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The Main Three (Retro PCs)

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Reply 20 of 22, by Orzene

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Reply 21 of 22, by Orzene

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Swapped out the flimsy plastic shelving for metal shelves instead.

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Also decided to switch from a CF card to an original disc HDD, with a little help from this lovely piece of tech:

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Also sourced a working 5.25" drive for the 486 (knowing that most magnetic media easily deteriorates versus CDs), and tested it with a physical copy of Police Quest 1.

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However, I had to switch to a XT-CF-Lite for the CF card reader, and while it reads both floppy disc drives, the CD drive no-longer reads. I'll have to mess with the dip-switches to see what address conflicts there are that are making the CD-ROM not read, or if it's the ESS card.

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I also decided that the Sidewinder drivers suck for my Gameport-based M$ controllers, and now I'm using the base-line Win95 joystick drivers for my Sidewinder 3D Pro, and it friggin' works on the K6-2. I played some Tigershark with it in Glide, and I didn't have the stupid issues I was having with it before. If I wasn't using a Voodoo3 currently in that PC, I'd test it on Interstate '76 again and any of the other Glide-mode games that I was having issues in.

Reply 22 of 22, by Orzene

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Addendum: I attempted to Retr0bright the face panel, and while it looks a bit lighter, the only thing I seemed to accomplish was making the front panel a might brittle. Long-story short, the power switch screw mounts snapped, and so now the power button is hanging out the side of the case. it still works fine, and nothing else seems to be messed up. Might be considering a new Baby-AT case though. 🙁