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  1. thenzero

    Gateway 2000 Hard drive woes

    Just realized I never followed up on this. So I got the XT-IDE card and it works wonderfully with my DOM. I've been happily booting to that for the last year. Has the side effect of leaving the IDE connector open for a CD drive :) Thanks a lot for all the inputs.
  2. thenzero

    Apple IIe DIY Serial Card?

    Dang...this is awesome. How many boards did you have to print to get them for $2? This would obviously be a MUCH easier way than what I was trying to do if it's cost effective...
  3. thenzero

    Apple IIe DIY Serial Card?

    Holy cow that's amazing btb!
  4. thenzero

    Apple IIe DIY Serial Card?

    Never! Just delayed a bit :cool:
  5. thenzero

    Programming a PALCE22V10?

    Thank you. Anybody want these who can actually make use of them?
  6. thenzero

    What might be the cause of my BIOS not retaining settings?

    I don’t know if it’s relevant but I recently had a similar issue. I cleaned the contacts and made sure the springy one at the top was bent down enough to hold the battery well and hit it with a little deoxit (mine was showing a bit of corrosion from a previously leaked battery) and that had me...
  7. thenzero

    Motherboard Identification

    I would speculate that the original connector was five positions with only those wires populated in the connector. I have several like that. But like caluser2000 said, if it works it works!
  8. thenzero

    Motherboard Identification

    Sorry, "Azza" not ASUS. https://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/Azza/manual/5is/5is.pdf
  9. thenzero

    Motherboard Identification

    ASUS 5IS. Not sure about a manual. Edit: Azza 5IS, not ASUS
  10. thenzero

    Apple IIe DIY Serial Card?

    I know I know. Life and a million projects gets in the way, but it’s still on my workbench. Maybe this weekend.
  11. thenzero

    Gateway 2000 Hard drive woes

    Glitch works the one to get?
  12. thenzero

    Gateway 2000 Hard drive woes

    Ok I’m ready to give up on this. Any recommendations for an xtide ISA card? It seems there are lots of choices out there.
  13. thenzero

    Early Apple Identification Help

    Look at the corner of the printer, you can see the original color peeking through where the paint has been slightly rubbed off.
  14. thenzero

    Early Apple Identification Help

    Are you sure? It and the printer look to me like they’ve been painted. As in: https://www.applefritter.com/node/4089 And https://www.applefritter.com/node/396
  15. thenzero

    Gateway 2000 Hard drive woes

    I will put your suggestions on my list of things to try, however it’s not even posting so I think the hang is occurring before the bios ever even examines the drive. I’ve made a video to try and illustrate the issue which I’ll post here later this evening.
  16. thenzero

    Gateway 2000 Hard drive woes

    Leaving this here for myself and anyone else interested- ez-drive tutorial: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=400537#p400537
  17. thenzero

    Gateway 2000 Hard drive woes

    After reading about some other peoples experiences I bought a cf card that was marked “industrial” and the system booted! It hung after post but it’s an improvement at least. Going to mess around with the settings this weekend.
  18. thenzero

    Gateway 2000 Hard drive woes

    It was set to 5V.
  19. thenzero

    Gateway 2000 Hard drive woes

    Thank you. I believe it is set for 5V but I will double check tomorrow.
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