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Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-12, 03:11

Ok - Im getting very close - but I got yet another question. As mentioned before there is no documentation available for this board. My case has a Turbo switch, turbo LED, Power (?) LED, Keylock and a reset button and - most importantly - a good PC speaker. Reset is the only labeled header on the …

Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-11, 08:51

Hi again, tried the Checkit software. I dont have a loopback plug but it is still testing the com1 port and all tests are passed. Ct mouse also comes with some test utilities. They all see a mouse at com 1 (IRQ4) at 3F8H. They also see for example if IRQs are wronly jumpered (i.e. if multiple …

Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-10, 22:52

Hi again, Im still facing a problem installing a mouse at the serial port. I feel Im very close, but its not working yet. With the correct manual, I can set the jumpers correctly: https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/c/I-L/21402.htm to install a mouse, I have 2 connectors (J4 and J5) available that I can …

Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-10, 07:14

I found this link https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/c/I-L/21658.htm and this one https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/Kouwell/Kouwell%20KW-557A%20-%20configuration%20-%20pages%20missing.pdf the FCC ID is partly identical (KW-557A). I tried about 50 different combinations using the documents as a …

Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-10, 04:40

According to this webpage https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/Manufacturers/everex.php it is quite a versatile card (by 1987). it says: EV-673 EVGA Launched: 1987 Bus: ISA 8-bit Support: MDA, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA The EVGA was designed to provide full VGA capabilities to an IBM PC, XT, AT and compatibles …

Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-10, 03:25

Hi again, after I realized that the floppy disk controller is too big (full lenght but too broad) I decided to buy a new one. It looks like new, but is not working at all (neither in this machine nor in any other). I have a similar controller from another machine which addresses both floppy drives …

Re: Is it my really my nostalgia or are you playing it wrong…

Posted on 2024-04-19, 00:03

in Milliways
I'm just a guy that plays games from start to finish attempting to experience all content in one play Similar approach. However, I’m also interested in the unique narrative ways and capabilities of video games. How well they can immerse you and create a meaningful experience. ...someone ...would …

Is it really my nostalgia or are you playing it wrong…

Posted on 2024-04-18, 13:43

in Milliways
This is an opinion piece. I’m not trying to diminish other people’s efforts to remember games from a bygone time or make them accessibly and known for the next generation – quite the contrary – I hope to get some deeper and better understanding. Recently we get a lot of retrospectives and replays of …

Unknown ISA card

Posted on 2024-04-18, 07:37

Hi everyone, found a large full size ISA card in a 486 era desktop. Can anybody tell me what that is and what it does. I tried to search for some of the labels and chip numbers, but I still cant figure out what the thing does as a whole (and how and for what I could use it today ). Thanks

Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-04-04, 08:33

20240404_124844.jpg so - the machine is alive - but I have a ton of new problems. The good thing is that the graphic card and the mainboard seem to work fine. That I/O board failed spectacularly with one of the small yellow caps making a firework. I think I wont use that board for now. However the …

Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-03-29, 23:10

Well, its not exactly my choice. Its simply what was installed on the original NEAT bord when I got it. And I dont know if and how it worked on that board either. I actually have never worked on a board with individually socketed RAM nor have I ever used a PC where RAM expansions is done via ISA …

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