Recent content by uncleseth

OK, I've got another mystery 286 board. I've searched everywhere for info and can't find anything. It's possible that I haven't looked everywhere but anyway. Please see the pictures and have a go at finding out what I've got. The BIOS at startup says WINBIOS 286 and the BIOS string says...

Thanks all for help. I bought some of those adapters from Jameco along with a few oscillators for my NDP. I've got 4 1MB 9 chip -70ns SIMMS installed but only 3 are being recognized. It shows 640KB for base and 3072KB for extended. There is an issue with one for the memory slots as I have tried...

Hello, Does anybody recognize this motherboard? I hope the pictures are somewhat viewable. All I know is that it's a 286-16 and it uses SIPP memory chips. Not much writing anywhere except for the REV: B-4L and sticker. It will not power up for some reason. Maybe some cache memory missing on the...

Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone out there has thought about or had success with SATA to IDE adapters for hard drives. I'm finding it more and more difficult trying to locate sub 2GB hard drives to work with my 286, 386, and 486 all running some flavor of DOS. What I pay on ebay or...

Hi folks, I'm looking to buy a 286 motherboard preferably with simm slots and an intel cpu. I'm tired of the so-called "works great" and "excellent condition" JUNK I keep getting from ebay. I would like something that's at least "searchable" on the internet for looking up jumper settings and...

My newest eb*y treasure is an Octek 286 motherboard. I've been trying to find a manual for this and all that I'm referred to is the Micro286 manual on Octek's website. It's close but not exactly. I'm sure I can blunder my way through and make educated guesses on how to configure things but it...

Hi, I have two cards, a CT1860 and a CT1870. Both are CD-Rom controller cards. I am trying to find drivers so that these will run in DOS and/or Windows 3.1. I haven't had any luck on driverguide.com. Is there such a driver for these? Is anybody familiar with these cards? Thanks,

HI, I am looking for a Sound Blaster 16 SCSI install/user manual. Is there anyplace on the web that it can be found or does anybody have one they're willing to part with or make copies? Thanks,

Hi, I have a 386 computer that has been thrown together out of a bushel basket. I am trying to get either an internal or external zip drive working. I have a combination HDD/FDD/serial/parallel/game card installed right now that is running a 5.25 floppy, a 3.5 floppy, a WDAC2200 hard drive, a...

Hi, I am looking for the early versions (DOS and Win3.1) of Iomega software for all type of zip drives. Is there somewhere it can be downloaded or does anybody have copies that they are willing to sell or make me. Thanks,

Hi, I am looking for MS DOS 4.0 or higher on 5.25 floppies. Either originals or copies would do. Thanks,

Hi, Is it possible to copy MS DOS 6.2 from 3.5 disks to 5.25 disks? Or what is the easiest way to get a copy of DOS 5.0 or higher on 5.25 floppies? Thanks,

Looking for 5.25 high density floppy disk drives. Also any AT desktop cases would be nice to have. Thanks, Seth

Hi, Is anybody familiar with this motherboard (Contaq 386)? I am having problems with it recognizing more than 4MB of memory. I've tried everything possible but still have no luck. Also, I am running 386DX-33 and 387DX-33 chips and it shows the CPU clock at 40. I tried using a 386DX-25 and...

Hi everybody, Does anyone know the pin layouts for this motherboard? I am most concerned with the front panel pin layout. I bought this motherboard off of E**y and I am anxious to see if it works. Also any books or info that I can find would certainly be appreciated. Thanks, Seth