lookie here! the MC Mechanic works! the two unlit green LEDs are because the adapter doesn't have the +/-12V DC-DC converters installed.
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lookie here! the MC Mechanic works! the two unlit green LEDs are because the adapter doesn't have the +/-12V DC-DC converters installed. 32 comments
@tubetime *takes out a bucket of popcorn* i found a really good quality of life improvement for working with this machine. as with any PS/2, you can "bless" any boot disk and the PS/2 will think it is a Reference Disk. see http://www.tavi.co.uk/ps2pages/ohland/refpartn.htm @tubetime please elaborate what the partition table looks like. Does the partition table MS-DOS sees cover the size of the disk minus some amount for the convenience partition? This if you move the drive to another machine does it look like inpartitioned space? Is it before or after the otherwise standard partitioned space? @drscriptt these drives are Micro Channel and only work with compatible BIOSes. the raw sectors that MS-DOS sees sum to 3MB smaller than the capacity of the drive. the 3MB "partition" is at the end of the disk. @tubetime ESDI? That's a name I haven't heard in a very long time. @tubetime It's at this point that the reader realizes they have been trapped in a thread, snaking straight into a Micro Channel sound card. 🙂 |
unfortunately the Snark Barker doesn't work. the card isn't detected by the BIOS, so that means it's not responding to the card setup signal. logic analyzer time!