Recent content by dmark

Quick update: The DOS boot volume is up and running again after doing over the partitions and formatting. The Ctrl-Alt-Del issue remains, unfortunately. I tried to burn an EEPROM with the ERSO BIOS referenced above, but it didn't lead to a functioning computer. It might have been the wrong type...

I figured out that my XT IDE indeed comes with a ROM of the flashable type (SST 39SFx to be exact) and proceeded to successfully upgrade the software to the 2021-12-16 release. Unfortunately, this led to the device no longer recognizing my DOS 3.3 boot volume as... bootable (although the file...

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, this case does not have a reset switch, nor any opening to wire one through. I could mod it if course, but would prefer a non-destructive solution if possible. (And responding to your edited comment) -- it's not so much me worrying about it, but rather...

Thanks for the response! I'll definitely eye through that known errors page tonight and see if I recognize anything. As for the XUB version, what I have on mine is dated 2013-10-22, so good bit older than the latest version. It's disappointing that TexElec sold me a product with such an old...

Has anyone encountered an issue where an 8088 PC can boot off an XT IDE volume on a cold start, but leads to an "Error 1h" every single time you hit Ctrl-Alt-Del? This is with an XT Clone board (DTK PIM-TB10) with a Falcon BIOS, 512k of onboard RAM and a genuine IBM 63.5W PSU. I haven't run...

What helped with my two Kraft joysticks of this vintage (one Apple II compatible, the other PC gameport) was to clean and lubricate the mechanism. In particular one of them had a similar issue to what you described, where it would not register movements in a certain direction. I would suggest...