Re: The Longhorn Machine - Acer Travelmate 800
Posted on 2016-04-12, 22:18
Awesome idea! I always liked the design of early Vista (and the Plex design). 😀
Re: Quadbooting Win 3.1/98, NT and OS/2
Posted on 2016-04-12, 22:10
Superpete, glad you're using OS/2 on that machine aswell! You already got lot's of tips for your boot manager, so I've nothing much to add. But I remember I've once used one with OS/2 Warp 3.0 long ago.. It was from Paragon, I think (it did that -hidden partitions- thingy). I don't know if it's …
Re: Any good Windows 3.1 games?
Posted on 2016-04-12, 13:26
Awesome thread! Some nice games from the public domain and shareware corner I remember: Space Exploration Alpha, Solar Vengeance, Stellar Explorer, Warpath!, Wintrek, Wintrek (BFM Soft), EmPipe, Lander 3, GnuChess, Jiji's adventure, Hugo's House of Horrors (yes, there was a windows port), Klotzki …
Re: SB16 CT2940 PnP Sever audio distortion with 16bit audio
Posted on 2016-04-09, 02:01
Hello and welcome, I'm not sure, but maybe it's related to 16-Bit DMA. Several things could be the cause then. If you're running DOS, boot without EMM386, QEMM or UMBPCI and run those games once more. If the issue still persists try a diagnostics program, like CheckIt v3, Navratil NSSI or DIAG V4.61 …
Re: 386 , what can I do with it?
Posted on 2016-04-08, 20:51
I wonder if there are any graphics demos like they make for old consoles like atari 2600 and nes. Sure! Have a look at pouet.net! :-D I think getting it to have a drive is not really going to happen for me at this time. At least it's not high on the priority list for me. lol Aw, okay. But at least …
Re: 386 , what can I do with it?
Posted on 2016-04-07, 17:26
I fully agree (and CF is good for file transfer). 😀 Plus, flash media such as Compact Flash is available in both big and small capacities. Good for older auto detection routines.. 😁
Re: 386 , what can I do with it?
Posted on 2016-04-07, 16:04
Ok, that's true. Thanks for the hi-res picture of the 386n internals! Maybe the OP can check if that's the one he has (and tell the part number). I had several Compaq machines. They're cool, but have a lot of proprietary stuff (including special drivers). Which isn't bad, I think. Just cumbersome to …
Re: 386 , what can I do with it?
Posted on 2016-04-07, 11:29
Is the Compaq Deskpro 386s/20n frome the same line ? It seems to indeed use PS/2 SIMMs, but they have to be FPM (Fast Page Mode) SIMMs. The cable could be the "Compaq Deskpro Ribbon Cable 118608-001A". At least the floppy cable seems to be a "Compaq 105880-001". There was a thread at linuxmisc about …
Re: Serial Keyboards?
Posted on 2016-04-07, 10:39
If I'm not mistaken, there were real ASCII keyboards in the late 1970s. Like serial terminals without screens. Early CP/M machines had them interfaced with the Z80-SIO, while video was generated on a separate board.
Re: 386 , what can I do with it?
Posted on 2016-04-07, 09:59
Well, you could use an old SCSI controller aswell. The better ones have a firmware onboard and need no drivers. Or you could boot from floppy and use an external ZIP drive as a HDD replacement. And there's always the the possibility to use your main PC as a hard disk. You only need to have a serial …
Re: 386 , what can I do with it?
Posted on 2016-04-07, 03:55
Is it a Compaq Deskpro 386n ? I had a Deskpro 486! :D Should be possible to upgrade this machine to 16MB with cheap modules (isn't it using PS/2 SIMMs ?). Yes, Win 3.1 will definitely run on that (in standard mode even with 1MB of RAM). The processor is speedy enough but I'd strongly recommend to …
Re: Need help with Windows 98se and drive letters
Posted on 2016-04-06, 20:54
Hello. I feel your pain, I had similar issues a few years ago. Took a lot of time. :( In case of HDDs Win 9x keeps the order given from the BIOS (or if it's a partition from the MBR). This is often something like Floppy->HDD->CD->Removable drives->Network drives Win XP uses Volume IDs for each HDD …
Re: Looking for Schneider Tower AT BIOS
Posted on 2016-04-06, 10:55
Hello people, I've got my Tower AT since a few days and try fixing it. I got no picture yet, but the PSU seems working fine so far. Anyway, I was making backups from the EPROMS while doing so. What I got was an image of rev. 1.01 (low, high). Board is rev. 2A. I know you're looking for recent …
Re: Outputting 240p from a modern PC on an NTSC CRT for emulation
Posted on 2016-04-05, 17:00
Hi, there! That sounds like an awesome project of yours. ^^ I'm no expert either, but I did a few attemps to connect TV's to computers and vice versa. That beeing said, I don't have much experience with component video. But maybe a few of those things can help you. :happy: Hardware a) You can use a …
Re: Asking for assistance with a new project to document classic floppy disk contents
Posted on 2016-04-05, 14:59
That's a fine idea. I like it! 😁 Do you need folder/file structures only from english game disks or can they be from other languages, too ? I'm just asking, because they may differ slightly (different date stamps, additional files). Anyway, I comb through my collection!
Re: TerraTec EWS64 XL + Impulse Tracker
Posted on 2016-04-01, 11:37
Hi, I don't have an EWS64 XL. But I recall that MOD4WIN had an special hardware mode, which supported this card (among others such as OPL4 and GUS). Maybe it's worth a try! But be careful to get the right version, later versions had hardware mode removed. MOD4WIN can be found here: http://www.kay- …
Interesting OS2Museum posts
Posted on 2016-03-13, 13:43
So what's about it ? I've recently come across an article at os2museum.com some of us may should have a look at: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-ihc-damage/ Long story short: When Win9x acesses an unprotected disk, it replaces the OEM identifier (such as ‘MSDOS5.0’) in the boot sector with an ‘IHC’ …
Re: Latest Windows XP Compatible Hardware (read rule)
Posted on 2016-02-25, 10:24
Intel did write a AHCI driver called iaStor.sys. Its likely the last revision for XP will work with later chipsets by editing the iaAHCI.inf file with new PCI device IDs. http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Enable_ACHI_on_Intel_ICH9_under_Windows_XP UniATA should work as well, although I have never …
Re: Latest Windows XP Compatible Hardware (read rule)
Posted on 2016-02-24, 12:22
I had the E-350 APU myself. Was running in my last computer incl. XP as main OS. Worked like a charm. The drivers that came with it had a cool feature to convert video files (using the APU). And it had AMD-V which was nice to have for VMs (it was my main PC afterall, so this was important to me). I …
Re: ReactOS 0.4.0
Posted on 2016-02-23, 08:38
Itching to try this one out. I was actually wondering if development was active not too long ago and now we get some really great news. Realistically speaking, what kind of hardware requirements does this version have? Will it run comfortably on a fast Pentium 4 and even slower? Last time I checked …
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