Re: Burning CD's for DOS on Linux

Posted on 2020-04-13, 04:37

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by pan069

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Are you sure the CDROM in your DOS machine is not acting up ? Being DOS you should also make sure all the file and folder names on the CD are true SFN or DOS 8.3 structured. Meaning No names longer than 8 chars+ 3 suffix and no ascii special characters and no spaces. */ + | \ = ? [ ] ; : ” . < > ,~ …

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Re: Burning CD's for DOS on Linux

Posted on 2020-04-13, 02:05

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by pan069

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I tried Nero 6 on my Windows 2000 machine. I seem to be getting better results but in all it's still flaky. At least Nero 6 has more options to fiddle with. I'll keep trying...

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Re: Burning CD's for DOS on Linux

Posted on 2020-04-12, 23:41

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Ah. OK. Interesting. Are you burning your CD's on Linux as well? If so, what software do you use to burn your CD's with?

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Re: Burning CD's for DOS on Linux

Posted on 2020-04-12, 21:53

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by pan069

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Is the CD readable in the Linux system? If not, something may be wrong with your image or associated CUE file. Can you mount the .bin in Linux? After burning, CD mounts fine in Linux and is full readable, i.e. I can copy all files back to my hard-drive. I have also been able to convert the bin/cue …

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Re: Odd PS/2 mouse connector

Posted on 2020-04-12, 11:08

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by pan069

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I suspect the bracket is for the ASUS USB/MIR connector as found on their AT motherboards from 1997 onwards. You're right. Digging through my archives it seems the bracket belongs to my Asus P5A-B :) I think I'm going to make an adapter for my other PS/2 bracket (the one with the 5 pins). Thanks …

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Burning CD's for DOS on Linux

Posted on 2020-04-12, 11:02

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I'm trying to burn a CDROM for DOS on Linux (CUE/BIN file combo). I'm using the following command: cdrdao write --device /dev/cdrw image.cue But on my DOS machine its not able to read the disk. I get a: CDR101: Not ready reading drive D Abort, Retry, Fail How can write a CDROM for DOS on a Linux …

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Odd PS/2 mouse connector

Posted on 2020-04-12, 01:18

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I have an Asus 486 PVI SP3 motherboard and it has a PS/2 mouse header. However, it didn't came with a PS/2 mouse bracket. So, looking through my parts bin I came across two PS/2 mouse brackets. One of them has a 5 pin connector and won't fit the header on this board (I could make an adapter but I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-11, 07:38

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I picked up a few old IBM ThinkPad laptops from a car boot sale earlier on in the year but I've only just gotten around to taking a look at them. The first one I picked off of the pile was an IBM ThinkPad 380D Pentium laptop with 16MB of RAM - not only was it relatively clean but it also booted and …

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Re: Make your own IDE cables?

Posted on 2020-04-11, 07:34

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yes, ribbon cables and connectors are still widely available luckily :) Ah good! In that case I can't wait to see the OP's efforts - assuming you can get the parts delivered at the moment that is. Yes. I found an Aussie online shop, so getting parts should not be a problem. Now, on the other hand, …

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Re: Make your own IDE cables?

Posted on 2020-04-10, 20:55

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Great! Thanks for the info. mpe wrote on 2020-04-10, 11:36: Also if you want to use CS functionality make sure to break the 28th wire between the second and third connector. I assume that's only required for CS functionality? Not normal Master / Slave? What's the best way to "break" the wire? Just …

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Make your own IDE cables?

Posted on 2020-04-10, 11:22

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I'm currently working on a big tower build and my IDE cables don't reach the top of the case. I was wondering if anyone has made their own IDE cables before? I see that the parts are available online (40 Pin IDC Cable & Mounting Socket) but would I need any special crimp tools? How do you secure …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-09, 22:00

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varrol wrote on 2020-04-09, 17:54: Got YMF724 and AWE64 (my second one) - Creative looks brand new. Yamaha - well shame that on the other side it says "Made in China" 😉 Nice! The Yamaha seems to have the SB-LINK header. AW744L II - YMF744 - AOpen Cobra Sound Card - Install SB-Link Header

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-09, 21:56

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mpe wrote on 2020-04-09, 12:17: Bought & installed a i387 16-33. My 386 build is almost finished. Soon I will be playing Quake on it! Quake might run but you won't be "playing" it by any stretch of the imagination. 😀

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-09, 00:59

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Today I connected (passed through) the Line Out of my Ultrasound Classic to the Line In of my Sound Blaster 16 and this seems to work perfectly. In the early nineties I had the same GUS and a Sound Blaster Pro in the same system and never realized that this was possible. I spend numbers hours …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-07, 10:57

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Very happy to have acquired a Sound Blaster 2.0 CT1350B. I never had this one growing up, I had a Sound Blaster 1.5 with the add on CMS chips instead, but that one is loooong gone unfortunately. I have been taking this one for a test drive the past day or two. It's in my 286/16, replacing my …

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Re: PC tower cases by year

Posted on 2020-04-07, 02:14

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I see I have the "super tower" version of the one 1992 tower on the first page (it's a 386DX-33 machine branded "Insight" with a BIOS date of 1991) here but I have no idea about the one to the right of it, it's a 486DX2-66 VLB system that I can only assume was manufactured in 1993/94. Never seen …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-06, 22:16

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I've seen that thing too once, and heck, I know some people used to even drill DS/DD disks to use them as HD disks in 1.44M drives. So no, that concept ain't new. I used to heat a large nail (holding it with pliers so I didn't burn myself) using my mothers gas stove top and then push the nail …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-02-22, 05:28

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I got some of these StarTech.com 3.5-Inch drive bays for IDE / CF readers. They also come with a slot bracket conversion. The black base is of solid steel, feels heavy. Front loading a CF based hard disk seems more convienient than a slot on the back of the machine. I might have a try at painting …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-25, 05:05

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A Microsoft Cordless Wheel Mouse (PS/2). Supports both PS/2 and Serial. It seems to hang my machine when connected to serial. I.e. in DOS, the mouse driver loads, mouse is found, then I start e.g. "edit", the machine hangs. Might be an issue with the mouse driver (by Microsoft). Not sure whats …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 & Prod Audio Spectrum 16 in one system

Posted on 2019-12-29, 21:04

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OK. I did some testing. Bad news, turns out that one of PAS16's is dead. :( With the other PAS16 it seems to work, sort of. E.g. With both the SB16 and the PAS16 installed, in Doom I get no music whichever card I choose. In other games, if I choose SB then the FM music plays but has a very annoying …

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