Re: I need some help using SHSUCDHD and/or SHSHCDX to mount ISO files in my FreeDOS PC?

Posted on 2023-01-05, 01:11

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by ultranothing

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EduBat wrote on 2023-01-04, 19:36: That batch file does not seem correct. It was not. Yours, however, was. That works *perfectly*. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

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I need some help using SHSUCDHD and/or SHSHCDX to mount ISO files in my FreeDOS PC?

Posted on 2023-01-04, 17:08

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by ultranothing

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Hello! I built an old PC. The specs are: Intel PIII 600E ASUS P3B-F Intel 82440BX 512MB RAM 32MB Asus AGP-V7700PRO Soundblaster CT4500 AWE64 I've got a CD-ROM drive and a 1tb HDD attached to a PCI to SATA card. I've got a collection of games and some of them have ISO files. I was going to extract …

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Re: Solution possible for inconveniently placed ISA slot?

Posted on 2021-04-01, 23:43

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by ultranothing

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Have you tried actually inserting an ISA card into the slot? Chances are it'll work just fine! 😃👍 ISA cards are flipped compared to PCI. They have their components on the upside when mounted while PCI cards have them on the underside. The ISA slot shares a slot bracket with the lowest PCI slot. You …

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Solution possible for inconveniently placed ISA slot?

Posted on 2021-04-01, 23:26

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by ultranothing

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Hi! I'm going through some sound card related issues I'm discussing in another thread and it was suggested that for a pure DOS system I should stick with ISA sound cards so I'm scrapping the Live! and going to pick up an ISA card. Another stumbling block on the road to successfully building this …

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Re: NVidia RTX 4090

Posted on 2021-04-01, 14:03

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by ultranothing

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Oh my god, when he lifted it up into view I burst out laughing.

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Re: System won't post (?) with audio card plugged in

Posted on 2021-03-31, 22:42

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by ultranothing

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It really isn't worth trying to repair a Sound Blaster Live! card in the first place unless it is something super simple. The EMU10k1 is the largest chip on there and you won't find another one unless you take it off another card. In the distant past, I have either one or two different Live! cards …

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Re: System won't post (?) with audio card plugged in

Posted on 2021-03-31, 22:04

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by ultranothing

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I'm wondering... does your pc actually boot with the soundcard in it? because if it doesn't... due to the soundcard just occupying the pci/isa bus and thus locking up the system, then the system doesn't boot and there won't be any video output . check the emu10k1 chip, if any pins are loose or bent …

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Re: System won't post (?) with audio card plugged in

Posted on 2021-03-31, 21:27

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by ultranothing

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test the card in another computer to see if its bad or not. and ya the psu sounds bad replace it asap. Confirmed. Same issue in the other computer. Sound card in = no monitor signal. Sound card out = normal operation. What does this say about the sound card? No good? And also, just out of curiosity …

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Re: System won't post (?) with audio card plugged in

Posted on 2021-03-31, 20:06

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by ultranothing

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Good luck with the new CPU and card! 😃 Don't disable +5V monitoring though. If that rail really is out of spec it's good to know. My guess was based on the assumption you mistyped -5V. -6V on the +5V rail is certainly a wrong reading though. Hi! Yes sir, it is reading -6.14v on the -5v. Sorry for …

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Re: System won't post (?) with audio card plugged in

Posted on 2021-03-28, 15:43

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by ultranothing

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Guessing the board is actually complaining about -5V: Your PSU is too modern to have a -5V rail. If -5V isn't present you'll get some bogus reading. This is normal, try setting the BIOS to ignore the -5V value. If the PC doesn't turn on (i.e. no fans running, no LEDs lighting up etc.) there's most …

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Re: System won't post (?) with audio card plugged in

Posted on 2021-03-28, 02:51

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by ultranothing

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Sorry! I don't know how much of a difference this makes, but I've actually got a 600EB, not a 650EB...

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Re: System won't post (?) with audio card plugged in

Posted on 2021-03-28, 00:58

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by ultranothing

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no, what you have there is a 133mhz FSB CPU on a 100mhz FSB mainboard, so you're overclocking the bus by 33% right now. either set the bus to 100mhz and run the CPU at reduced clocks, or get an actual 100mhz FSB model. So I just spent the last few days tinkering with all of the DIPs. I set the …

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System won't post (?) with audio card plugged in

Posted on 2021-03-25, 23:17

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by ultranothing

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Hey all! I've got the following system: P3B-F rev 1.04 PIII 650EB SiI 3114 sata-PCI card 512MB RAM ASUS V7700 PRO I also have a SB LIVE 0100 PCI audio card, but when it's plugged in, the PC doesn't start. Or...post...or, whatever it is that is preventing the monitor from getting a signal. Everything …

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Re: Can't figure out how to reset CMOS on a P3B-F Rev 1.03

Posted on 2021-03-04, 21:41

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by ultranothing

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks everyone! I never got the monitor to turn on. I tested the slot with two other AGP cards and none of them would work, so I concluded that the board was trashed. Gotta love eBay!

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Re: Can't figure out how to reset CMOS on a P3B-F Rev 1.03

Posted on 2021-03-04, 18:14

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by ultranothing

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Vynix wrote on 2021-03-04, 18:09: You could try removing the CMOS battery and leave it out for a few hours, this should clear the CMOS if you cannot find the jumpers. Probably the safer method. I'll do that, thanks 😀

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Can't figure out how to reset CMOS on a P3B-F Rev 1.03

Posted on 2021-03-04, 17:52

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by ultranothing

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Basically what that says. I've been looking for hours but unless I'm completely missing it, there's just no good info on how to reset the CMOS on this board. The manual shows a picture of a little black blob in between two chips on the bottom right of the mobo, and says to reset the CLRTC by …

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Re: What is the earliest DOS system that could recognize a 1tb drive?

Posted on 2021-02-14, 01:42

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by ultranothing

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That was an incredibly helpful response. I figured this was going to take awhile but I appreciate you clarifying just how monumental this task is going to be.

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What is the earliest DOS system that could recognize a 1tb drive?

Posted on 2021-02-14, 00:04

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by ultranothing

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Basically, I'm looking to bring the exoDOS collection into a native DOS system and create a bootable GUI menu system for it. I'm currently using a 500gb drive split into four equal partitions, but it's messy and I'd like to hopefully get it on one drive. The plan is to build a late 90's system that …

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Re: Restart in MS-DOS mode not bringing me to pure DOS

Posted on 2019-12-08, 22:46

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by ultranothing

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It is pure DOS. The version command reports "Windows 98" even though you are in pure DOS mode, because it's the special "Windows 98 DOS" (i.e. MS-DOS version 7.1) that allows loading of Win9x on top of it. Basically it is identical to DOS 6.22 except for FAT32 support and allowing Windows 9x to …

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Restart in MS-DOS mode not bringing me to pure DOS

Posted on 2019-12-08, 21:16

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by ultranothing

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Well, as the title suggests, I'm working on an old Win98se machine - a Gateway 2000 model E-3110. I've got an aftermarket CD-burner and two 120gb IDE drives set as master/slave...well, it's a fun project. Anyway, I'm trying to get the Soundblaster CT4170 working in DOS mode. It's working fine in …

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