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Compaq Portable Diskette Error?

VCFed about 2 months ago

Heyo, Booting my Compaq Portable gives me an error that states, “Diskette Error, replace and strike any key when ready”. I’ve tested both floppy drives in a 486 (with ImageDisk) and they both work fine. What’s odd to me is that the error still appe …

IBM ps2 P70 portable repair thread

VCFed about 3 months ago

So I have begun work on my iBM p70 portable now that my MCA hdd card came in. I wrote a reference diskette but it couldnt boot. Guess its been 5 years since I last tried it.. without a hard drive not much I could do. I read about the caps being bad and lea …

Has anyone here ever heard of a Panasonic JU-226A diskette drive?

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hello. I wanted to open this diskette drive and clean it before using it, but it does not seem like it can be easily disassembled. It's a 3 1/2" drive, but smaller than a regular one. From a laptop. From peeking through the door, the diskette carriage …

Tandy 2000 mouse driver

VCFed about 4 months ago

Looking for someone who could provide me with the Digi-Mouse driver (MOUSE.SYS) for the Tandy 2000 on a 5 1/4 inch diskette that my 2000 can load. I will pay for the diskette and shipping. Thanks …

AST EGA 3G PlusII Card - ROM dump, disk and manuals

VCFed about 4 months ago

Picked up this card complete in box. The original manuals and diagnostics diskette were still in a sealed sleeve. Scanned the box, manuals, dumped the ROM (via dumper, not debug.com) and imaged the diagnostics diskette. The manual scans are too big to at …

Looking for schemas for IBM 5364 Driver Card or card itself

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello, I just got an IBM 5364, but I need to find the schemas for the driver cards to put in a PC. A card for sale would also be good, as long as it does not cost a fortune. In which "Technical Reference" do I find the card's schemas? I also need …

XUBDisk - floppy disk XTIDE Universal BIOS booter

VCFed about 4 months ago

After seeing many people use things like networking cards and similar in order to add XTIDE BIOSes to their computers that either lack IDE BIOSes or that have buggy IDE BIOSes, I was inspired to see if I can make a floppy diskette which would steal a littl …
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Monarch MP/M-II for Dynabyte computers...

VCFed about 5 months ago

Here's a complete distribution of Monarch MP/M-II for Dynabyte S-100 machines. I don't know what the actual disk controller/console controller requirements are: ... Monarch MP/M II Re …

IBM PC XT 5160 and Hard Card

VCFed about 6 months ago

Selling an IBM PC XT 5160 plus a rare functional Hard Card and VGA! Has 256KB of RAM, 5.25" and 3.5" diskette drives and a parallel card. I installed a VGA card so you can use the machine with any modern LCD display. The case is in okay shape …
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2x Mitsubishi ED 3.5" Disk drives (2.88mb).

VCFed about 6 months ago

Here I have 2x Mitsubishi MF256C ED Disk drives (these are the 2.88mb option in your 1990s BIOS and they also read/write 720k and 1.44mb disks!). Quite elusive drives, both are tested and fully working. 80 Euro each or 150 Euros for the pair. I will includ …
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Help & Support • Question about Saving...

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

Hi,I would like to know if it's possible with the Dirmaster softwareto save a files within 170 KB?For example, I save a game that is only 50 KBbut saving it gives a file of 170 Ko.Is it because a diskette is 170 KB?Is it possible to save to 50 KB?Thanks.S …

Compaq Portable 1 technical difficulties, I need to get an TexElec ISA IDE to SD Adapter working with it.

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello everyone ! I am new here in this forum. English is not my main language, so I will try to do my best to express myself in a clear way. I just bought a Restored 1985 Compaq Portable PC and everything worked flawlessly until I have installed a new ISA …

Tandon TM100-2 360K diskette drive Spindle Motor Shorted

VCFed about 7 months ago

I've been restoring an Australian made IBM 5150 PC and recording my progress on youtube. In the second episode I discovered that one of the tow TM100-2 360K diskette drive has a shorted spindle motor. See here: Just wondering if anyone knows whe …

Model III disk drive - no "Diskette?" prompt

VCFed about 7 months ago

Got three model IIIs with the same symptom on the test bench: they fail to give a "Diskette?" prompt. I don't have a boot floppy here, but I assume it would not work... First things first... that missing prompt. Each can power up to Cass? no prob …

Model 16 first power on and disk request

VCFed about 7 months ago

I've had this fairly nice condition model 16 for a while and have never powered it on. it originally powered on fine with a floppy prompt (insert diskette). my plan was to disassemble it immediately after the smoke test. it ran like this for a few min …

Need help in copying img to floppy

VCFed about 8 months ago

Hi I download some img from www.winworldPC.com I get error message "image file is corrupt, incorrect version or not a diskcopy image file" when using DISKCOPY R2.04 Diskette copying utility DISKCOPY C:\DISK2.IMG A: I also use Dos 6.22 D …
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General • Portable Tatung Einstein Emulation

Tatung Forum about 8 months ago

Greetings Programs!For the past few years, I've been working on a Colecovision emulator for the DS/DSi/XL/LL. It's called ColecoDS and over the years it's grown to include 10 "cousin" systems that share similar hardware (mostly Z80 CPU with a TMS9918/29 V …

CP/M floppy trying to transfer using 22DISK

VCFed about 8 months ago

I have 5.25 by Elephant No 92-170 double sided double density soft sector Dennison Carter that needs to be transferred to Windows 10 Have Windows 98 with 22DISK running, while selecting in the menu type of diskette can find the right one. Advise will be a …
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Games • Mirrorsoft Look Sharp Mastertronic not in database?

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hello friends, I was looking at items I have and I came across something that is not in your database or I am overlooking it. Including pictures (multiple types of games but you will see the two below on the left side in the picture):https://imgur.com/a/ …

Is it possible to convert a data cassette to PC readable format for emulator?

Apple Fritter about 8 months ago

Hello! Thanks again for the host of the forum providing this, a place for hobbist to share ideas and ask for help. I have got an apple data cassette from a family friend who has passed away a few years ago. I think it is nothing important but just a memor …

IBM XT 5162 Load issue

VCFed about 8 months ago

First time turned on in years and years. I have not changed the battery so I dont know if that helps or not . On switch on I get hard drive sounds and the what I think is the ram testing going up to end saying 00512 KB ok 080000 0000 201 - Memory E …

Help with Apple /// format disk error #21

Apple Fritter about 8 months ago

I am trying to fix an external Disk /// drive that gives a "Format error #21. Internal program error." Message when I try to format a diskette. When I format the diskette using the internal disk drive, the disk completes formatting with no errors. I've loo …

IBM PS/2 Expanded Memory Adapter 61X6752

VCFed about 8 months ago

I have this card for my 8560, and I put 4 MB of memory on it. Problem is, the ref disk recognizes the card, but POST does not seem to do any testing of the memory. In doing some more online searching, I found a link to something that discusses the "2- …
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • ABUG Canada West Meet Up #28 September 4 2023

Stardot about 8 months ago

Well Folks,Another ABUG Canada has come and gone...Wait a minute!!! Who's this?..Why, it's Paul. Like I was expecting anyone else this day!.Well Paul arrived safely after his sojourn along the Sea to Sky Highway from Vancouver to Squamish...So on this d …

Telcon Zorba with disk issues?

VCFed about 9 months ago

Before I go down a rabbit hole, I thought I'd ask for some advice. I have a Telcon Zorba with Canon MDD-210 48TPI drives. The Zorba works. I have a working floppy diskette I made from an archived copy and I have an original boot disk that will boot but …