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Post #Aunl2AilZjpz7kqMIi by [email protected] |
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Don't you just hate it when you misplace your USB floppy drive?I remember w… |
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Post #Aunl2Aqv5QMLX2es0e by [email protected] |
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I lost my USB floppy drive AGAIN |
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Post #Aunl2AwakKtdodJOqm by [email protected] |
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@SpindleyQ For this reason I keep all my USB floppy drive accessories in a * pl… |
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Post #Aunl72A8p5aG1oxyG8 by [email protected] |
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What a dumb hobby I have. Just had a very satisfying experience fixing a new to… |
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Post #Aunl7JnlF2NQjcdLsG by [email protected] |
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So I have a Toshiba T3100e, a laptop-style 286 machine with a truly lovely ambe… |
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Post #Aunl7ZguAIOq0zY6PQ by [email protected] |
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I recently purchased a 3inONEder card, designed specifically for these machines… |
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Post #Aunl7lTsKZ6ia3XrlY by [email protected] |
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If I unplug it, it boots, but then I can't reflash the firmware without plu… |
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Post #Aunl7rXHonOvMNBfuq by [email protected] |
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So I soldered a couple of wires to either end of the dip switch, ran them out t… |
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Post #Auno859lTd17SwyvEu by [email protected] |
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@dosnostalgic I can lay hands on two greaseweazles, two 3.5" drives, and t… |
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Post #Auno85G95u7Zmjy1BY by [email protected] |
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@SpindleyQ That's what's the other stuff in this tub is! |
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Post #AuyOdIuTvnkd1scSum by [email protected] |
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Fuck it, I'll just burn cd-roms |
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Post #AuyOdJ2HSnzPQ4Gh4S by [email protected] |
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This is good, right |
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Post #AuyOdJ913lNRkxQ4ZM by [email protected] |
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so, the backstory: I bought this 486 yesterday, from a guy who vaguely advertis… |
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Post #AuyOdJFOg2Tu4kPAW0 by [email protected] |
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welp, even with all the RAM looking good in memtest86+, I still can't seem … |
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Post #AuyOdJM8GzrwPdYY0u by [email protected] |
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was able to figure out what motherboard I have - the PCChips M915 v1.3 - and tr… |
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Post #AuyOdJSVtGyOjQXdxY by [email protected] |
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My PicoGUS plays Epic Pinball flawlessly. DOOM hard-locks on startup. PlayMidi.… |
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Post #AuyOdJYtVY4r3DWjuC by [email protected] |
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discovered the existence of the WavetablePi project, which is basically a strip… |
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Post #AuyOdJgL3s23QJ0gVc by [email protected] |
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honestly I am beginning to suspect that all of my problems with this machine ar… |
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Post #AuyOdJn4epQ5lCA40W by [email protected] |
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CACHECHK is pretty sure my L2 cache does not exist. only one bank is populated … |
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Post #AuyOdJtoFmo865JRVQ by [email protected] |
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BIOS seems to report 128kb of cache memory which is what is jumpered on the mot… |
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Post #AuyOdK0XqkCAQySp0K by [email protected] |
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OK what the FUCK, I'm copying files to a floppy, then inserting a new flopp… |
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Post #AuyOdK6ZUL12jfHdOi by [email protected] |
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I'm not even loading smartdrv ;_; |
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Post #AuyOdK7dQNrmmxmU3U by [email protected] |
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Did an organisation pass of old computer shit. Discovered an old unused Android… |
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Post #AuyOdKDJ5IP54YR0tc by [email protected] |
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Thank you to the folks who tipped me off that the 3.5" floppy interface ha… |
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Post #AuyOdKK2gFn7PRaOOW by [email protected] |
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I have swapped out the PicoGUS for a Covox Sound Master II that I found rummagi… |
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Post #AuyOdKQQIWtZjEZULA by [email protected] |
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... Oh, that's not encouraging, actually.(Basically this says the TSR is no… |
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Post #AuyOdKX9tUHc47irq4 by [email protected] |
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For fuck's sake, I just want to be able to run Doom! Whoever heard of a com… |
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Post #AuyOdKdBX56UMoXgES by [email protected] |
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Doom freezes on startup with a REAL Sound Blaster!! What the fuck!! |
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Post #AuyOdKjZ9MCwgbWmB6 by [email protected] |
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Epic Pinball has no problems, so like... the card itself works fine.Saw someone… |
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Post #AuyOdKpamx1ozILaZU by [email protected] |
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@SpindleyQThe cursed computer... |
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Post #AuyOdLCzNxkA9rIH2W by [email protected] |
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Doom runs fine if I configure it for PC speaker sound fx, except for the part w… |
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Post #AuyOeGLSx7OPMehLfM by [email protected] |
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@ddlyh the drive is fine! I'm like 95% certain it's DMA that's fuck… |
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Post #Av2UnXLeTvjJ3tQkFc by [email protected] |
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ok. I have a theory. It might even be testable.Today's fuckery: I ran throu… |
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Post #Av2UnXSk3ZOvPskPIm by [email protected] |
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now. is this testable? if I pull this card out of the machine, I can't boot… |
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Post #Av2UnXZ7fqVNjfjVFQ by [email protected] |
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@SpindleyQ HobbyROMS will let you email a file and physically mail you the prog… |
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Post #Av2UnXgZEASa6lDRqq by [email protected] |
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@ieure well shit, this guy is based out of my city, clearly he should become my… |
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Post #Av2UnXlsuOiINFhh8i by [email protected] |
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@SpindleyQ Well damn! Steph, he's a good dude. |
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Post #Av2UnYS4NYSQU5RNtQ by [email protected] |
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oh, hmm! actually, I have a PicoMEM that I should be able to boot from.I gotta … |
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Post #Av2Usd2mjUOqAt28iO by [email protected] |
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@SpindleyQ Old enough to remember when you needed a beefy rig to play DOOM well… |
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Post #Av2UsopOv4p8iqrcWG by [email protected] |
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@ieure Myself, I had a 286 when Doom came out, which meant I couldn't even … |
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Post #Ax3CBZ49ADvRHXlBo0 by [email protected] |
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@SpindleyQ This machine seems cursed as fuck |
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Post #Ax3CBZCeeajNhvjz4C by [email protected] |
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@jordan Windows 95 gets a lot of shit for being unstable but I'm starting t… |
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Post #Ax3CBZJ2Grpq1ij50q by [email protected] |
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@SpindleyQ @jordan I didn't grow up with this stuff but my dad did. We buil… |
