Re: How can I add 9pin USB port to 10pin USB header on PPro MS-6103 motherboard?

Posted on 2020-02-10, 16:14

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Early USB connectors were not standardised and you have to check motherboard manual to make sure. If you are sure the connections are same as modern USB connectors, you can bend the extra pin out of the way or remove key from connector.

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Re: External floppy drive

Posted on 2020-02-10, 15:23

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Another thing the OP can do is simply transplant the XT hard drive and controller card into another computer, taking care to jumper it for drive D: so it doesn't conflict with the host drive.

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Re: External floppy drive

Posted on 2020-02-09, 23:41

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Good, that simplifies things. Before you do anything else, get a null modem serial cable with 9-pin to 25-pin adapter. Once you have the serial connection working you can also get a parallel cable for greater speed. There are detailed instructions in that link I posted. You don't have to use the 386 …

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Re: External floppy drive

Posted on 2020-02-09, 23:31

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Does your PC10 have a hard drive? If it doesn't, and you don't intend to install one, option 3 is probably the best. 360 KB doesn't leave you with much elbow room. The issue of transferring files between computers via cables came up in this topic: Interlink for DOS

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Re: External floppy drive

Posted on 2020-02-09, 22:35

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No, as others have said, USB 5.25" floppy drives were never made. (I think there are specialist devices for archiving of old disks, but they are very expensive.) Disk drive density is also an issue. I see the PC10 has 360 KB (double density) drives. Most 5.25" drives on sale on places like eBay are …

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Re: External floppy drive

Posted on 2020-02-09, 22:16

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Right, so it has two 5.25" floppy drives and you want to add an external 3.5" drive. Does it have a hard disk? If you have another DOS machine with a 3.5" drive you can connect them via parallel cable and transfer files that way.

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Re: Estimation of an old computer (Commodore CBM 720)

Posted on 2020-02-08, 00:43

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That's a European CBM 256-80.

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Re: Differences in Millennium, Millennium II and Mystique 22o?

Posted on 2020-02-08, 00:39

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I remember the hardware accelerated version of NASCAR Racing won't run with the Millennium II. It wants the original Millennium.

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Re: Some guys opinion about DOSBox

Posted on 2020-02-06, 12:42

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I can't play Doom in DOS any more. I'm used to controls I used for years in Quake which aren't possible in DOS Doom.

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Re: External floppy drive

Posted on 2020-02-06, 01:44

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MicroSolutions is what I use as well, but the 5.25" drives are very expensive now. Expect to pay 2 or 3 times what you would for an internal one.

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Re: What are your favorite in-game soundtracks (arcade, PC, NES)?

Posted on 2020-01-29, 15:57

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icXcc3u4Po4

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Re: any use for broken hard drives?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 05:06

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I always save the platters and magnets .

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Re: Floppy disk quality.

Posted on 2020-01-20, 18:50

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Dysan floppies are reliable in my experience. They also come in those nice solid red plastic boxes.

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Re: October 2002 "best you could get" P4 32-bit Rdram

Posted on 2020-01-20, 02:20

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A year earlier than you (Nov. 2001) I got a i850 ABIT board with 1 GB RAM, 2 GHz P4 and GeForce 3. It wasn't cheap, but I drove that rig for 8 years with upgrades.

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Re: Identify old Sankyo (?) 5.25" drive

Posted on 2020-01-10, 10:58

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OT, but here's another mystery item I used to have. It's a modem but can anyone tell the make/model?

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Identify old Sankyo (?) 5.25" drive

Posted on 2020-01-10, 10:51

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Hi all, does anyone know the model of the attached drive? I *think* it was a Sankyo. It would have been a HD drive. (I'm trying to rebuild a computer I had in the 1990s and would like to get the exact same parts if possible)

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Re: Tektronix RIC386 (Radisys)

Posted on 2020-01-07, 03:30

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Yes, I've had that problem with my own pictures. I think it's a gentle hint from the site owners that we should use external hosting.

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Re: Last night I dreamt

Posted on 2020-01-07, 03:04

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Hot weather and heavy eating give me crazy dreams, and in the last few weeks I've had some real doozies, because I've both been eating a lot and staying with my parents, who run the heating at their house at max all winter. Unfortunately I forget my dreams, even the crazy ones, within moments of …

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Re: Squirrels, squirrels, let's go nutz for squirrels and whatever other backyard wildlife you have.

Posted on 2020-01-02, 02:16

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That guy needs the anti-aliasing unlock.

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Re: How do computers recognize letters?

Posted on 2020-01-02, 00:14

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I remember there used to be special OCR fonts that were machine-readable. You couldn't just put any piece of text into the computer. There was also a special font for magnetic (not optical) text readers. You normally saw this on checks and credit cards.

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