Re: Windows 98 SE 127GB SSD - Drive keeps getting corrupt!

Posted on 2023-09-12, 22:56

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by RobDos

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I would start from the basics by testing the machine with Memtest86. I've used 120 gigabyte SSDs with several Win98 machines and I've never had issues like what you are describing. I have other systems with 120gB (my P3) and no issues like this, I had similar issues when I did a 1tB but not with a …

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Windows 98 SE 127GB SSD - Drive keeps getting corrupt!

Posted on 2023-09-12, 19:09

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by RobDos

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Ok, so I've got to be missing some sort of patch or something. This is what's going on, I copy files to the drive, install them, it goes great most of the time. Then, randomly files that did work are now corrupt. For instance: 1. CAB files for windows cryptography are now corrupt. 2. Doom and Doom 2 …

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Re: Win98 Trying to install to 100GB SSD

Posted on 2023-07-18, 10:58

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by RobDos

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Looks like the BIOS still has the 32GB hard limit for Drives, that's why Fdisk can see 25Gb of the drive but Windows98/DOS 7.1 can only address 8Gb of that space for the primary active partition, however the remaining space should be able to be partitioned into its own secondary logical drive. The …

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Win98 Trying to install to 100GB SSD

Posted on 2023-07-18, 09:20

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by RobDos

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I'm trying to load Win98 onto a 100GB, Fdisk shows C: 25826mb , but then total space is 8033mb after I partitioned it. Win 98 SE boot floppy

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Re: Biostar M7VKB 133fsb? my first post

Posted on 2023-07-10, 23:26

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by RobDos

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" I was considering a MSI MS-6571 VER:2. It has AGP, PCI, ISA and they're readily available on aliexpress. They're socket 478, so it is a much speedier option. It seems ideal, but I bet there's a catch." Just got mine in the mail, can confirm SB Awe64 ISA works properly from a quick test in Doom, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-08, 15:16

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by RobDos

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Digital PCXBV-SA

Posted on 2023-06-13, 17:59

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by RobDos

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I picked up a old 14" CRT today, model is Digital PCXBV-SA I can't seem to find info about it, the connector on the back of the monitor appears CGA/EGA - two rows of pins. Most hits describe this as a VGA monitor but the last digits are different, when I look at manuals for other PCXVB-XX monitors …

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386DX40 - SB Awe64 PnP or Clone SB 1.5?

Posted on 2023-02-02, 18:06

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by RobDos

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I'm building a 386DX 40 system and I have two cards I can use in it, One is a SB Awe64 Value and the other is a Sound Blaster 1.5 or 2.0 clone Protac AV202P3 8 Bit sound card. The card seem to be identical to the one mentioned here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39167 I'm leaning towards …

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Re: CT4830 vs SB0220

Posted on 2023-01-26, 00:12

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by RobDos

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I love creative, I have yet another version of the CT4830, this one has the digital out but lacks the CD_SPDIF and a chip in that area. 😉

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With a CF, is it nobler to SmartDRV or Not to SmartDrv that is the question....

Posted on 2023-01-07, 14:03

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by RobDos

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So I'm building one of my systems, a 386 DX 40Mhz 20MB RAM with 512MB Compact flash. I'm pretty sure that the CF card is maxing out the ISA bus so is there any benefit to using Smart Drive? I'm thinking about caching of the directories perhaps saving some of the read-write cycles on compact flash. …

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Oak OTI087X == WD90C31?

Posted on 2023-01-06, 13:51

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by RobDos

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I have paradises VGA card with a OTA 87x chip on it. I ran benchmarks and it seems to perform as well as a TSENG 4000X I grabbed a bunch of OAK Vesa drivers (it didn't have VESA by default even with the jumper on ?) The only one that would load detects it as a WD90C31 1DW card with 1MB Can anyone …

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Flash Floppy - No, i mean a physical 3.5" disk that works in a floppy drive?

Posted on 2022-12-15, 12:00

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by RobDos

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So I saw this CAMEDIA Floppy Disk Adapter (MAFP-1U) from Olympus, it apraently came with some special software. https://docs.rs-online.com/c36a/0900766b80029ed8.pdf It's a really neat item, I would be honest, if someone sold a modern one of these that didn't need special software and simply mimic'ed …

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Partition management for vintage systems

Posted on 2022-12-08, 13:35

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by RobDos

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Hey everyone, I'm looking for a good tool (open-source or not) that would let me manage my partitions. Goals Create and image fat, fat16, fat32 bootable partitions Backup and image external media Make bootable ms dos partitions Looking for ideas, last time I did anything like this was some time ago …

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Re: SD / CF / mSATA / SATA to IDE adapters confusion

Posted on 2022-11-20, 14:00

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by RobDos

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Consumer cards do not include bookable functions anymore, that's the big reason for industrial. Some cf cards need a flash tool to convert them to fixed ide mode. Many modern cards I've found don't have this functionality (eg canvas) https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/CompactFlash_boot_drive

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Re: Award Software Inc 8-bit ISA post card with CMOS Chip?

Posted on 2022-08-30, 19:33

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by RobDos

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As promised, I've received it today, if I had a PROM reader I would dump the BIOS chip but you can find the manual over at archive.org now if you're so inclined. https://archive.org/details/unicore-postcard- … -a-d-and-index/

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Re: Epson LT-286 Laptop ... luggable technology?

Posted on 2022-08-26, 16:32

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by RobDos

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That's the lt 286+ too high end for me 😉 I think I found a picture of the unit, but not much else yet.

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Re: Epson LT-286 Laptop ... luggable technology?

Posted on 2022-08-26, 12:56

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by RobDos

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Trying to bring back this post, I managed to get floppy images to configure the BIOS, figure out the hard disk type and get it to boot to Dos. I got a CGA adapter coming to display the external output onto a screen, but does anyone have any info on the expansion dock? There's a little slot at the …

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Re: Award Software Inc 8-bit ISA post card with CMOS Chip?

Posted on 2022-08-25, 09:59

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by RobDos

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ROMDump was right, it's a eprom chip is a diagnostic tool. This will be fun to play with. Source: https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-AUSTRALIA/IDX/Archive-Electronics-Australia-IDX/IDX/90s/EA-1990-02-OCR-Page-0119.pdf https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-AUSTRALIA/IDX/Archive-Electronics- …

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Re: Award Software Inc 8-bit ISA post card with CMOS Chip?

Posted on 2022-08-24, 14:27

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by RobDos

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I think you are thinking about the the ULTRA-X line of post diagnostic cards. (see here) However, they could have split the rom with a rudimentry BIOS that is selected with one of the DIP switches. I doubt it though. Oh wow, on ebay right now for 1K -- not quite what I had in mind lol but certainly …

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Re: Award Software Inc 8-bit ISA post card with CMOS Chip?

Posted on 2022-08-23, 23:36

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by RobDos

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The EPROM (option ROM) probably has a simple diagnostic program that gets loaded after the POST test. You can probably disable the option rom with one of the DIP switchs. The button on the back may be a NMI button if the computer hangs used for debugging purpose. Hrm . . I thought they had a …

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