Re: Is this 5.25 floppy drive toasted?

Posted on 2023-01-13, 15:10

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by CapitanOdessa

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NVM guys, I killed it. I booted it up, one of the heads wasn't being recognised for some reason today so... I disassembled it, then assembled it again and poof! Magic smoke on the heads. I don't think they were in the best condition anyway. I like the looks of it, so I'll keep it around.

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Re: Is this 5.25 floppy drive toasted?

Posted on 2023-01-12, 16:01

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by CapitanOdessa

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I don't know if it matters, but why it's defined wrongly? (500KB DD) I'm gonna be honest with you, I have no idea how it is supposed to be. I'm using a 1.2mb floppy In which I wrote an image of TurboC just to see if I could install stuff and test. By the way, I found the thing that was causing this …

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Is this 5.25 floppy drive toasted?

Posted on 2023-01-12, 14:19

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by CapitanOdessa

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Hello! I've been having problems with one of my floppy drives. I've never tested it before, and yesterday I thought it was the time to get it working nice! So I attached it to a computer, I put a formatted floppy disk from a drive I know that works, and used imd119 to see if it read everything fine …

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Switchview 2-Port USB Hybrid - Does anyone know how to disable CTRL Switching?

Posted on 2021-10-20, 23:44

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by CapitanOdessa

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Hello! I have an Avocent Switchview 2-Port USB Hybrid KVI which seems to be really old, and I use it to switch between a retro computer and a more modern one. However, I am having this infuriating problem that is driving me nuts. Thing is, this thing can switch from one host to another by pressing …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pie

Posted on 2021-10-13, 19:27

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by CapitanOdessa

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I didn't kill it per se, but I bought a boxed LG Optical DVD Drive that seemed to be in mint condition! I plugged it in, tried to read a DVD... And nothing. Absolutely nothing. The disk doesn't even spin. It frustrated me, it looks so nice! I'm thinking about opening and trying to repair it... …

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Re: Help enabling HDD DMA mode and ISA Slots

Posted on 2021-09-15, 02:38

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by CapitanOdessa

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Did you try a different soundcard? Or the on-board sound (it's ISA too)? If it is somehow related to DMA mode, try a different brand of CF card (I normally use Transcend Industrial cards) or even a "real" spinning harddisk. Not all boards like CF cards, especially with any DMA mode. Hello! I have …

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Re: Help enabling HDD DMA mode and ISA Slots

Posted on 2021-09-14, 22:04

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by CapitanOdessa

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I had to do that Jumper D thing in order to boot with those speeds, and the USB card doesn't seem to be the issue. Is when I plug an ISA card that it gets wonky, which is bad because PCI slots are limited in this board :( Did you try a different soundcard? Or the on-board sound (it's ISA too)? If …

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Re: Help enabling HDD DMA mode and ISA Slots

Posted on 2021-09-14, 18:20

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by CapitanOdessa

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I'd suggest that you remove this VIA USB card first. Also check if the RAM is ok, maybe put in a smaller module for testing (64 or 128MB). Then there's this: http://m571.com/m571/m571upgrade.htm Check the section about "What about AMD chips and the problem with JP5 D?", maybe this is related to the …

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Help enabling HDD DMA mode and ISA Slots

Posted on 2021-09-14, 17:33

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by CapitanOdessa

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Hello! I've been having an issue with a PCChips M571 board. The issue I'm having is that I can't enable DMA mode in hard disks and use an AWE64 at the same time if I put the FSB at 75mhz. The specs of the machine: Motherboard: PCChips M571 CPU: AMD K6-2 500mhz running at 450mhz; 2.2v and FSB varying …

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Re: Flying Dutchmen, White Whales, the ghost HW that eludes you, lost & found.

Posted on 2021-07-13, 17:47

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by CapitanOdessa

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What I've been looking for two years now was my old PC case. I had so many wonderful memories with it! It was an AT case with a power button that looked like a golf ball. Sadly, my parents gave it away to some relatives, and then it found its way to the street according to the last owner u.u

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Browservice, browsing modern webs on old OS's

Posted on 2021-01-21, 17:56

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by CapitanOdessa

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Hello! I don't know whether this goes on old hardware or not. There's a program called Browservice that allows you to put your old network card to use, and allows you to browse modern web in old computers! I watched a video about it and it looked pretty nice. Has anyone used it? Does it play nice?

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Doubt with COAST (Cache On A STick) module

Posted on 2020-08-07, 18:52

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by CapitanOdessa

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Hello! I've bought a cache stick that claims to be of 512kb, but I was looking at the specs and they seem to differ with the labels. I have some pictures here: https://i.imgur.com/F8EcOJY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/gHf4aTu.jpg What do you say? Are these legit? I tried looking for myself but I can't …

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Re: Houston Tech HT12888A Real Time - battery hack

Posted on 2020-05-21, 13:31

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by CapitanOdessa

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Hello! I'm truly sorry I didn't answer any faster! When I had the time, I spent it doing something else and completely forgot. Here are the pics! I think the HT12888A is just the clock manager, and the HT12888B handles the power, I need to give it a try and boot it again whenever I have the time. …

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Re: Houston Tech HT12888A Real Time - battery hack

Posted on 2020-05-05, 16:55

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by CapitanOdessa

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Weird, I have two of those motherboards, and both of them have a CR2032 battery under a cap that says HT12888B. I could send a photo later.

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My retro-PC! Or at least my plans for it!

Posted on 2020-04-23, 00:43

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by CapitanOdessa

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Hello! I was trying to answer a PM, and discovered that function is disabled for me because I'm a hardcore lurker and just look through old forum threads without contributing. So, I'm in quarantine after working most of the dead, tired, and see my computer aside me... Oh, that beauty! That beige, …

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Replacing VIA RTC VT82887 battery in M560 motherboard

Posted on 2020-03-15, 14:51

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by CapitanOdessa

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Hello! I hope you're good! I have a PCChips M560 Rev.3.1A I want to restore, and make it usable without the worry that it might just blow one of these days. I bought it pretty cheap, about 2 US dollars in my currency, and I was pretty surprised when I managed to boot it up and get into the BIOS. I …

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Re: Give me the cheapest Pentium MMX200 you've got!

Posted on 2020-03-14, 15:33

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by CapitanOdessa

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Thanks for the answers! So I thought I was in posession of one of the fake MMX's there are around, I had never seen one with this shape so I thought it was a fake. I'm happy to know it is not! And now I will try to see if the problem is the motherboard or something, the M530 is pretty slow, even in …

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Give me the cheapest Pentium MMX200 you've got!

Posted on 2020-03-10, 00:54

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by CapitanOdessa

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No, not that cheap! https://i.imgur.com/FrG5pUr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZXSMw5d.jpg What is this thing supposed to be? When booted up, it says MMX200, but it runs super slow and horrible in the PcChips m530 motherboard it came with. I know it is definitely NOT a Pentium MMX200, because I have one …

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2020-02-19, 11:24

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by CapitanOdessa

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There is a very decent 4mb SCC-1 soundfont that really mimics the Sound Canvas well, if you have a Gold AWE64. You dont need the SIMMCON for that. The 25mb (?) SC-55 soundfont is also very good but the upgrade is marginal. Other <28mb SC-55 soundfonts are garbage. Masterpiece.sf2 is where the …

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Re: Green thinking still companies change computers every 3 years.

Posted on 2020-02-18, 23:38

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by CapitanOdessa

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Replacing the computers is not bad, if they're not critical and they need to be as fast as possible. You know what is wrong? When they not only throw away the computers, but 'dismatle them', also known as hiring some dude with a hammer to break down the components.

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