Re: Booting DOS inside LAN Boot Rom.... Maybe ROM-DOS.

Posted on 2020-08-06, 12:45

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by Cyberdyne

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rjdos.zip [12 kB] - RJDOS 0.01a by Richard L. James is a small replacement of command.com (9746 bytes) http://www.wimborne.org/richard/downloads/rjdos.zip Link is dead, even FreeDOS community talked about it, bot it can not be downloaded anywhere.

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Re: Booting DOS inside LAN Boot Rom.... Maybe ROM-DOS.

Posted on 2020-08-06, 12:29

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Bad thing is that i needs MS-DOS 7.1 or Freedos to run, because MS-DOS 6.22 and older, do not recognise the small geometry of that custom rom disk image. So 7.1 is out of the question, even that bootlegged LZDOS flavour wont do, so only option is FreeDOS.

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Re: Booting DOS inside LAN Boot Rom.... Maybe ROM-DOS.

Posted on 2020-08-06, 11:31

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Well you only have about 62kb of free space with this solution. So only tightly packed FreeDOS is only possibility.

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Re: Booting DOS inside LAN Boot Rom.... Maybe ROM-DOS.

Posted on 2020-08-06, 11:06

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I think i have foud a solution.... maybe someone has experience. http://rayer.g6.cz/romos/romose.htm

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Re: Booting DOS inside LAN Boot Rom.... Maybe ROM-DOS.

Posted on 2020-08-06, 10:49

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Strange that no real option rom images are available in the wild. In theory, that could be a nice replacement for a basic boot disc, just pop a chip in your lan.

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Booting DOS inside LAN Boot Rom.... Maybe ROM-DOS.

Posted on 2020-08-06, 06:09

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by Cyberdyne

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I have googled it in many ways, in reality there is plenty of room 64kb to 256kb. Minimalist bootable DOS can be achieved, but there is no tutorials and no ROMs. I am certain, that i am not the only one who have taught that.

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Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2020-08-04, 12:56

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by Cyberdyne

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Interpose

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Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2020-08-03, 11:46

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by Cyberdyne

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The Dig

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Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2020-07-31, 09:03

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by Cyberdyne

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Legacy DMA in pci slot?

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Re: Is there any way to use all the space on a hard drive larger than 2gb on MS-DOS 6.22?

Posted on 2020-07-30, 07:16

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by Cyberdyne

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In reality DOS 6.22 can read and write 64k cluster 4GB (Windows NT) FAT16 drives just fine, but it is not an official way, so use it on your own risk.

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Re: What are your favorite in-game soundtracks (arcade, PC, NES)?

Posted on 2020-02-01, 14:04

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by Cyberdyne

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NES Power Blade and James Bond jr. DOS Jazz Jackrabbit and One Must Fall 2097 Windows Quake 4 and Plant Versus Zombies 😂

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Re: Until what date is a pc with ISA bus needed?

Posted on 2020-01-31, 07:14

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by Cyberdyne

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DOS games ISA card. Windows games any working card. It is that simple.

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Re: How many watts is my power supply->

Posted on 2020-01-29, 11:18

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by Cyberdyne

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Only verry specific and old ISA stuff use -5.

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Re: Should I build a 486

Posted on 2020-01-29, 07:45

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by Cyberdyne

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Hey, you can allways build a newer PCI based 486 rig. Or older ISA based rig. You have the freedom to just skip VLB era alltogether. Somehow VLB stuff never gave me any problems, well i never went over 33Mhz FSB limit. And usually only thing VLB in your rig should be the Video Card.

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Re: Should I build a 486

Posted on 2020-01-29, 07:25

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It is all in the tastes and prefrences, in reality you can do everything with slot 1 440BX board, with hardware throttle and disabling internal cache. Sooooo... it it all in the prefrences and tastes, I own Computers from P3 era to 486 era, but mu main retro battlestation is a P3 600Mhz 440BX board …

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Re: Compaq Prosignia 3080 / 486DX33

Posted on 2020-01-29, 06:59

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by Cyberdyne

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This thing looks like a precursor to ATX standard....

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Socket 479 (Pentium M) Motherboard with DMA enabled ISA. Models?

Posted on 2019-12-17, 13:25

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by Cyberdyne

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I want to make a all in ome modernish DOS machine, and i thing a Socket 479 Pentium M board wolud be perfect for that, because those Pentium 4 boards are power hungry and Core 2 is bit overkill. Maybe someone have some experience, and maybe there are models with built in speed throttling.

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Re: Delusional performance of a 486 DX33

Posted on 2019-12-16, 14:18

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by Cyberdyne

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So strange to think i played all full Quake in 1996 from start to end with software rendering 320x200 and with a 486 DX-2/66 god, back in the day we were true masochists. :dead: I got a Pentium 133 in 1998... everything flied in there, but another sadistic period started, Half-Life with a Pentium …

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Re: The Asperger's Syndrome Thread

Posted on 2019-11-27, 14:22

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Fucking love your original post, i struggle with depression and anxiety. I do have that same weird hobby, but i am not a garden variety nerd. But i also hate violence and agression, and Douchebag/Neandetrhal type peole, and the world is full of them. :lol: A show of hands please. How many have it, …

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Re: 386dx cpu die architecture

Posted on 2019-11-27, 07:21

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386 does not have any cache.

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