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jafir replied to a thread Dell PCs Limited: known good hard drive(s) won't initialize in Vintage Computer Hardware

What version of dos is on your boot floppy?

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March 6th, 2021, 04:03 PM

jafir replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

Some of this even happened “back in the day” but I don’t think those examples were being unscrupulous, in certain instances.

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March 4th, 2021, 05:00 PM

jafir replied to a thread Configure Western Digital MFM controller in PCs and Clones

If you’ve got a new enough version of the BIOS that it supports dynamic configuration it doesn’t matter what’s in the table, as long as the...

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March 4th, 2021, 01:59 PM

jafir replied to a thread Configure Western Digital MFM controller in PCs and Clones

It mentions scsi too. Just ignore the sections that don’t apply to what you’re working on. Page 27 the appendix lists the setting for dynamic.

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March 4th, 2021, 12:43 PM

jafir replied to a thread Configure Western Digital MFM controller in PCs and Clones

Does the BIOS on that card support dynamic configuration? If so you can just enter the values as shown in this document: ...

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March 3rd, 2021, 02:18 PM

jafir replied to a thread How to enter the BIOS for a PC’s Limited 286 (Dell clone) in PCs and Clones

My mistake. I copied from another post, and I didn't realize it had been truncated: ...

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March 3rd, 2021, 12:53 PM

jafir replied to a thread How to enter the BIOS for a PC’s Limited 286 (Dell clone) in PCs and Clones

Around page 225 here: https://ia801601.us.archive.org/25/i...1986-12-09.pdf

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March 3rd, 2021, 05:38 AM

jafir replied to a thread PC's Limited 286: Won't boot from floppy in PCs and Clones

Magazine page 225 here talks about it (the article starts on page 216ish)...

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March 3rd, 2021, 04:15 AM

jafir replied to a thread How to enter the BIOS for a PC’s Limited 286 (Dell clone) in PCs and Clones

Ctrl-alt-enter should get you into setup on that machine, according to google. Another common key stroke is ctrl-alt-s.

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March 1st, 2021, 06:21 PM

jafir replied to a thread IBM 5364 Driver card in Vintage Computer Hardware

According to here: https://ia803209.us.archive.org/29/items/bitsavers_ibmsystem3rviceCodeJan86_37349817/SY31-9027_5364ServiceCode_Jan86_text.pdf ...

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March 1st, 2021, 06:15 PM

jafir replied to a thread MCE2VGA with a PCjr in PCs and Clones

There was an original IBM adapter cable that allowed connecting a 5153 to a PCJr. There are quite a few on eBay right now.

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March 1st, 2021, 04:17 PM

jafir replied to a thread IBM 5364 Driver card in Vintage Computer Hardware

a 5364 is a different animal than a 5161 or 5160. If google is leading me in to correct direction, it looks like you would connect a 5160 to a 5364...

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February 27th, 2021, 07:02 PM

jafir replied to a thread OEMs & clones on eBay (continuous listings) in Vintage Computer Auctions

Those Laser computers were always overpriced. When I was a kid I remember seeing them in some sort of mail order catalog, maybe fingerhut or...

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February 27th, 2021, 06:58 PM

jafir replied to a thread What are the top 10 rarest vintage computer bits you own? in Your Vintage Computer Collections

I don’t think I’ve got anything that’s super rare. And I’m not really sure I want anything that so rare I’d be upset if it broke and I couldn’t get...

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February 26th, 2021, 05:57 PM

jafir replied to a thread What problems did APPEND in DOS solve? in Vintage Computer Software

My guess would be for programs that were from before directories existed, like written for dos 1.0, and cannot handle a file with a path on the...

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February 26th, 2021, 01:09 PM

jafir replied to a thread IBM 5150 Parity Error in PCs and Clones

I’m pretty sure they are both the same image for the landmark supersoft roms for 5150 or 5160.

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February 26th, 2021, 08:24 AM

jafir replied to a thread 5150 full height drives - 320k or 360k? in PCs and Clones

They came standard on the later (1986?) XT that had half height floppy drives.

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February 21st, 2021, 01:01 PM

jafir started a thread CompuAdd 810 XTA hard drive cable with two ports in PCs and Clones

So I’ve got a compuadd 810 that I recently picked up. This is a fairly late 8088 clone machine, with quite a few “nice things” such as built in...

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February 20th, 2021, 03:58 PM

jafir replied to a thread WD1002A-WX1 + Seagate ST-251 Configuration on IBM 5150 in PCs and Clones

Then both drives should be jumpered as if they are the second drive.

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February 20th, 2021, 03:20 PM

jafir replied to a thread WD1002A-WX1 + Seagate ST-251 Configuration on IBM 5150 in PCs and Clones

Does your cable have a twist?

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February 19th, 2021, 06:54 PM

jafir replied to a thread Back to dial-up in 2021! in General Vintage Computer Discussions

In most places in the US it’s required to be available, but I’ve heard some people have had a very hard time actually getting it delivered in some...

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February 19th, 2021, 05:26 PM

jafir replied to a thread Back to dial-up in 2021! in General Vintage Computer Discussions

I seem to recall the download utilities like xmodem and zmodem using CPS or characters per second for downloads.

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February 19th, 2021, 01:54 PM

jafir replied to a thread Midwest Scientific PROM programmer in General Vintage Computer Discussions

I don’t know, to me it looks pretty clear that it requires the PIA-1 interface card.

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February 18th, 2021, 06:19 AM

jafir replied to a thread Microsoft grey eye mouse drivers dos/windows in Vintage Computer Software

There are photos of a grey button mouse that’s the 9 pin bus on that link I posted. Not just the green button mouse.

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February 18th, 2021, 04:41 AM

jafir replied to a thread '86 ibm xt in PCs and Clones

On my late XT the speaker was the same way. I drilled a hole in the plastic and installed a screw to hold it in place. I recently picked up a later...

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February 17th, 2021, 07:09 PM

jafir replied to a thread Microsoft grey eye mouse drivers dos/windows in Vintage Computer Software

Is it 9 pin? If so, it might be the even earlier version of bus mouse that doesn’t have the round inport plug. There are some photos here: ...

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February 17th, 2021, 06:55 PM

jafir replied to a thread Microsoft grey eye mouse drivers dos/windows in Vintage Computer Software

Is it a bus mouse (inport I guess they called it)? https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-mouse/1x

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February 15th, 2021, 07:02 PM

jafir replied to a thread For Sale: spotted on Craigslist (continuous sightings) in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

I’m pretty sure that’s a word processor. I’m sure they’ve got their fans though. My mother has a brother one that she’s used for years. I don’t think...

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February 15th, 2021, 07:26 AM

jafir replied to a thread IBM 5151 Advanced Diagnostics 2.25 in PCs and Clones

I’m assuming you mean 5150, right? There is a copy here the says it’s 2.25, but I’ve not downloaded it to confirm: ...

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February 14th, 2021, 08:11 PM

jafir started a thread Does Apple weather run on vintage IBM PC hardware? in Humor

Look at 6am

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