Subj : My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : BEN COLLVER
From : Cougar428
Date : Mon Feb 20 2023 11:18:00

-=> Quoting Ben Collver to Xbit <=-

 BC> Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
 BC> By: xbit to All on Fri Feb 10 2023 06:25:16
 
 BC> internal disk and it ran DOS 3.x.  I no longer have that system. 
 BC> Recently i inherited an IBM PC 330 6577-79T, which has a Pentium
 BC> processor, 200MHz clock, 66MHz bus.  It has 32mb EDO memory, 1mb video
 BC> memory, 4gb IDE disk, 3.5" floppy drive, 52x CD-ROM drive dated 2002,
 BC> PCI sound card, PCI modem, and free ISA slots.  It has a parallel port,
 BC> a serial port, two 1.5MB/s USB ports, and an "infrared" port. 
 BC> According to the spec sheet it cannot boot from CD but the BIOS has
 BC> the CD-ROM in the boot order.  The S3 Trio64V+ video controller with
 BC> 1MB memory can go up to 1024x768x256 colors or 1280x1024x16 colors. 
 BC> The system has Windows ME.  It boots to a BSOD even in safe mode.  I
 BC> cannot get it to boot from the CD-ROM and i don't currently have a way
 BC> to write floppy disks nor IDE disks.  So i am effectively locked out
 BC> of the system. 

I realize I am responding to an older message, but I have a working
PC350 and could send you boot floppies for DOS if needed.  You
probably already got this working, but just wanted to offer.  I have
the original disks and they might include diags as well.

Cougar

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