Some years ago I managed to obtain an ArcadePC from Quantum3D, developed with OPUS Entertainment Ltd of that housed a copy of Actua Soccer Arcade Tournament. The machine has an odd combination of a custom 90-4440 Obsidian2 (3dfx Voodoo2) card, and a Quantum3D MGV-PCI (3dfx Voodoo Banshee / Rush) …

ldeveraux wrote on 2022-10-29, 12:13: Have you gotten it to install? Nope, never got it to work with the IDE->SATA adapter. Switched back to IDE drive and works fine. Must be a compatibility problem with the LX motherboard.

Any recommendations for PCI SATA cards? Based on what I shared in my previous post, I suggest you try a CF card <8.4GB (if you haven't already) before looking at PCI options. That being said : SIL3114 can be decent if you find a non-crappy one (lots of cheapo crap boards online give this chipset a …

Any recommendations for PCI SATA cards?

Thanks - it's a Startech Adapter. I've tried with various size SATA drives, platter and a SSD. CF card with a startech adapter and the same experience. I presume it must be an issue with the motherboard and compatibility with these devices. I'm not sure what version of the BIOS is running - the boot …

Sphere478 wrote on 2022-10-26, 06:54: So a normal ide drive works? Try a ide or sata pci card instead? Are they more reliable?

ldeveraux wrote on 2022-10-26, 13:13: Have you tried copying the setup files to the HDD and running from there? Copy the whole CD to the HDD? I could try that.

I've an old ArcadePC QuickSilver I machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150108034241/http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/q3d_quicksilver.htm I've tried an IDE to SATA adapter with a drive formatted to a 2GB partition, or fully FAT32 partitioned. Tried an IDE to CF adapter with the same. Not matter …

thepirategamerboy12 wrote on 2022-10-17, 00:21: Try making an image file of the drive with WinImage, then write that file to the card. Would I need the full, purchased version of WinImage?

I've tried cloning a Windows 95 and 98 hard drive - with the same results. It's an AST P166 PC. Plugging in the HDD into the Windows 10 machine, taking the image, then writing it back to the CF. I can get the CF to work if I boot the Pentium PC using an MS-DOS floppy and formatting/etc the disk.

Hello all, I've recently invested in a Starteck IDE to CF convertor: https://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-IDE2CF-Compact-Adapter-Converter/dp/B0026OYEEQ I'm now trying to clone an existing HDD to CF. No matter what I do I either end up with a Non-System Disk on boot or No bootable device. I've …

An update on this. Its down to the Windows Firewall. If you are experiencing the same issue then the port needs adding for the server, or turn it off completely.

I'm attempting to configure games for LAN play using DOSBOX. Whenever I use ipxnet startserver the server only starts with a localhost IP address and doesn't pick up the host PC's IP. Can anyone help?