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Comm Port Troubles GA-5486AL

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hi, I got this board: ... GA-5486AL G... GA-5486AL is a motherboard based on the ALi M1489/87 (FinALi-486 PCI Chipset) chipset. Get specs, BIOS, documentation and more! ... …
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Win98 Extended Memory

VCFed about 3 months ago

So I was put on a data recovery mission recently where I needed to pull the data off an IDE drive. Remarkably simple, I happened to have an old Intel Atom motherboard with an IDE connector on it and Win98 booted right up! Or it almost did. First I was …
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Linux • TapTo x86 platform

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Hi everyone!I have made several modifications to MiSTer_Main to support the TapTo device:Detection of the ACR122U reader in the menu.x86 support through CMOS memory, using the TapTo API service.I have not yet made a pull request to the official repository …

PC BIOS function int 21, 48

VCFed about 3 months ago

I tried using my own simple malloc by calling this bios function. Again in MS-DOS real mode. This bios function returns a 16 bit number and I don't really know if my code is correct to convert it to the actual address: Code:... _mallo …

HP 110 and HP Portable Plus Software and ROMs - survey

VCFed about 3 months ago

Several software products had been available for the HP 110 and the HP Portable Plus. Some of them came on floppy disks and some in (EP)ROMs. A few are available for example on hpmuseum.net or on www.jeffcalc.hp41.eu. Howe... there are still many progra …
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Seattle Computer Products manual scans...

VCFed about 3 months ago

I got a very nice All-SCP S-100 system yesterday and I got the manuals scanned and uploaded today. MS-DOS 2.00 Programmer's Guide: ... 2.00 Programmer's Manuals : Seattle Computer …

Does anyone know where I can Find restore CD images for my late 90's P3 Dell Latitude CPX-J laptop?

VCFed about 4 months ago

My pentium /// 550mhz Dell Latitude laptop is getting long in the tooth. I have been running linux on it for years now but its not really to useful for that anymore either. I was using it for ADTPro disk transfers for Apple II systems but honestly my HP mo …

MS-DOS Reading keyboard port (60 61) without interrupts

VCFed about 4 months ago

I'm adding joystick support for my engine, and It is simpler to read joystick and keyboard at the same time after waiting for vsync. All keyboard functions and info I find, suggests I should read 0x60 port by inserting a custom function in interrupt vecto …

Wanted - Epson QX16 DOS disks

VCFed about 4 months ago

I'll looking for a complete set of MS-DOS disks for the QX-16. I have a single DOS disk that boots to DOS, but lacks any of the utilities. …

Microsoft Client Help

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello all, I am new to these fourms so please correct me on anything I do wrong in my post. I have a 386 MSDOS 6.22 system, with a DE201 Ethernet card. I'm trying to get Microsoft Client working on but I seem to be running into an error while starting …

iSCSI on Windows 98 ? [Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator 1.x versions]

VCFed about 4 months ago

Folks, I love ramming my head into the wall because it feels so good when I stop... Does Win98 support iSCSI? Were any PCI iSCSI HBA released with W98 support [maybe an M$ iSCSI Software Initiator included] ? Does iSCSI Bridging eliminate the need for an i …
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Alone In The Dark's Digital Deluxe Edition Will Include Retro Skins Based On The 1992 Original

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Surely, this is the best way to play the game!Pieces Interactive and THQ Nordic's Alone in the Dark reboot launches in a couple of months on March 20th, 2024 (for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows), and will feature the actors David Harbour and Jodie C …

PCI parallel port card / Windows 98

VCFed about 4 months ago

I am in moderate need of a 2nd LPT port on my Win98 box. I tried a cheap card off ebay based on the WCH CH351 chip set. While "something" was installed that vaguely resembled an emulated LPT port, I could never make it work. Seems like legacy …

Mac Pro 1,1 worth it?

VCFed about 4 months ago

Six years ago I built up a fairly decent Mac Pro 1,1 and then gave it faster drives, a newer video card, 16gb ram and did the SLAED Xeon CPU upgrade to make it a dual quad. Also ran El Capitan on it because at that time it was the last version of OS X to s …

Win98 on P4 systems: COM ports not working

VCFed about 4 months ago

I'm looking for some help to debug an issue I have seen twice now on 2 separate hardware. I am trying to run Laplink from a windows 98 machine to an old 8088 laptop, using serial transfer. I have two different Pentium 4 class systems, both with windows 9 …

[yt] Video showing a deep dive into the earliest to date copy of 86-DOS 0.11.

VCFed about 5 months ago

This video gives an in-depth look at what is currently the oldest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to #MSDOS aka #PCDOS, where we go through the process of moving from CP/M, translating Z80 to 8086 code, and assembling it. Since this DOS predates the I …
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Need Tandy 1000HX ROM for PCEM v12 windows

VCFed about 5 months ago

Need Tandy 1000HX ROM for PCEM v12 windows. I followed the instructions below to install PCEM and emulate the Tandy 1000, but unable to find the 1000 HX rom for PCEM that works. Has anyone tried PCEM with a Tandy 1000 HX ROM? ... …
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Ancient DOS

VCFed about 5 months ago

Very interesting article . . . ... known version of DOS unearthed – MS-DOS ancestor 86-DOS version 0.1 C is now available on the Internet Archive Disk contains just ni …
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Earliest known copies of 86-DOS...

VCFed about 5 months ago

This past week I've been imaging disks in my 8" disk collection and I came across two awesome artifacts: ... DOS Version 0.1 C Serial # 11 ( ORIGINAL DISK) : Seattle Computer Products …

Asus eeePC 1000H on Intel Atom N270 ( i386 instruction set?): some questions

VCFed about 5 months ago

My son cleaned his room and found an old eeePC he had borrowed a long time ago. So now I am trying to see how to make it useful. Maybe someone can help me with a few questions: 1. The system was clearly designed for MS Windows, as the keyboard has the typ …
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MS-DOS 2 on single-sided floppy?

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi all, I've got an MBC-555 (original recipe: two single-sided Teac FD-54As) and I'd like to run MS-DOS 2. What finally pushed me over the edge is that Kermit needs it, and I'd like to use Kermit to test my homemade serial card: Problem is, the only MS …
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The Making Of: Mario Is Missing, The Plumber's Oddest Adventure

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"I'm tickled it remains a topic of conversation all these years later".Mario, as we're all aware, is one of the most successful and instantly recognisable video game characters of all time. He's starred in more games than you've had hot dinners and, via th …
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Backpack 5 1/4 Floppy : 360KB on 1.2MB / TEAC 55-GFR

VCFed about 5 months ago

Thanks to help from @Chuck(G) and the invaluable @modem7 website - I was able to make a 5 1/4 Backpack work again on the parallel port of a Toshiba 2130 (486 era laptop) running msdos 6.22 The documentation of the backpack (the flyer) says this drive sh …

MS-DOS, OS/2 Warp Large Hard Drive boot/setup/etc.

VCFed about 5 months ago

I have a roughly 13GB hard drive that I'm getting ready to back up and install a drive overlay software on. It's a 486DX4/100 with 16MB and Warp 3 ran pretty well previously. I need to get an XTIDE ROM someday, but for now I'm going to stick with Ontrack D …
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Trying to get Space Quest III Pirates of Pestulon working on my Compaq Portable 1

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi There ! For some reason, I cannot get SQ3 working on my Compaq portable. I have MS-DOS 6.22 loaded, no TSR. I have 640kb of memory using a SixPack Plus card When launching the game, I get a blinking cursor and that's it. No error, no sound. Unable to C …