Did you ever get around to testing a dual CPU setup with this BIOS?

Respectfully and IMHO, unless you have some kind of nostalgia specifically related to MKE interface drives, using a CR-563B (or a CR-562B) is almost an exercise in masochism . While I'm almost certain that our Packard Bell 486DX back in the day had an MKE drive (it was a 2x drive that came bundled …

Anonymous Coward wrote on 2021-11-11, 16:48: The CR-583B is also not that quirky for a proprietary drive. The quirks seem to be in the drivers. Random audio CDs don't play in DOS, but do play in Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Files I've added to a CD-R after initially burning it don't show up in …

This was the information I need; I managed to find someone selling these cables on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224475546704 Thanks, all!

The problem seems to be that all of the cable connectors I've seen are keyed on the top, but the connector on this drive appears to be keyed on the sides.

This year I did my first retro build, a 486 inspired by LGR's "Woodgrain" PC. I have a Sound Blaster Pro 2 installed, which is connected to a CR-563-B CD-ROM drive. This setup is a little quirky, but it works basically fine; the one thing I can't figure out is what kind of audio cable the CD drive …