twist Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 ok i aquired a great 33mhz (when turbo is on) comp to play the classics :) anyways i can't get it to boot, it reads the hd but then throughs a fdd + hdd error. anyone know what on earth they are? as far as i can tell i configured the bios right. but its not picking up the hd and i'm a bit short on 5 /12" disks to boot with. lol. thanks, i gotta play zaxxon so please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Check your jumpers, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravager Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Jeez man. A 33mhz? *methinks Twist could've bought something better than a 33mhz computer... like a box of Mike & Ikes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted July 14, 2002 Author Share Posted July 14, 2002 Originally posted by Ravager Jeez man. A 33mhz? *methinks Twist could've bought something better than a 33mhz computer... like a box of Mike & Ikes* better? pffft, its what i wanted to play the classics. like bubble bobble and 1942. pffft better? this is the pinical of gaming man! i'll look at the jumpers but i don't have the manual so i'm sorta flying blind. hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravager Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Originally posted by twist better? pffft, its what i wanted to play the classics. like bubble bobble and 1942. pffft better? this is the pinical of gaming man! i'll look at the jumpers but i don't have the manual so i'm sorta flying blind. hehe Duuuuuuuuuuude. Ever tried MAME? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted July 14, 2002 Author Share Posted July 14, 2002 sure, its not the same, plus thoose are arcade games, i'm playing dos games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sphere Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 what graphics has it got? :p 500kb chip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JodyWatts Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 It could be a bad FDD and HDD controler ... Check to make sure the cables are connected correctly (pin1 => pin1) ... getting any error codes (numbers or beeps) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted July 14, 2002 Author Share Posted July 14, 2002 its go 6 megs of ram and a 215mb hd. not sure about the gfx card, probably 256k. i've got CMOS windows 3.1 on 5 1/2" floppies (orginals) so i'm gonna run that, hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted July 14, 2002 Author Share Posted July 14, 2002 Originally posted by wattsja It could be a bad FDD and HDD controler ... Check to make sure the cables are connected correctly (pin1 => pin1) ... getting any error codes (numbers or beeps) ? no its starts to boot, spends a while trying to read the hd. then throws a fdd, then hdd error. beeps once when it shows the error. then it'll try and boot off the a drive but i don't have a bootable 5 1/2" floppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Originally posted by twist its go 6 megs of ram and a 215mb hd. not sure about the gfx card, probably 256k. i've got CMOS windows 3.1 on 5 1/2" floppies (orginals) so i'm gonna run that, hehe Damn that is one rocking system Twist. Trade you my Athlon 2000+ for it?;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted July 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2002 jsut emulate the old pc :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted July 14, 2002 Author Share Posted July 14, 2002 Originally posted by Timan jsut emulate the old pc :p pffft thats no fun, old dos games run like crap on fast computers, to much of a hassle. and with 3 cds full of old dos games i wanna get it running, if i disappear for weeks i'm playing lesuire suit larry ;) you need an old crapy system to really play the good old games. just be glad i never got my c64 from home. it was tempting when i saw it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted July 14, 2002 Author Share Posted July 14, 2002 woot, i got a 25mhz running dos 6. 7megs of ram. man i just played bubble bobble on it, double dragon is next! ohhh yah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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