IBM PS/2 model 30-8086
Got myself IBM PS/2 model 30-8086 type 8530-002 S/N 55-2129388 Was looking to get PS/2 PC into my retro collection for quite long time as […]
XT-CF-Lite cards
For my PS/2 setup, that does not have any hard drive but just two 720k floppy drives and 3 ISA slots, I decided to make […]
IBM Model M keyboard for my PS/2 model 30 build
For my IBM PS/2 build I am making I needed a proper keyboard. Model M keyboards these days are sold for a crazy prices. But […]
Fixing Xbox 360
Had a chance to fix friends Xbox 360. It was not powering on. Repair center said it was not fixable. Symptoms were: psu was glowing […]
Fixing EPSON SMD-1000 floppy disc drive
Another fix I did to my Laptop 386sx was fixing its EPSON SMD-1000 FDD. It was working – disc was spinning, head was moving, but it could […]
Fixing Conner CP-3044 hard drive from old 386sx laptop
One of fixes I did to my Laptop 386sx was fixing Conner CP-3044 hard drive. This hard drive was identified by the system, but randomly (most of […]
Replacing ER3 3.6V battery with couple of button cell batteries
One of fixes I did to my Laptop 386sx was replacing of ER3 3.6V battery with couple of button cell batteries. I did not have […]
Laptop 386sx and its fixes
Recently got myself this nice Laptop 386sx. Could not get much information about it inittaily, but later found that it is basically same as Twinhead […]
ga586hx with Pentium 233Mhz MMX
ga586hx version 1.53 by default does not work with Pentium MMX 233Mhz CPU. To make it work You have to pullup BF0 to 3.3v VCC3. […]
grub4dos dual boot Window98 and MS-DOS 6.22 with Windows 3.11
This works only with grub4dos versiom later than 4.4 as with 4.4 it was not supporting booting to MS-DOS 6.22. I was using grub4dos-0.4.6a-2014-01-17.7z I […]