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@RetroTechChris
May 24, 2024 ā€¢ 8 tweets ā€¢ 5 min read ā€¢ Read on X
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Okay, time for the Pacman PC components swap! I swapped over the HDD enclosure and the Zip 100 drive. Let's talk about it in a šŸ§µ here!


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Here are the components I pulled out of the Gateway! I do have a future plan for the ones we don't use today, we'll talk about that here in a minute!
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Zip 100 drive is in the slot. Now I just need to find some screws. Luckily I have a few šŸ¤£
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And I did pop out two slot covers. I labeled them for future safekeeping and ease of pairing with this PC! Image
With all devices installed, I powered up and went into BIOS. OOPS, for the second time today, I have a jumper issue. I took out the CD-ROM drive and jumpered it to be the slave device. That took care of it. Also, my boot manager detects the two hard drives and Zip 100 drive!


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The sound card that I pulled out of the Gateway is a CT5806, a Sound Blaster 128 PCI Digital. I like this card because it works in DOS... and that is why I am keeping it for now! The drivers for that are here: easymamecab.mameworld.info/html/snddosdr.ā€¦
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And the final card I pulled out is this FutureTel PrimeView NS 320 MPEG capture card. I had three or four of these at one point! I was able to locate drivers for it and use it in the past! I documented it in an old video of mine.
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I need to see if I can find the system requirements for the MPEG card! The web page for this card is on the Wayback Machine, which is where I found the drivers too! Wonder if it will work in my Pentium Pro. Anyway, thx for following along as always!
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Jul 26
I decided to round out the day with one final test... the Socket 7 motherboard that I got from the Retro Bits and Bytes Swap Meet. And I have good news to share. Time for a quick šŸ§µ Image
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I picked up juuust a few items at last week's Retro Bits and Bytes Swap Meet here in Northern Virginia USA. Perhaps we can test a few of them, let's see how it goes! Are these new old stock floppy drives going to work? Let's find out! Time for a šŸ§µ Image
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So, first of all, we are need to need a test victim... erm... I mean a test harness... or a test machine. I think the Kehtron 486 DX/50 is the perfect candidate. It's been a little flaky recently though. I had to reseat the HDD/FDD controller to get it to boot! Image
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Let's begin our testing session with this beeeautiful Gateway 2000 keyboard. It works great! I took it downstairs and cleaned it up, and now not only does it work great, it also looks great! Image
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Jul 25
Most people in the retro PC world have heard of XTIDE, and many are now aware of PicoMEM, but have you heard of the XTMax? I recently learned about it, and decided to pick one up. Let's talk about it in a šŸ§µ here! Image
The XTMax was designed by Ted Fried (MicroCore Labs) and is an 8-bit software defined ISA card that expands RAM up to 640KB, adds 16MB of expanded memory, and provides bootable HDD-like access. It uses a Teensy 4.1. And yes, there is PicoMEM rivalry, more on that in a minute. Image
Here's the back of the card. And here it is installed.. it's rather "wide." I also noticed that it isn't particularly "stable" in the slot, which did cause me some boot errors. Image
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Jul 25
Recently I noticed my spare Micro SD cards stash was getting low. I got to thinking: I have a lot of devices that have much bigger cards than they need, so I bought a bunch of "cheaper" 32GB cards and looked at my retro devices to "reclaim" the bigger cards. Time for a šŸ§µ Image
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I pulled out my WirSA modem, and SD2LPT (or whatever it is called) and downgraded both to 32GB cards! Same with my RGBtoHDMI Image
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Since people have been asking forever, I finally decided to give ReactOS a try! Let's...see...how...it...went. Buckle up, things are about to get a little chaotic. Time for a looong šŸ§µ Image
So, first of all, I decided to go with the nightly debug version, so take that for what it is worth! Second, I promise I am not being critical, what has been done here represents a lot of great work, and the software is still considered to be alpha. Image
Okay! So, step 1, after downloading the debug ISO, I burned a CD. As we can see, this is version 0.4.17-dev. Image
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Jun 21
Over the years, I've been a huge fan of XTIDE and the capabilities it has brought to retro PCs. Let's have a look at some of the XTIDE related hardware I have in my collection, and what I have done with the XTIDE Universal BIOS as well. Time for a šŸ§µ Image
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First, I imagine that many retro enthusiasts are familiar with it, but the XTIDE Universal BIOS is actively developed and offered at no cost to the retro community. If you haven't seen it before, you can read more about it here: xtideuniversalbios.orgImage
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Okay, time to explore. First, I am going to start with my Tandy 1000 HX. This system benefits from the development of a 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 card that have XTIDE, as well as other capabilities. These card brought storage, serial, parallel, and extra memory to the 1000 HX/EX. Image
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