Subj : My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : Cougar428
From : Ben Collver
Date : Mon Feb 20 2023 10:55:36

  Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
  By: Cougar428 to BEN COLLVER on Mon Feb 20 2023 11:18:00

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

Thanks for your offer!  I'm interested in getting copies of your original disks.  I'm open to downloading floppy images if that makes it any easier for you.

The rest of this message is an update about my computer:

I ordered a USB floppy drive to write boot disks and i expect it to arrive in a
day or two.

I replaced the CMOS battery and somehow managed to get Windows ME to boot and shut down without BSOD.  Now i have a "clean" filesystem to back up.  I don't want to run Windows ME, but i plan to back up and view the filesystem in case it has any drivers or useful bits.

While i was at it, i identified the PCI audio card and modem.  They are both Windows-only and i plan to remove them.  A friend offered to send me an ISA SoundBlaster 16, which makes me happy.

The disk is actually 13.6 GB but the BIOS can only see the first 4 GB.

Looking around, i found a project to emulate a Hayes SmartModem using a serial connection to a Linux host.  A few years ago a friend gave me a Raspberry PI with a case.  I imagine it could become a modem emulator.

https://github.com/go4retro/tcpser

-Ben

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