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Topic: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
keroxy
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:10 pm Subject: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
i formatted 1.44 disk to 720k. it booted. console dropped to A> but keyboard was an AT keyboard and which was not compatible with XT machine. but at least it worked. i am now looking for a xt ke ... |
Topic: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
keroxy
Replies: 14
Views: 14812
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:02 pm Subject: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
i don't have any 720k disk. i covered 1.44 disk's hole. if i don't cover it, it doesn't format the disk. |
Topic: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
keroxy
Replies: 14
Views: 14812
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:49 am Subject: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
i found exactly the same "universal floppy cable". As you described, i found one in an old non-working 80286 pc. it has missing parts so i never make it work. As you told me i connected the ... |
Topic: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
keroxy
Replies: 14
Views: 14812
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:14 pm Subject: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
floppy control card's chip is "Zilog z0765a08psc FDC 8644"
hd control card: LCS-6210D (REV.E) |
Topic: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
keroxy
Replies: 14
Views: 14812
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:54 pm Subject: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
i tried to boot form 3,5 inc 1,44mb floppy but it did't work. once i got "boot disk failure" error. after restarting the pc i never see it again. after powering on the system, it says " ... |
Topic: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
keroxy
Replies: 14
Views: 14812
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:21 pm Subject: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
thanks for the tip. i will try to locate for jumper/switch options. by the way processor is Fujitsu MBL8088-2. i saw this while cleaning |
Topic: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
keroxy
Replies: 14
Views: 14812
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Forum: IBM PC/XT & AT Webforum
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:07 pm Subject: Found an old pc in basement. Need help to get it work |
Hi, i am from Turkey and a few days ago i found an old pc from the basement (neighbour's) it has 8mhz processor and 640kb ram, seagate st-225 21mb harddisk, two 5,25 inch floppy drive. it has a cga gr ... |
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