westveld
Experienced Member
Yes, the Victor 9000 with universal 3.7 motherboard rom(s) and 256k or more ram can boot MS-DOS 3.1
Hi Matt,Does anyone know much about the disk part of the bios that gets loaded? Can it be switched out with a different one?
I’m assuming that’s the difference between Vicki and Victor bootable disks. I don’t think I’ve seen a bootable CP/M 86 disk for the Vicki, although I’ve not caught up with all of Paul’s uploads yet
Hi Martin,Hi,
I am expecting the new HDD to come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Currently the HDD is formatted with DR DOS 6.0, please find seller pictures attached.
Shall I do anything with the HDD before I install it in the Victor?
Thanks and best regards,
Martin.
Kermit can be a useful tool. It allowed me to bootstrap a bunch of stuff over to my Victor before we had the greasewezle or Applesauce to help write disks. Kermit works well but is very slow, like 20 minutes for a few files. The disk writing is much faster. Cleaning the drives definitely helps!Hi Paul,
thanks for your reply.
Yes, I have the necessary parameters to feed FactoryF:
Hard Drive: NEC: D5126 20MB 5.25"/HH MFM ST506
Manufacturer: NEC model: D5126 capacity: 20MB, physical size: 5.25in/HH , interface: MFM ST506 , hard driver specs and jumper settings, layout and featuresstason.org
Best thanks also for the information about the disks. 300 Oersted is not very much
Initially I thought it was a bad batch of disks as well, first I bought some DSDD Disks, didn't work at all, then I purchased a pack of new Sony DSHD disks, those are working very well with the GW V4 and can be read by the Victor, afterwards I tried another pack of DSDD and DSHD disks, they did not work either.
So my suspicion goes to the drive. In the course of the disassembly I cleaned the heads of floppy drive carefully with an alcohol - swab and lubricated it, so I am curious if the drive might 'digest' the other disks now as well.
Another thing I will try is to setup a connection between my PC and the Victor via Kermit, but one after the other.
Cheers,
Martin.
At least disconnect the cables from the "new" hard drive and see if it will power on.Hello all,
as the HDD arrived yesterday, I assembled the Victor today. Unfortunately the worst case occurred, the Victor doesn’t work:
With the power switched on, the ventilator and the HDD are becoming audible, no CRT output, no Floppy Disk reaction, no reaction when a disk is inserted.The front floppy LED does not come on and the motor doesn’t move.
I quadruple checked my disassembly photos if I have made a mistake with the cabling, so far I count’t find a fault and it seems that everything is put together as it was before.
- Did I damage the boards by accident? - Although being very careful with the components.
- Would it make sense to put the old HDD in again?
Any help would be highly appreciated, thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Martin.
Good catch!By looking over and over again on my pics I took before disassembly and the wiring diagrams, I think I found a mistake:
On Connector J13 on the floppy controller board, the first pin must be omitted, I connected the first Plug also to the first pin and subsequently the other plugs and pins weren’t connected correctly as well.
Mea culpa… I hope I didn't damage anything!
This I think, solves the FD issue, I will see it tonight. I am not very sure if this solves the HDD problem as well.
Keep you updated…