynix, nope, I can not reply to your PM. I assume there should be reply button or smth to do this. Thank you for your support.

Re: sony cdu33a-81 - interface?

Posted on 2019-04-24, 17:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SirNickity, I saw your PM, unfortunately I can not reply because PM is blocked for me.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-24, 17:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

got this, anything below is unique, special or of high quality ?

Re: sony cdu33a-81 - interface?

Posted on 2019-04-24, 17:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i have found a music card with the needed interface. Will try it soon. BTW - is this something of good quality or a crap (taking early 90s into account)?

Re: sony cdu33a-81 - interface?

Posted on 2019-04-24, 09:55

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for comments - are helpful. Will try to find a soundcard with appropriate interface. I have bunch of them but I never put attention to these connectors. It is not an issue about the speed It is all about recreation of what was available these days, adequate tech to adequate age. I can not …

Re: sony cdu33a-81 - interface?

Posted on 2019-04-23, 20:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SirNickity, can you sent me email address? I can not PM you because I am too young here.

Re: PMs blocked

Posted on 2019-04-23, 20:15

in Milliways

in Milliways

thanks for explanation. is this unlocked automatically? Or I need to ask somebody to check my posts scoring and unblock if ok. I confirm that I can NOT reply to PMs sent to me 😒

PMs blocked

Posted on 2019-04-23, 19:35

in Milliways

in Milliways

Hi, I read the FAQ that in case of PM prolems i should contact board. Who is board? Where to ask for activation of PM. I received some PMs and can not even answer 😒

Re: mitsumi d503v - settings?

Posted on 2019-04-23, 19:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

hi Deunan, thanks, you pointed me to 509 and actually I have d503v. I made an error in my topic - sorry for confusion.

mitsumi d503v - settings?

Posted on 2019-04-23, 16:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi Guys, I found a 5.25 floppy drive - mitsumi d503v. Do you know what capacity it is, and do you have any information about jumper settings for it? I am trying to find but only ebay offers found in google, and no other info at all. Thanks in advance.

sony cdu33a-81 - interface?

Posted on 2019-04-23, 16:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi Guys, I found a strange cdrom drive - sony cdu33a-81 - it looks like it has proprietary SONY interface (floppy connector instead of hdd). Question is, do I need special controller for it? Any ideas how to make it connected / workarounds if there are no special controllers around me?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-19, 06:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

liqmat, thanks for the hint I will go there. By the way - I wanted to send a pm to you, but I am blocked on this forum to send PMs - I can not sent anything to anyone. In terms of retro - I am mostly interested in something very rare and weird. So I keep that for me, and I will share here what I …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-18, 18:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

hi guys, I have some retro hw I dont need - is there any place on this forum to advertise?

Re: Physical floppy drive switch?

Posted on 2019-04-18, 18:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

DX4 - wow, where you get this article? 😀 nice! thanks! so it means my idea of usage fdd extension ribbon and connect anywhere to free connector of my existing fdd ribbon which is already hosting the 5.25 and 3.5 should work... GREAT!

Re: Physical floppy drive switch?

Posted on 2019-04-17, 19:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IOMEGA TAPE250 is not seen in bios or os. It has no letter assigned. I need to have dedicated sw to run to interop with iomega. This is how it works. My issue is if there will be any limit on the ribbon cable. I have double-connector (two sections) ribbon - one section is used by me for 3.5 (on the …

Re: Physical floppy drive switch?

Posted on 2019-04-17, 18:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

what about second ide (hdd+floppy) controller? wont work? I have simmilar issue - I have floppy 3.5 & 5.25, and I have QIC80 IOMEGA TAPE 250 and dont know how to have all 3 drives working.

Re: ALPS DC544C - caddy wanted

Posted on 2019-04-17, 18:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

anyone, pls?

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