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Hello All, I am trying to setup my own personal SCSI diagnostic/management boot disk and/or CD and wanted to get suggestion of utilities to include. At this point things are pretty threadbare. I have the following included on the disk: DOS 6.22 (Booot, fdisk, format) Adaptec EZ-SCSI 5 (for...

I am by no means a networking expert so I am hoping to get some insight from those of you more qualified. Does your router port speed need to match your switch speed? To clarify up to now anytime I have bought a router or switch the ports had the same max speed (i.e. 1Gb switches with a...

Hello All, I recently ran across vDOS and went down the DOS on x64 rabbit hole. For those of you that don't know vDOS is a limited DOS emulator to allow you to run text based dos programs in Windows x64 (Vista, 7, 8.x, 10 and 11) without the NTVDM found in the x32 version. It isn't a full...

TL;DR: My current Win 2K8 R2 server setup is puny and needs an upgrade So I have a bare bones Win2K8 R2 System Setup whose primary function started as a NAS with 60TB of storage space. It is running off of a Celeron E3400 on a Foxconn G31MXP-K with 2GB of RAM. It has worked under this role...

Hello All, Does anyone have a 6 pin extension cables to extend the AT PSU to MB connectors? These would be the two power connectors to the MB. Failing that anyone have male and female connectors so I can make my own cables? TIA

Hello All, Does anyone have a source for ready made 6pin extension cables to extend AT PSU connectors? These would be the two cables that connect to the power connectors on the MB. Failing that anyone have a source for male and female connectors (I can always make my own cables). TIA Cross...

Long shot but.... I have in my possession a LaserMaster LX-6 controller. The controller allows achieving much higher res from a HP LJII then one would normally be able to (600x300 DPI vs the standard 300x300 DPI). If you are really interested can read more about it here: PC Magazine 05-16-1989...

Still looking to pay cold hard cash for the following (in no particular order): 1.IBM Industrial Series 7531 PC 2.IBM 5175 Monitor that is NIB, or Minty Clean in serial number matched box (yes a true unicorn) 3.NEC Multisync XL (JC 2001) 4.Areca Drive Probe Advanced Edition (with HW) 5.Working...

O.K. I know this has been discussed before but I still don't get it: What does it take for pure DOS to support LFNs? Note that I am not asking about how to make a LFN work on a particular installation of DOS but the general requirements for it? I.E. does it have to be built into the Kernel? The...

Apparently McAfee of the anti-virus fame has died.

Hi, Has anyone successfully used GRC's new ReadSpeed benchmark program? It is a DOS program for hyper accurate benchmarking or so Steve says. I tried running it in a true/pure DOS format and it tells me that I need to remove himem.sys out of my config.sys. Fine, so I reboot w/ F5 to a prompt...

Frys shuts down: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/24/business/frys-electronics-closure/index.html I remember when the Frys store opened up in Woodland Hills and practically put the CompUSA store out of business overnight.

Hello All, Looking for 8 sticks of 1mb 80ns or faster 9-chip (Parity) 30pin SIMMs. Ideally it would be a matched set but not a deal killer if not. If you have them please PM me. I am in LA, CA for shipping cost guestimates. Thanks.

Quick recap: I picked up a nice looking but problematic Compaq Portable 486c - most of the issues have been resolved. My last remaining issue is that I can not adjust brightness on the screen at all. It is on full max blast all the time. Initially I had thought the pot controlling the brightness...

A quick question: once you start a PSU using a dummy load will the PSU stay on if you disconnect the dummy load? I am wondering if there would be any point in putting a fuse inline in case of too much current draw. Thanks.

Hello All, I am looking for a very old Compaq software (Circa 1992-1994) called COMPAQ System Manager Facility Version. It ran under Win 3.x and allowed access to a Compaq Server Manager/R (apparently also known as a System Manager) board. This was the very first entry in Compaq's remote...

So not very hopeful on this one but I am having a weird issue with the EISA CFG on the Compaq Portable 486c. Everything seems to be working fine. I can boot, change config, have memory automatically recognized, etc. The only thing that does not work is if I try to set a custom HDD type (i.e...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone is willing to part with two case screws? I need two 8-32 3/8" long combo drive Phillips and Hex drive with a built in nonserated washer. TIA.

O.k. so having identified the 386SX motherboard here I set about getting it up and running. Booted up the system and got a CMOS battery low error. Nothing special there. My plan was to replace the DS1287 w/ DS12885 PCB. Unfortunately, this motherboard is one of the few that does not like the...

Hello everyone, I was hoping maybe someone would recognize either of these motherboards and could direct me toward jumper/switch settings? 386 The board seems to be working and I have worked out the 4 switch settings for memory size (for the most part...) 486 EISA If all else fails I...