Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-28, 12:07

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by BurnedPinguin

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and an "ultra" small 486 PCI motherboard with onboard Cyrix 5x86: https://i.imgur.com/PB2udppl.jpg Nothing tested so far... but I hope everything is functional - it better be! :lol: That 486 board is so strange! No jumpers, and the "Aladdin" marking makes it even more interesting, especially since …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-21, 22:45

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What the Postman delivered today? :D AMD K6-III+ 400Mhz Cyrix 486DRx2-25/50 with heatsink in a nice condition (PGA132 386DX compatible upgrade chip) https://i.imgur.com/4tUohN1l.jpg and an "ultra" small 486 PCI motherboard with onboard Cyrix 5x86: https://i.imgur.com/PB2udppl.jpg Nothing tested so …

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Re: How to dump a i450gx BIOS ROM with only floppy drive?

Posted on 2022-01-19, 22:53

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by BurnedPinguin

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Try putting this floppy image on a floppy, and booting off it. it should just automatically make a bios.rom file.

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Re: DOS USB mass storage - undiscovered method?

Posted on 2021-12-27, 19:05

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by BurnedPinguin

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Here's another "EHCI" ASPI driver I found, seems to be part of the Iomega series...

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Re: DOS USB mass storage - undiscovered method?

Posted on 2021-12-26, 19:04

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As an addendum, the only sort of downside to this method I envision is Adaptec's ASPIDISK.SYS not telling you the drive letter of the drive it just mounted. I'll be looking for similar alternatives to ASPIDISK.SYS, but specifically avoiding the ones made for USB drives as I have tried those in the …

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Re: DOS USB mass storage - undiscovered method?

Posted on 2021-12-26, 13:31

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by BurnedPinguin

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The drivers you listed are only ASPI managers, aka, the ones that I said that you need to use together with ASPIDISK.SYS to actually get USB mass storages found by the ASPI managers to show up as actual drives.

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Re: DOS USB mass storage - undiscovered method?

Posted on 2021-12-26, 11:48

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by BurnedPinguin

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You're welcome! I'd love to know if this method works or doesn't work for others, so that I can look into it and maybe evolve it so that it can work for more people.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-12-26, 10:54

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Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum, bumped into it while I was looking into USB options for my pentium 120 rig. What I found was lots of great info and nice comments, so why not join the fun. The adventure for me started some 25 years ago, when my dad came home with IBM XT parts and monitors for us …

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DOS USB mass storage - undiscovered method?

Posted on 2021-12-26, 10:51

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by BurnedPinguin

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Recently I've been tinkering with this really nice Toshiba Satellite 320CDT, I was using USB to transfer files as it was the most convenient for me, but I found that 20 minute capped driver to be annoying. I came up with an idea that sounded stupid at first, but I tried it just in case, and it …

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Take PCI steering information represented one way and represent it another way?

Posted on 2021-07-12, 18:21

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Basically, I wish to take PCI steering information from AwardBIOS (displayed and editable by awdbedit), apply it onto an AMIBIOS (displayed and editable by AMIBCP), and vice versa. Attachments will be provided as examples of how awdbedit and AMIBCP display steering information. Obviously, they don't …

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The MS-DOS After Installation Pack

Posted on 2021-06-13, 15:03

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Hi DOS users! Recently I found myself needing something that would make a quick DOS setup based on what I choose, just because it's easier than doing it all manually, which would involve digging up drivers, getting them onto a floppy diskette, and then messing about with startup files. That is why I …

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Seeking for a very specific BIOS

Posted on 2021-04-20, 19:37

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I am not sure if this is allowed, or if it belongs here, however, I have scoured everywhere and simply cannot find it. The bios in question is an AMIBIOS, and the BIOS string is as follows: 51-0905-001150-00111111-071595-82430VX-000_10_VX623 If anybody here has a binary file of a BIOS with the …

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Re: Serial mouse not working on PC Chips m571

Posted on 2021-04-08, 09:38

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by BurnedPinguin

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Indeed! The serial port header pinout was the problem. I got the ones that were paired with this motherboard when the white box pc manufacturer built it, and it works perfectly!

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Re: Serial mouse not working on PC Chips m571

Posted on 2021-03-28, 13:42

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by BurnedPinguin

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I have used this psu on another board and serial works fine. The issue is most likely the header wiring.

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Re: Serial mouse not working on PC Chips m571

Posted on 2021-03-25, 11:40

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I only have one serial header and the closest available one for me to get, is the original that came with this board. But yeah it seems that different wiring for serial headers is common and I assume (and hope) that this is what is going on here. Again, thanks for giving me confidence!

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Re: Serial mouse not working on PC Chips m571

Posted on 2021-03-24, 20:40

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So probably what is going on is I have the one variant and this motherboard just so happens to want the other. If this is the case, me getting the headers that came with this board will help. Thanks for giving me hope!

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**FIXED** Serial mouse not working on PC Chips m571 **FIXED**

Posted on 2021-03-24, 19:44

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I have this motherboard and it seems as if whatever I do I cannot get a serial mouse to work. I have tried com1, com2, changing every single setting in the bios, trying combinations, switching the orientation of the serial header, trying different known working mice, checking the continuity of my …

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Re: Submenu freaks out in dos 6.22 and dos 7.?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 19:39

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by BurnedPinguin

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I attempted to do something similar to this but still, no dice, config.sys says "submenu" is invalid. EDIT: It does work! This is the solution! Here is an example: [MENU] SUBMENU=TOOLS MENUITEM=SOMETHING [TOOLS] SUBMENU=1 SUBMENU=2 [1] (junk) [2] (junk) [SOMETHING] (junk) Basically, every menu that …

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Re: Submenu freaks out in dos 6.22 and dos 7.?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 17:36

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I did just that by taking some submenu entries out and making a new parent menu entry for those excess ones, still doesnt work, it looks exactly the same in the screenshot above EDIT: Not exactly the same in the screenshot but some entries shifted because I added some for the excess submenus. EDIT …

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---SOLVED--- Submenu freaks out in dos 6.22 and dos 7.? ---SOLVED---

Posted on 2021-03-21, 14:12

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Hi vogons. I am trying to make an ms-dos "Swiss Army Knife" as I call it, it's out of necessity because I want to be able to choose what goes on the CD. Anyway, I intended to use submenus. You would have categories that were displayed on boot, and when you select one you get another menu with all …

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