And finally PROGRESS !!
Thanks to the jumper settings info , all is working right now .
finally got the problems with non-booting floppys sorted , and the address conflict with 2 hdd controllers arranged.
now the only question is ;
why does it always ask for the time and date at startup ...
Sorry for the delay in responding ( sometimes analogue life takes some time too ) .
This part is WORKING !!
I used the wd eprom , and all worked flawlessly .
Now to get something decent on the harddrive so the testing can begin.
win3 ??
i have found the patent , and there seems to be some info in that .
the search goes on ....................
there must be people out there who can say something about these old units ??
I have added a backup battery , so now the whole thing comes together ( well , a bit more ) .
i now need to find a bootable diskette for thos oldie .
Do you know a way to make a bootable dos diskette from a modern pc ( win 10 ) ??
as all my bootables are 5 1/4 , but i no longer have a...
Maxtherabbit ,
Thank you !! , very usefull info.
right now i can not boot this thing .
the floppy light does go on but i only get the message " insert bootable disk "
the problem is that i absolutely don't remember how to get this old xt booting .
So any help highly appreciated .
jafir , thank for your answer !!
the price of such manual will exceed the value of the mainboard ......................
I will try if i can make it to boot .
Hi forum ,
old 286 mainboard marked mbvlsi-166
need the bios settings explained , connectors and jumpers on board.
anyone got the manual to that board ??
@ jafir ,
your file contains loads of data , the 3.92 i have is almost empty .
i burned an eprom for test purposes together with the 3.92 .
if modem7 will tell me how to alter 3,92 i can burn a third eprom for testing .
thank YOU all !!