Recent content by BushmanBushman

I have been experimenting with my Osborne 1a and trying to see if it will work with a gotek without success, and I noticed some failures and errors that may be related to the DRAM, although I am uncertain. These errors only occurred after attempting to boot from the gotek, and letting it run for...

Yes, I was already aware of this and made my own adapter before attempting to get the gotek working. I appreciate your concern though.

I have been having some issues attempting to install a gotek into my Osborne portable. So far I have attempted a couple of things but the computer always either reads out an error after starting to read the file or starts hanging the process without an error code. I'm not completely sure I have...

I get 5.34 volts from all the pins mentioned on MC146818. I will say that that it used to lose time when turned off, if it did not give a 161 error, except until very recently. I have found that I have not been recieving any errors and the time and date settings have been pretty accurate since...

Thank you for helping me figure out the issue. The motherboard has no signs of battery corrosion. The battery it came with showed no signs of it, and the batteries I currently have in it also show no signs of such. I should also be more clear, while working on it I noticed that the time drifted...

Hello! I have recently purchased a genuine IBM 5170 with what I believe to be a rev 3 motherboard. I have been having an issue with the cmos battery. Since the one it came with, a 6v Panasonic lithium battery, had died, I have been using a 4 AA battery pack as a replacement. Mostly I have been...