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by mdkoehn
Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Safe to unplug MiSTer from electrical socket?
Replies: 12
Views: 2319

Re: Safe to unplug MiSTer from electrical socket?

I'm using the Meanwell power supply that has an IEC C14 socket. I bought a C13 to C14 cord with built-in switch that I could add before the power supply. The one I bought from Amazon doesn't seem to exist anymore, but here's a similar one: https://www.amazon.com/Eonvic-Power-Cor ... B01HGNN30M.

by mdkoehn
Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: IBM PC, PCXT, Tandy 1000
Topic: Mtools and MS-DOS 3.3x
Replies: 7
Views: 3583

Re: Mtools and MS-DOS 3.3x

I don't know if this is a factor, but DOS 3.x and earlier have a maximum partition size of 32 MB. To use larger partitions requires a third-party tool, like Ontrack Disk Manager.

If you want to go back to DOS 2.x, there are other format changes involved as well.

by mdkoehn
Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:08 pm
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: etherdfs-client and MS-DOS 6.22 on PC 486SX!
Replies: 4
Views: 4669

Re: etherdfs-client and MS-DOS 6.22 on PC 486SX!

I'm not familiar with this particular software, but I'd guess from the programmer's description of EtherDFS that it won't work on anything other than real hardware with a real Ethernet card connected directly to a real, wired, Ethernet network. Per the EtherDFS Read Me, EtherDFS works directly with Ethernet packets and doesn't use any higher level ...
by mdkoehn
Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:26 am
Forum: IBM PC, PCXT, Tandy 1000
Topic: POST Error 101 on CTRL-ALT-DEL
Replies: 5
Views: 3219

POST Error 101 on CTRL-ALT-DEL

In PCXT mode, with the 5160 BIOS (built by the included script this week), I have problems when rebooting with CTRL-ALT-DEL. Sometimes, I get into a state when only alternating keypresses are recognized. More commonly, I get a 101 POST error after rebooting. I've tried this both with and without the XT-IDE bios enabled, and I get the same result. I...
by mdkoehn
Thu Aug 18, 2022 5:55 pm
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: FreeDos 1.3 Problems
Replies: 2
Views: 1012

FreeDos 1.3 Problems

I'm new to the MiSTer community, and I've been doing some initial setup and poking around. This week I created a 512 MB VHD to install FreeDos 1.3. The installation from CD-ROM ISOs seemed to go well. The system boots from the VHD, FDCONFIG.SYS and FDAUTO.BAT load, and CD-ROM access works. Base commands all seem to work, but many of the additional ...