Re: A special BIOS LBA EIDE Multi-IO Controller: DTC EIDE Ultima Pro

Posted on 2020-05-31, 23:52

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by jakethompson1

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Interesting that the box has a web address on it, and references to Windows 95. That seems super late to be using an ISA disk controller. I guess even then this was a way to retrofit old machines? Sort of like the StarTech.com of the 90s. Does this card's BIOS also take over int 13h if you were to …

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Re: Microsolutions Backpack CD-RW - Need Parallel Cable

Posted on 2020-05-31, 03:46

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by jakethompson1

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Hello Brickpad, As it looks like this model has the ability to pass-through to a downstream printer that makes it seem slightly less likely that the cable is anything other than straight through. I wondered though if you would try a set of Linux boot disks. This would get the BIOS out of the way. …

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LPX

Posted on 2020-05-31, 02:12

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by jakethompson1

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For as big as an issue as this was (as I remember it) it doesn't get mentioned much here, so I thought I'd bring it up and see what all of you think. Prior to ATX, if you built your own computer or bought a "white box" no-name brand or a custom one from a local computer shop, it would be an AT …

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Re: Silicon Image 311X MSDOS cdrom driver

Posted on 2020-05-29, 21:00

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by jakethompson1

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The BIOS should not be involved with a CD-ROM drive. You should be able to use a CD-ROM drive even with no BIOS on the card. True, firmware in general. For example, whether XGCDROM.SYS saw the drive or not, for me, depended on whether I had firmware ("BIOS") 5403 or 5500. Also, apparently 5403 …

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Re: Silicon Image 311X MSDOS cdrom driver

Posted on 2020-05-29, 20:52

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by jakethompson1

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So you get the same i/o ports - 1850h and 1848h? I tried adding /AX and /UX and rebooting. It didn't break anything but doesn't make a difference either. It was in PIO mode anyway. What processor is this? If it's a 486 or something I wonder if there could be illegal instructions in the sata card's …

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Re: Silicon Image 311X MSDOS cdrom driver

Posted on 2020-05-29, 20:31

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by jakethompson1

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Mine says: XGCDROM v2.4b, 09 October 2007 PCI ATA controller found, Chip Ven_1095h&Dev_3114h Primary port -1850h, Secondary port - 1848h Driver name is "MSCD000" Unit 0: Secondary-master, ASUS DRW-24B1ST j, PIO mode. Is your output similar? Also, I did have some issues with DIR listings hanging …

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Re: Silicon Image 311X MSDOS cdrom driver

Posted on 2020-05-29, 18:29

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by jakethompson1

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I had success with xgcdrom.sys from freedos. I had to give a /C1 arg so it would use the controller rather than onboard ide. What BIOS are you using? I had to downgrade from 5500 to 5403 or whatever. I think xgcdrom.sys is looking for a specific pci device/function type and the later bios changes it …

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Re: Need help setting up EIDE controller.

Posted on 2020-05-28, 17:39

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by jakethompson1

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A 486DX2-66 would be 33 (66/2) which it appears to already be set at. This would be the most common speed so that makes sense. No idea what speed 0 and 3 might be though. Other sensible speeds would be 25 and 40, right?

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Re: IRQ N/A?

Posted on 2020-05-27, 01:49

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by jakethompson1

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What are you booting from? a floppy or cd-rom?

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Re: Cant Fdisk Hard Drive

Posted on 2020-05-27, 01:46

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by jakethompson1

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It's too big for the fdisk that came with Windows 98. You can find a patched fdisk that MS released later. Or, use another partitioning utility, such as a Linux live CD.

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Re: Ideas for upgrading K6-2 266 System

Posted on 2020-05-27, 01:42

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by jakethompson1

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Re: the Windows protection error - have you tried the Windows 95 patch for AMD 350 MHz and faster CPUs?

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Re: Update on ESA 486 industrial motherboard

Posted on 2020-05-25, 23:31

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by jakethompson1

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I got this system back out to try something. I took the bracket off of an ATI Rage XL and put it in the single PCI slot such that the VGA port stuck out through the ATX backplate area and is therefore accessible. This actually works, and has working Windows 3.x drivers. I was even able to set the …

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Re: NOT enough memory to play DOS games ?

Posted on 2020-05-24, 19:56

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by jakethompson1

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It seems his main problem was not having DOS=HIGH in config.sys, right? It was always confusing that DOS=HIGH isn't referring to upper memory (and therefore works even on a 286), while the high LH (LOADHIGH) actually means upper memory and requires emm386. I don't know that I've ever dropped below …

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Re: Super Socket 7 Windows 98 Build Issues

Posted on 2020-05-24, 19:25

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by jakethompson1

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Yes, but he also said he tried under-clocking. Johnnyboy161, I don't know if you've done much with Linux, but if so, a classic test of hardware like this was to rebuild the kernel as that heavily uses the memory and CPU, causing intermittent issues to crop up. If you find an appropriate distribution …

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Re: NOT enough memory to play DOS games ?

Posted on 2020-05-24, 19:20

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by jakethompson1

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640k ought to be enough for anyone... still biting 39 years later haha

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Re: DOS + Yamaha YMF724 on an HP T5740 thin client

Posted on 2020-05-24, 18:20

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by jakethompson1

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Oh, I agree as far as using an Atom on a newer system - they don't have the horsepower for anything beyond a low-end Windows XP build. My only bigger pet peeve than underpowered CPU's that come into my repair shop is Windows 10 laptops with a 32GB emmc hard drive. These things barely hold a bare OS …

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Re: Super Socket 7 Windows 98 Build Issues

Posted on 2020-05-24, 17:43

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by jakethompson1

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What is the bus speed set to and what speed are the memory DIMMs? Edit: I see you said 133. I assume the bus is 100?

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Re: Going SAS for storage - downsides?

Posted on 2020-05-24, 04:12

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by jakethompson1

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Not sure if you're following all the stuff about SMR and SMR drives mis-labeled but that could be a factor in the pricing.

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Re: CD Drive issue or Sound Card issue, or maybe something else?

Posted on 2020-05-24, 03:35

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by jakethompson1

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Out of curiosity I wonder if you rip the audio tracks with cdparanoia or another program like that if it gives you errors.

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Re: Soundblaster on DOS to run DOOM

Posted on 2020-05-24, 02:35

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by jakethompson1

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Yeah, I wish I had more ideas. But if there were a PCI version of a Sound Blaster that worked without trouble like this, we wouldn't be scrounging around for ISA cards and ISA capable motherboards... As others have pointed out there is a bit of a time disconnect here and that could be part of your …

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