Re: Rise of the Triad - graphics settings?
Posted on 2020-04-04, 01:18
there was a program for generating random levels but it was sometimes buggy. randrott I think
Re: MFM-Harddrive spins up and down on power up
Posted on 2020-04-03, 12:34
if they hit on a magnetic north/south axis there is a possibility of getting magnetized by the earths magnetic field.
Re: MFM-Harddrive spins up and down on power up
Posted on 2020-04-03, 02:24
dropped them b4 with no tears depends on how they hit
Re: MFM-Harddrive spins up and down on power up
Posted on 2020-04-03, 00:28
a 500gig failed the drop test,hit the floor from about 1 foot just constant seek when powered up.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-04-02, 17:31
downloaded the netzero dialer on that now I had forgotten what the netzero banner looks like 10 hours per month free juno should be the same,same company owns both.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-04-02, 17:18
I still have juno accounts and netzero accounts,I didn't see what they have for dialers.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-04-02, 17:17
originally it was walmart connect for $9.94 a month they got bought up by netscape connect they got bought up by AOL Still $9.94 per month grandfathered in.I believe that is cheaper than AOL is now.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-04-02, 15:49
On dialup today for internet. dug out an old US robotics v.90 modem dell latitude e5500 with a serial port and win 10 aol dialer fast enough for forum sites and email. Years ago after a hurricane and power was out for a week, old copper phone lines were still up. I was able to send email and so …
Re: MFM-Harddrive spins up and down on power up
Posted on 2020-04-01, 23:37
there may not be any heads left do an autopsy and see if the heads are intact
Re: The XL-7 TURBO 8088 XT build
Posted on 2020-03-28, 14:56
I have 16 bit mfm cards that don't even have a bios. none of the 16 bit ide/floppy cards I have has a bios. They relied on the 286 bios
Re: The XL-7 TURBO 8088 XT build
Posted on 2020-03-28, 12:09
true the controller has to be an 8 bit card with matching bios.
Re: The XL-7 TURBO 8088 XT build
Posted on 2020-03-28, 01:03
The 1.44meg floppy drive I put on my xt is seen as a 720k I put tape over the hole in a 1.44 floppy disk and format for 720k
Re: retro AM radio
Posted on 2020-03-25, 22:40
and that static during a thunderstorm. Our local AM is talk radio with a tiny bit of local news and sponsors.
retro AM radio
Posted on 2020-03-25, 18:44
I was just thinking,there are still AM radio stations around even in this day and age. We have a local station,but it is only on the air until sunset.
Re: Help needed with dead 286 board. With schematics.
Posted on 2020-03-25, 15:23
dealing with 30 year old chips it could be anything
Re: Michelangelo virus
Posted on 2020-03-24, 04:50
central point program diskfix 9 when checking a disk/hardrive would popup saying infected with Michelangelo,use cpav. I just happened to have central point anti virus on floppies I transferred to a non infected hardrive and used that to clean the various disks. It was originally part of the gateway …
Re: Help needed with dead 286 board. With schematics.
Posted on 2020-03-23, 22:50
if you have a scope make sure all the clocks are there. any chip with an xtal should be putting something out.
Re: Help needed with dead 286 board. With schematics.
Posted on 2020-03-22, 23:26
tinned chips in tinned sockets are a headache. I have a scruffy I use (abrasive foam normally used by painters) I clean the chip pins with. You may try stripping it down to 1 meg of ram and just have a video card installed to check for any signs of life.I have a 286 that is dead but has the shadow …
Re: backpack cd driver freezes keyboard
Posted on 2020-03-21, 18:23
The program may be actually looking for an AT keyboard. A keyboard related program from the old days mentioned if the keyboard didn't have port 64h the xt would lock up. Which is what it is doing.I may have to put an xt/at switch in,boot XT load the driver AT then switch back,maybe.
Re: File transfer over serial Null Modem in DOS?
Posted on 2020-03-21, 03:57
ebox for drive sharing fat16 dos machines. parallel/serial cable
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