Re: Beep during formatting a floppy disk
Posted on 2023-12-27, 01:05
maxtherabbit wrote on 2023-12-27, 00:06: "Floppy disk access control" is a curious option. What are the choices under that? R/W Read Only
Re: Does this scsi hard disk have a built-in terminator?
Posted on 2023-12-26, 09:36
Looks like an LVD/SE drive, so no terminator included. Use a cable with terminator. TERM POWER is normally supplied by the controller, no need to enable it on the drive. With long cables, however, it may be necessary to supply TERM POWER from two devices - but I'm not sure what exactly it the …
Re: Old network cards compatibility on modern networks
Posted on 2023-12-23, 02:44
It looks to me that hardware / cables are OK as the 14MB/s speed on Windows 98 is really good (I think ?). Using RTL8139, ie. 100 Mbps, right? Then it's too good! In theory 100 Mbps = 12.5 MB/s, in reality the max is about 11 MB/s. Anyway, make sure that all NICs and switch ports and configured for …
Re: Beep during formatting a floppy disk
Posted on 2023-12-19, 15:18
There's also software for DOS that accesses the FDC directly - try eg. Diskdupe.
Re: Linux equivalent for Windows' "SYS.COM" tool
Posted on 2023-12-18, 16:01
I guess another way to deal with this would be to create a very small partition (fat16 or fat32 filesystem) with just the system files in actual DOS, image with dd in linux. And then the first steps at restoring would be to write the image, and then do a filesystem resize, and then copy the rest of …
Re: Linux equivalent for Windows' "SYS.COM" tool
Posted on 2023-12-18, 15:42
The boot sector code depends of the OS it's supposed to boot: - for PC DOS, it's supposed to load and run IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM - for MS-DOS, it's supposed to load and run IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS, in later versions only IO.SYS - for other systems, other file names and loading procedures In effect, …
Re: mTCP NetDrive: network attached storage for DOS 2.0 or better
Posted on 2023-12-17, 00:30
doshea wrote on 2023-12-17, 00:21: General question directed at anyone who knows: does DOS even support changing media for block filesystems? I guess it does - how else could it support floppy disks?
Re: HDD not detected
Posted on 2023-12-16, 16:49
Fireball is by Quantum, so neither Matrox nor Maxtor. Anyway, I also think the 32 GB limit is the problem.
Re: Beep during formatting a floppy disk
Posted on 2023-12-15, 23:34
What exactly are you doing? The "format a:" command? What happens when formatting using other tools, eg. under Windows? No problems with reading and writing, only with formatting, right? Have you tried with minimum software config, ie. empty CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT ? Have you tried with minimum …
Re: How old are these tyres?
Posted on 2023-12-14, 13:46
"370" seems to mean 37th week of 1990. Anyway, genuine tyres from German Democratic Republic - perfect match for vintage cars like Trabant or Wartburg.
Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?
Posted on 2023-12-12, 17:17
STB - "Simply The Best" Orchid Technology - "Simple - Elegant - Innovative" Orchid Technology 640x480x256
Re: Juko ST super turbo XT motherboard
Posted on 2023-12-11, 11:26
st31276a wrote on 2023-12-11, 10:46: Just a quick stupid question if I may? I just dug one of these out of an attic. The manual does not say explicitly, but I assume this board requires an XT type unidirectional keyboard? Being a later clone with its keyboard controller integrated into the chipset …
Re: Working configuration for Win98 / Linux Samba share
Posted on 2023-12-10, 21:55
Would it be possible to launch the DOS games from a Samba shared drive directly ? I guess this implies installing a DOS driver for the network card, and maybe won't be compatible with games having big memory requirements ? Yes, it's perfectly possible, using Microsoft Network Client 3.0 for DOS. …
Re: NAS for retro stuff
Posted on 2023-12-07, 07:01
The winner is definitely Novell Client32 using 32-bit ODI driver - Re: FTP client TSR for DOS?
Re: NAS for retro stuff
Posted on 2023-12-06, 22:28
You don't even need to restrict yourself to Server 2003. There are third-party NFS servers that run on modern Windows. This one is like a 100KB standalone app, which I've tested on Windows 10. I can connect to it using XFS from DOS and it works like a charm. OK, but how much memory does that XFS …
Re: NAS for retro stuff
Posted on 2023-12-06, 20:32
Windows Server 2003 is the last version with IPX support, right? Might be yet another option for serving files to DOS clients... Microsoft Network Client using TCP/IP occupies a lot of RAM, but somewhat less if using IPX.
Re: NAS for retro stuff
Posted on 2023-12-06, 15:12
Come to think of it, yet another network filesystem software for DOS has appeared recently: EtherDFS. The client only occupies 8 KB of RAM. Maybe there's no need for Novell emulation anymore? If DOS is covered by EtherDFS, and other systems by SMB and/or NFS, then why bother with the no-longer- …
Re: NAS for retro stuff
Posted on 2023-12-05, 20:56
My dream NAS would also emulate Novell NetWare server. Novell client seems the most convenient way to network DOS machines, as it occupies much less memory than SMB and NFS clients. Reportedly it's possible to add IPX support to modern Linux, and run Mars NWE, but not easy...
Re: Need help identifying 6x sound cards found in a box
Posted on 2023-12-05, 10:24
No problem with drivers: #1 - use Sound Blaster 2.0 drivers, it's just an OEM variant of SB 2.0 #2 - see the linked thread #3 - use Yamaha drivers #4 - use ESS drivers #5 - if you can't find drivers for Dataexpert MED2000, use Opti drivers #6 - if you can't find drivers for Avid Sound Booster Pro, …
Re: Need help identifying 6x sound cards found in a box
Posted on 2023-12-05, 09:33
#5 is obviously from Dataexpert
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