Recent content by geekdad

I can give these a try. I do have slower PC /XT and AT class machines I can run it on.

Uh, then why is there just one head on the bottom and a pad on the top? The TPDD2 is single sided. The bank system has nothing to do with number of sides...

TPDDClient is a tool that allows a Windows PC to access files, read and write disk images and format diskettes on a TPDD1 or 2. You'll find it out in the files section of Club100. I have a couple of known good diskettes. One is the original Tandy TPDD Utility disk and a copy. I've tried other...

Disk is spinning and the head is moving. I can see it move, then pull back, then move again when I try the boot sequence from the M102. It's definitely trying. The LED on the front of the drive shows activity.

I recently got my M102 and TPDD2 out of storage and got the backup battery replaced and a new belt on the TPPDD2 as the original had stretched out over time. Unfortunately it looks like I have another problem with the TPDD2. It's not reading or writing. When I try to boot process (the com:98...

I've decided to run the PII with the IDE to CF adapter for the time being. I know that configuration works. Once I know the XTCF cards are at least functional, I'll try it again. Next is to put the XTCF in the the P+ and make sure it's really working. I have two to test.

Thanks. This at least shows me I won't be interfering with any video space.

Sorry for the late reply. I was traveling last week. I'll try the card in My P+. I've been meaning to swap out the original controller card and drive anyway. If I keep the PII's original controller and drive along with the XTCF, I can get the PII to boot with it's own hard drive but depending...

Made some progress. I was able to set up an IDE to CF adapter and the PII boots off the Quantum and sees the CF card without issue. The PII Setup detected the CF card for me so that was a pleasant surprise. Not what I really want, but serviceable. Now I need a longer drive cable or an...

Well, I tried a few things. First was telling BIOS there's no hard drive. On boot up the PII complained the hard drive was missing. Makes sense... Next I removed the Multifunction board and tried again. It complained the floppy was missing which makes sense. I did start getting a missing or...

The plan is to retire the Quantum LP105 that's in the PII and use only the CF card. The Quantum is original to the PII so 37 years old.

What I'm currently using the pre-built Lo-Tech XT-CF-Lite Rev2 from Tex Elec. Initial tests were with the stock xt flash which didn't work and I realized I probably needed the AT version (ide_atl.bin . It's flashed in but I haven't had a chance to try it yet. Been pretty busy the past few days...

I'm in the process of retiring the Quantum LP10-5 in my Compaq Portable II and am looking to replace it with an XT-CF. I've been able to create a new CF card in another DOS machine by putting the Quantum in the 486 and letting boot from the it. A slave drive is the 486 that I was able to...

Well, got it solved. When I used the quantum as the boot drive, XCOPY worked just fine. I was able to copy all the subdirectories over to the CF. What I realized is it may be an issue with the Seagate in the 486. I've had issue running Edit on that machine and I think I have some corrupted...

I tried the other adapter and the same issue. XCOPY corrupts the FAT table every time I use it. on that machine. I'm going to tray another test. I'll take out the Seagate and put the Quantum in as the master and the CF adapter as slave. This is how I got the files off the Quantum and onto the...