Re: 386 , what can I do with it?

Posted on 2016-04-07, 11:29

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Is the Compaq Deskpro 386s/20n frome the same line ? It seems to indeed use PS/2 SIMMs, but they have to be FPM (Fast Page Mode) SIMMs. The cable could be the "Compaq Deskpro Ribbon Cable 118608-001A". At least the floppy cable seems to be a "Compaq 105880-001". There was a thread at linuxmisc about …

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Re: Serial Keyboards?

Posted on 2016-04-07, 10:39

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If I'm not mistaken, there were real ASCII keyboards in the late 1970s. Like serial terminals without screens. Early CP/M machines had them interfaced with the Z80-SIO, while video was generated on a separate board.

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Re: 386 , what can I do with it?

Posted on 2016-04-07, 09:59

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Well, you could use an old SCSI controller aswell. The better ones have a firmware onboard and need no drivers. Or you could boot from floppy and use an external ZIP drive as a HDD replacement. And there's always the the possibility to use your main PC as a hard disk. You only need to have a serial …

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Re: 386 , what can I do with it?

Posted on 2016-04-07, 03:55

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Is it a Compaq Deskpro 386n ? I had a Deskpro 486! :D Should be possible to upgrade this machine to 16MB with cheap modules (isn't it using PS/2 SIMMs ?). Yes, Win 3.1 will definitely run on that (in standard mode even with 1MB of RAM). The processor is speedy enough but I'd strongly recommend to …

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Re: Need help with Windows 98se and drive letters

Posted on 2016-04-06, 20:54

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Hello. I feel your pain, I had similar issues a few years ago. Took a lot of time. :( In case of HDDs Win 9x keeps the order given from the BIOS (or if it's a partition from the MBR). This is often something like Floppy->HDD->CD->Removable drives->Network drives Win XP uses Volume IDs for each HDD …

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Re: Looking for Schneider Tower AT BIOS

Posted on 2016-04-06, 10:55

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Hello people, I've got my Tower AT since a few days and try fixing it. I got no picture yet, but the PSU seems working fine so far. Anyway, I was making backups from the EPROMS while doing so. What I got was an image of rev. 1.01 (low, high). Board is rev. 2A. I know you're looking for recent …

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Re: Outputting 240p from a modern PC on an NTSC CRT for emulation

Posted on 2016-04-05, 17:00

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Hi, there! That sounds like an awesome project of yours. ^^ I'm no expert either, but I did a few attemps to connect TV's to computers and vice versa. That beeing said, I don't have much experience with component video. But maybe a few of those things can help you. :happy: Hardware a) You can use a …

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Re: Asking for assistance with a new project to document classic floppy disk contents

Posted on 2016-04-05, 14:59

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That's a fine idea. I like it! 😁 Do you need folder/file structures only from english game disks or can they be from other languages, too ? I'm just asking, because they may differ slightly (different date stamps, additional files). Anyway, I comb through my collection!

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Re: TerraTec EWS64 XL + Impulse Tracker

Posted on 2016-04-01, 11:37

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Hi, I don't have an EWS64 XL. But I recall that MOD4WIN had an special hardware mode, which supported this card (among others such as OPL4 and GUS). Maybe it's worth a try! But be careful to get the right version, later versions had hardware mode removed. MOD4WIN can be found here: http://www.kay- …

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Interesting OS2Museum posts

Posted on 2016-03-13, 13:43

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So what's about it ? I've recently come across an article at os2museum.com some of us may should have a look at: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-ihc-damage/ Long story short: When Win9x acesses an unprotected disk, it replaces the OEM identifier (such as ‘MSDOS5.0’) in the boot sector with an ‘IHC’ …

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Re: Latest Windows XP Compatible Hardware (read rule)

Posted on 2016-02-25, 10:24

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Intel did write a AHCI driver called iaStor.sys. Its likely the last revision for XP will work with later chipsets by editing the iaAHCI.inf file with new PCI device IDs. http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Enable_ACHI_on_Intel_ICH9_under_Windows_XP UniATA should work as well, although I have never …

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Re: Latest Windows XP Compatible Hardware (read rule)

Posted on 2016-02-24, 12:22

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I had the E-350 APU myself. Was running in my last computer incl. XP as main OS. Worked like a charm. The drivers that came with it had a cool feature to convert video files (using the APU). And it had AMD-V which was nice to have for VMs (it was my main PC afterall, so this was important to me). I …

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Re: ReactOS 0.4.0

Posted on 2016-02-23, 08:38

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Itching to try this one out. I was actually wondering if development was active not too long ago and now we get some really great news. Realistically speaking, what kind of hardware requirements does this version have? Will it run comfortably on a fast Pentium 4 and even slower? Last time I checked …

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Re: ReactOS 0.4.0

Posted on 2016-02-23, 08:37

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I'm glad they released a new version! Stability is still questionable, though. Still a lot of glitches in there.. Oh, and I miss Win16 support. Otherwise, it's nice to see they're improving. Especially their use of an emulation backend for their NTVDM is a wise choise, I think. No worry about V86 …

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Re: Windows 3.1 & NT Benchmark Programs

Posted on 2016-02-19, 13:05

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Uhm, I meant a different utility (GetmanSoft WinSpeed). It was written in the '90s and is/was Freeware. It's just a tiny graphics benchmark. I've got it from one of my shareware CDs, but I can't find it on the web right now..

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Re: Windows 3.1 & NT Benchmark Programs

Posted on 2016-02-17, 13:04

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I don't know if it's helpful, but I remember a little benchmark utilitiy named WinSpeed. It was win32s compatible and ran on WinNT/9x aswell.

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Re: Dos 7 hangs/freezes!

Posted on 2013-12-26, 10:48

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I'm sorry. I thought, you were clearly referring to memory issues.. And I have no idea how you tested your memory. Would you please post your "basically nothing loaded in the config.sys and autoexec.bat" ? :) Btw, I'd also recommend a clean installation of MS-DOS 6.x for testing purposes. Also write …

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Re: Dos 7 hangs/freezes!

Posted on 2013-12-25, 13:42

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You can try Memtest86. It's a diagnostic program and it checks the memory. If it's ok, try Himem.sys with these parameters /cpuclock:on /machine:11 . It may help a bit to stabilize your system.

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Re: Sound Blaster PRO2 proper PC speaker Connection

Posted on 2013-12-22, 21:55

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Hi, there! Here's a small schematic for galvanic isolation. That way, nothing should be damaged. You may also get cleaner audio. (Btw, that tutorial is nice! ^^)

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Re: FIC 486 VIP IO2 - no POST

Posted on 2010-02-10, 19:15

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Thanks a lot for the info. I was thinking of sorting through my box of 72-pin RAM sticks, in order to identify them. I was thinking of putting each stick (or pair of sticks) in to a socket 7 board. This type of board would almost certainly accept any type of 72-pin stick; eg EDO, FPM, and "basic …

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