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This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

Site description
This is a dual Pentium Pro running NetBSD.
Check out the floppy museum for hints on how to get in touch. Or, you know, ping me on the fediverse. :)
Admin account
@ltning@weirdr.net

Search results for tag #bios

[?]DesertFOX » 🌐
@dfx@techhub.social

I spent this evening trying to get my physical retro PC, a Pentium 166MHz running Windows 98 SE, to connect to an 80GB IDE harddisk. The BIOS seems to be limited to a maximum of 8GB, but in the end I managed to get it working. I needed to use Ontrack's Disk Manager 2000 to install a DDO driver.

I guess I became too lazy! Emulating old hardware is so much more convenient than dealing with real-world limitations like this. 😅

Windows 98 SE is finally able to speak to this 80GB IDE HDD.

Alt...Windows 98 SE is finally able to speak to this 80GB IDE HDD.

An old PC with several harddisk drives.

Alt...An old PC with several harddisk drives.

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    [?]Ltning » 🌐
    @ltning@weirdr.net

    And it lives! Apparently I'm officially operating a Motherboard Bakery! :)
    Now I need to get it properly configured and tested with DOS, then I can move on to the next steps - which involve the CPU upgrade, and assuming that works, creating actual, physical floppies.

    (In other news, the instance on this poor Pentium Pro server is sweating hard whenever I post something. So let me know at @ltning@anduin.net if you have problems receiving/reading my posts. I've made some tweaks but it will be unavoidably detained for a while following each post, my apologies for that..)


    Picture of BIOS during boot. It's a 1990 American Megatrends BIOS, for the TD60C board, BIOS version 2.42B. It shows a 20MHz CPU clock and 15872 KB RAM tested OK.

    Alt...Picture of BIOS during boot. It's a 1990 American Megatrends BIOS, for the TD60C board, BIOS version 2.42B. It shows a 20MHz CPU clock and 15872 KB RAM tested OK.

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