Re: how can i read the byte from the HEX location with batch commands?
Posted on 2025-01-28, 18:08
wierd_w wrote on 2025-01-28, 02:45: You want to do a POKE. *PEEK
Re: A RetroPC is giving to me an headache
Posted on 2025-01-13, 14:34
_StIwY_ wrote on 2025-01-13, 13:55: Here we go, i just had another BSOD.........-__-" Shoot a picture at the BSOD, just in case you can figure out what this can be. ( This time happened during Win98SE setup ) Deselect "Microsoft Backup" when installing. Those two files named are installed/used by …
Re: ID motherboard
Posted on 2025-01-06, 15:13
It looks like... some sort of motherboard. Slot 1, not Slot A, from the orientation of each of the slots' keys. Definitely not Slot 2. I don't think we'll get much more out of a 227x253 blur like that.
Re: Can't get optical drive working on 486
Posted on 2024-12-09, 23:09
That drive is under 10W so it should be fine-- you'd notice other overworked power supply issues by now if 10W would have brought it over its maximum. If you're going to jumper the hard drive as master with slave present, jumper the CD-ROM drive as slave, not cable select. Also, I can't tell if …
Re: Can't get optical drive working on 486
Posted on 2024-12-09, 21:45
Packard Bell PB400 486 system. I double checked the molex voltages and they are right on 5 and 12 volts with .02 accuracy. Check the voltage *under load*. Float voltage not an indicator of working voltage. Check the power supply wattage and the optical drive wattage. Check the power supply's output …
Re: Moments in computing history when you felt that the future had arrived
Posted on 2024-12-04, 18:30
The 386. I still consider the leap from the 286 to the 386 to be one of the very greatest leaps in x86 computing, primarily because of the virtual 8086 mode. (AMD's release of x86-64 in '03 *might* be tied with it. Maybe.)
Re: Beneath a Steel Sky, DOS - can't start game
Posted on 2024-11-20, 16:57
DustyShinigami wrote on 2024-11-20, 16:09: Pretty sure HIMEM is already set in my config.sys. "Pretty sure" or *absolutely sure*? It's your CONFIG.SYS, look and see. Put the contents of it in this thread.
Re: Octek Jaguar V-Q Rev 1.42 and SCSI controller
Posted on 2024-10-02, 20:57
The controller is an Adaptec AHA-1540CP that is bootable and detects the drive during POST, the HDD is properly set and is accessible thru FDISK after booting off the floppy drive. The main issue is the bios on the MB that requires to define a drive as C: (fixed 80) or D: (fixed 81) but does not …
Re: Octek Jaguar V-Q Rev 1.42 and SCSI controller
Posted on 2024-10-02, 14:19
That may be a function of the SCSI controller's BIOS, not the motherboard's BIOS. Be sure the SCSI termination is set correctly and that the controller's own BIOS detects a drive connected to it (should be messages during the POST).
Re: AI Generated Wallpapers Representing Retro Computing
Posted on 2024-09-30, 13:41
StriderTR wrote on 2024-09-29, 13:31: Instruction: "A 10 year boy on the floor in the living room playing Atari video games on a color console television in 1982 at night." Style: Anime "Timmy's high scores improved when he learned to not only tune the TV to the correct channel, but to look at the …
Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!
Posted on 2024-09-26, 16:35
Joined the discord and filled out the form expressing interest in one board/one OPL3!
Re: Weird heatsink on Abit passively cooled AGP card? Need to identifiy the card if possible.
Posted on 2024-09-20, 21:46
BitWrangler wrote on 2024-09-20, 21:41: Like this one? Store link for illustration purposes, no recommendation, approval or promotion intended... https://www.electromyne.de/Graphics-Cards-AGP … phics-Card.html Nice find!
Re: Weird heatsink on Abit passively cooled AGP card? Need to identifiy the card if possible.
Posted on 2024-09-20, 21:46
MSI had a similar card based on the Radeon 9250; it might have similarly been an ATi-based card for Abit. EDIT: I was working on this post when the reply above mine came in.
Re: DVD drive only plays CDs
Posted on 2024-09-18, 22:00
The drive may just not be designed to read any other DVD than a commercially-pressed DVD-ROM (including DVD movies) and commercially-pressed CDs. CD-Rs may be possible but read below for conjecture based on my '90s/'00s memories. The warning label describes visible and in visible laser radiation. …
Re: No CD-ROM drives detected at all with MSCDEX and VIDE-CDD
Posted on 2024-09-16, 21:50
The HDD was recognized by the BIOS Auto Detection but was not able to boot MS-DOS: "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" The difference is that for the Sec. Master Disk no LBA is shown: "CHS, 8147MB" instead of "LBA, 8147MB" You need to use the same addressing mode (Cylinder/Head/ …
Re: No CD-ROM drives detected at all with MSCDEX and VIDE-CDD
Posted on 2024-09-16, 21:39
The secondary IDE controller is usually on IRQ 15. Remove the "/P:1F0,14" part from CONGIG.SYS and see if that works. It's not only on IRQ 15, but generally uses port 170. So, if connected to the secondary IDE controller, replace /P:1F0,14 with /P170,15 . On SOME CD-ROM drivers, they may try at …
Re: Help identify motherboard.
Posted on 2024-09-11, 19:35
Could be ratios of the FPU to CPU, but often the FPU would run at 2/3rd the CPU speed. If this applies to the FPU, then it's strange. That unpopulated DIP40 socket is almost certainly for the 80287. The jumper block is quite close to it. You might also notice that on the 386 variant of your board …
Re: Help identify motherboard.
Posted on 2024-09-10, 16:28
Thank you. That makes more sense. I was thinking about it, but why two? One would have been enough. 1/1 is jp2, I'll check when I get home Often, a jumper block like that means that depending on whether positions 3-2 or 2-1 are closed, a different result occurs. Could be 2-1 for "normal operation" …
Re: Help identify motherboard.
Posted on 2024-09-09, 21:38
WSO and WS1 probably select the wait states rather than doing it in the BIOS. ROMWS is probably ROM wait states, since reads from the ROM might need a wait state for some reason (slower ROM chip I suppose). 16 BIT ROM EN is probably "16-bit ROM enabled". I don't see any 1/1, 1/3 markings on that …
Re: Green light on Creative CD-ROM (Sony)
Posted on 2024-09-06, 20:39
Well, if yours is broken, so is the (not-broken!) one in the YouTube video by the Phintage Collector ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKh0p3eBQnY ). Are you referring to the part at 6:44 were you can see the constant green light, before he ejects the tray? Yes, that might actually answer my …
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