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!
Zip 100 drive is in the slot. Now I just need to find some screws. Luckily I have a few π€£
And I did pop out two slot covers. I labeled them for future safekeeping and ease of pairing with this PC!
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!
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.β¦
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.
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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It's not every day that I write a Windows 3.1 16-bit application, but yesterday was one of those days π. Let's talk about it, and discuss the NABU a bit, in a π§΅here.
So, a few days ago, I mentioned that I was getting my 486 ready to run something, and that I needed an extra serial port. And then I disappeared for a few days π .
Well, that "something" is the NABU software adaptor, which is needed to run the NABU, since NABU originally ran over the cable network. There are several great options out there for modern machines, with the flagship one being available here: nabu.ca
I'm getting this 486 DX2/66 ready to do an activity that will require two serial ports. However, when I went to connect up a second serial device, it wasn't getting detected. However, the IDC cable is not defective, and the serial port is good. What could be wrong? 𧡠time!
The issue? When it comes to these serial connectors, there are actually two different standards! There is AT-Everex, and DTK/Intel. If you get a multimeter out, you can figure out what type of connector you have!
And, apparently my DTC 2278 controller uses the DTK/Intel standard. And perhaps the manual for this card would flag that, not sure. We do have this jumper setting guide, it doesn't say anything about it, but that is not surprising.
I had a bunch of 512KB PDSO40 chips (used for video memory upgrades) laying around and decided to go around and upgrade some of my PCs. Somehow, 3 of the 4 I upgraded ended up being Packard Bells π. And I used up my spare chips, so that is good! Let's look at it in a 𧡠here!
First, I upgraded the Western Digital video card in my 486 DX2/66 that we have see a lot of lately. Unfortunately, this doesn't give me any additional useful video modes. If I try to bump to high color for 1024x768, it bumps me down to 256 colors. Oh well. I'll leave it π€·ββοΈ
Next up was the Packard Bell Legend 305CD. And, wow, this did help, let's talk about how...
In my recent #DOScember video about my 486 DX2/66, I talked about a possible future tape controller upgrade, and how I probably wasn't going to do it. Well, apparently I have no self control π. My controller arrived today, let's talk about it in a 𧡠here!
So, I ended up purchasing an FC-20 Controller from eBay, from a distributor called Radwell. They included a bag of candy. Based on the feedback they left, I think they think a lot of themselves π. Apparently this has a 2 year warranty, but the warranty is on the anti static bag?
Let's do a trial run before we install the controller. We'll back up my Windows Entertainment Pack install, which is around 5MB. Looks like our baseline for backup is going to be 2MB per minute. Noted!
I just finished getting Haiku configured on my eMachines T2341 (AMD Athlon XP 2400+), and I must say, once configured, it is seriously good! Anyway, let's talk about my setup and some of the configuration challenges I had in a very long 𧡠here. Buckle up!
First of all, this is one of many OSes I have installed on this system, and I will say, it plays nicely with the rest!
So, prepping for install, I set aside a 4GB BeOS partition in BootIt Bare Metal and set up a boot entry for Haiku.
Wait... there's a Tandy 1000 emulator for retro PCs?? Why, yes, yes there is, and it is called Tand-Em! Let's take a look at how I turned my Compaq LTE 5400 into a Tandy 1000 in a #DOScember 𧡠here!
So, as mentioned, the name of the emulator is Tand-Em, and, you can read all about it here! oldskool.org/pc/tand-em/
Setup is pretty straight forward. Steps 3 and 4 are optional if you just use one of the images included in the distribution. Let's go through the steps together!