Re: 1GB HDD recognised by BIOS but not MS-DOS...Help!
Posted on 2019-07-07, 22:26
If track 0 is bad the drive is basically trash unfortunately
Re: 1GB HDD recognised by BIOS but not MS-DOS...Help!
Posted on 2019-07-07, 19:05
Hook the drive up to a modern machine and test it. Sounds like track 0 might be bad
Re: Winbond chipset 486slc mobo: WINBUS device/bus on BIOS?!
Posted on 2019-07-03, 00:41
sorry to further derail, but why use this instead of a new production Dallas RTC chip?
Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!
Posted on 2019-06-30, 14:48
hmmmm... might be best to leave it to someone with more design experience and dedicated enthusiasm for the project then. If it doesn't end up working out well, I wouldn't want you to feel disappointed or that you've wasted time. Ideally, the person who draws up the design should feel indifferent …
Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!
Posted on 2019-06-30, 01:58
LOL! Well, what did you think of the hand assembly? It seems to have gone ignored and I've been wondering if you are trying to talk yourself out of the PCB design. You don't have to do it. Is it a bit too complex for you? You can even use male-female single row machine pin for the top PGA168 which …
Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!
Posted on 2019-06-29, 14:55
feipoa wrote: How do you suppose they did this? A reflow oven
Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!
Posted on 2019-06-29, 13:06
feipoa wrote: Why does it need to be a side-by-side arrangement? *snip* Did you see the drawing supplied by cb88? Have you been able to read thru the whole thread? yes, I saw the rendering - care to explain to me how exactly someone is going to hand solder 2 PGA sockets on opposite sides of a PCB?? …
Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!
Posted on 2019-06-29, 03:32
I recently acquired what looks like a commercially produced version of the SXL2 interposer I had been working on. I had hoped that it contained the voltage regulator for 3.6 V CPUs, however it did not. This is a PGA132 to PGA168 interposer for the 5 V version of the TI 486SXL2. PGA132_to_PGA168_ …
Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!
Posted on 2019-06-28, 23:41
If I could get my hands on those schematic symbols that cb88 mapped out that would really make this about 1000 times easier for me. Other than that it's just a matter of matching trace lengths for address and data busses, letting the Float pin float, breaking out MEMW#, and handling voltage …
Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!
Posted on 2019-06-28, 22:04
I guess the obvious question here is - are there really enough of these chips out there to justify making this?
Re: Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP!
Posted on 2019-06-28, 20:43
feipoa asked for my help routing a board for this in kicad - I'd be happy to do it but it would be a while since I'll be doing it in my spare time I must admit I don't really understand the use case here... so there is a PGA168 chip that doesn't work in 486 motherboards but needs a custom interposer …
Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller
Posted on 2019-06-28, 20:01
feipoa wrote: Thanks. How proficient are you with KiCAD? Would you be interested in drawing up this little project? Custom interposer module for TI486SXL2-66 PGA168 to PGA132 - HELP! Someone else started on it then vanished. did you ever get the schematic file from him? routing out the board is the …
Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller
Posted on 2019-06-28, 14:52
I have noticed that some boards with PS/2 support have things like turbo switch input pins and or polarity set differently. There is also a KBC type setting in the BIOS, but I don't know much about this. Maxtherabbit, do you have a BOM with part numbers? I might try to assemble one of your units. …
Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller
Posted on 2019-06-28, 00:02
so both of the AMI 'F' KBC I have (one marked MEGA-KB-F-WB and one marked KB-BIOS-VER-F) will respect the keyboard inhibit line when plugged directly into the motherboard socket, but when run through the interposer PCB they just ignore it I verified that the interposer is passing pin 34 straight …
Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller
Posted on 2019-06-26, 02:38
I came to the conclusion that kbc are different or they need different passives/specs to support them. I have boards that just won't boot with the VIA kbc - no mods installed just kbc replacement. Try another one if you can and see what happens. in this case I don't believe it is a passive or …
Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller
Posted on 2019-06-25, 23:19
Something interesting I noticed - not sure if it was swapping keyboard controllers or the mod itself, but my key lock doesn't lock the keyboard anymore on the 286 I know the lock worked before because I tested it, and now when you lock it nothing happens. Not complaining, since the lock is …
Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller
Posted on 2019-06-25, 16:20
the PCB works - here's the OSH park link if anyone would like one: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/1rUdxa5p the pinout for the PS/2 header is the one on the right in this photo (because that matched the 3 dongles I had laying around) I believe this is the Acer/Asus spec 1329676968.or.15360.jpg …
Re: What is better for pure Dos and Win98 -Super socket 7(K6-III) or Slot 1/Socket 370 (PII/ PIII)? Where are differences?
Posted on 2019-06-07, 13:41
Is there any guide for SD RAM for SS7 machine, i tried lots of sticks, lots of them are not working lots of them are working only as half size, some of them are working, i tried mainly PC100 and PC133 ones, i through that problem is that stick has to be one sided, but its elsewhere. From what I …
Re: XTIDE on 3C509B card
Posted on 2019-06-04, 16:39
XTIDE will not work with SCSI-controllers! It needs plain standard IDE adapters and will help mostly, when your BIOS has no working autodetect or bad translations. When you are using just small disks that your BIOS handles well, there is not reason using XTIDE. no one here is trying to use XT-IDE …
Re: XTIDE on 3C509B card
Posted on 2019-06-03, 15:52
I can't speak for the OP, but in my case yes the CMOS was set to "not installed" for both disks and there is only one IDE channel on the primary port
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