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Hello! My Compaq LTE 5300 laptop screen sometimes goes into this weird state. Issue persists even after I turn off the power. Some times later it starts working normally. What could be the reason?

Hello! I installed a CF PCMCIA adapter to my Compaq LTE 5300 laptop and it makes sound from internal sound blaster compatible card choppy. Even in MS-DOS mode. Is it normal? How to fix it?

Hello! I am trying to connect to Wi-Fi on my Win98 SE laptop Compaq LTE 5300 and I got Linksys WPC11 ver 4 PCMCIA card. Unfortunately, even power led is not on when I insert it into the slot and Win98 says slot is free. I have another PCMCIA card adapter for CF which works good. I saw the video...

Hello! I got really weird behavior of ESS1688 audio on my laptop Compaq LTE 5300. ES1688 device is shown as working in Device Manager. I can play sound files but there is no sound as if volume was muted, and of course volume level is max. To make things even more weird, some DOS games like...

Hello! I have Panasonic Business Partner CF-150B laptop https://space-nerd.com/en/1990/05/29/panasonic-business-partner-cf-150b-no-frills-laptop-features-bright-screen/ which is similar to Tandy 1100FD. It is screen goes off after the several minutes and when I press any button it goes back to...

Hello! I got 8088 laptop Panasonic Business Partner 150 (https://space-nerd.com/en/1990/05/29/panasonic-business-partner-cf-150b-no-frills-laptop-features-bright-screen/). Person I bought it from replaced FDD to 1.44Mb but controller supports only 720Kb 3.5". I have a lot of 1.44Mb floppy disks...

Hello! I am trying to convert composite video to HDMI from old Soviet PC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisk_(computer) which has an AV output. What I tried already (checked with TV and LCD): - Existing AV to HDMI converter I have but it is flickering when I connect TV/LCD using HDMI. When I...

Hello! I used to have two like https://www.amazon.com/Floppy-Drive-MthsTec-External-Windows/dp/B0894RYK2Q but both of them stopped reading discs after very light usage in 1-2 years. I still can format a disk but can't read it. Sometimes it just works but it is absolutely not reliable! So, I...

Hello! I got 8088 PC clone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisk_(computer)) and trying to connect it to VGA. I already was able to connect it to the 75" TV using 1 RCA with acceptable quality. I bought a Composite Video RCA converter to VGA to use it with displays I have...

Hi Guys! What is the best DOS IDE for C++? I remember I used Borland C++ 3.1 but looks like it doesn't support STL and people complain it doesn't produce exe which can be run on modern Windows. It there any modern DOS C++ IDE or old one which supports most fresh C++?

How to check what max HDD size is supported? I read some posts and see one limit is around 500Mb and after that I have to use special tool. But what is the max limit even with a tool? I have DOS 7.0 and Windows 95 on 386SX with IDE HDD

Hi! I have a ATI VGA Charger 512Mb graphic card which supports max resolution 1024*768 16 colors but for some reason I can't use resolution more than 640x480 256 colors. Does it mean my monitor doesn't support SVGA resolution? How to say for sure? I use monitor from PS/1 2011 model and...

Hi! I'm about to buy ISA Ethernet Card for my 386SX and would like to confirm what do I need to get Internet working in DOS 7.0 and Windows 95 I have installed. I'm going to buy Intel EtherExpress Pro10 PCLA8200B ISA card and going to connect it with Comcast Ethernet cable from the router. Do...

Hi! I got really weird issue with my 386SX. For instance sometimes: 1) System box doesn't turn on until I turn on monitor and sometimes doesn't boot after it (nothing is displayed on monitor) 2) Systems stops booting when I turn on monitor and nothing is displayed 3) When I turn off monitor...

Hi Guys! I'm going to upgrade memory for my 386SX and got several simple questions before I buy 30 pin SIMM on eBay. 1) Current installed SIMMs has 9 chips, does it mean I have to buy SIMM which support parity? 2) Current SIMMs are installed in pair, does it mean I have to do the same or I can...

Hi! Just wondering what options do I have to get USB port on my 386SX which has just ISA slots. Is there ISA USB card? Or there is another option I am not aware of?

I got new Memorex Telex 8057-25 which is 80386SX 25Mhz / 4Mb RAM / 86Mb HDD / 1.44 FDD couple months ago Recently I decided to upgrade it and add CR-ROM. I tried total three CD-ROM including CD-RW drive I got on eBay and all of them has weird issue. When I insert disk system gets restarted...

Hi! Trying to understand if I need to park head for my IBM PS/1 2011 which has WDL-330P HDD 30MB which was produced in 1990. I found just one recommendation to ask manufacturer but it's impossible. Google says nothing as well except if I park auto-parking HDD it might be not good idea and can...