From: Mart Lubbers Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:43:00 +0000 (+0200) Subject: add thin client retro system X-Git-Url: https://git.martlubbers.net/?p=martlubbers.net.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=04d476f02a443f982fa4867484612bacfa3acc90 add thin client retro system --- diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index fbbd959..0411c18 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@

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Hardware

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Detailed info can be found here

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Drivers and software used

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Iteration 1: Microsoft DOS 6.22

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I found out that the network card included in this model had drivers for + all os'es including dos and windows 3.11. Thus I started to try freedos and + friends on this box. This all worked fine but I couldn't get it to boot + from the flash driver. The MBR was never installed correctly from a + bootable USB stick. However after I picked up a USB floppy drive and + installed from there it worked fine. Freedos or MSDOS 6.22 were working + fine. Unfortunatly, networking was the only thing that worked.

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Iteration 2: Windows 3.11 for Workgroups

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After doing some research I thought it would be smart to install Windows + 3.11 alongside the MSDOS 6.22. Very soon the hard disk space ran out so I + got a IDE to compact flash adapter. This all worked but gave a lot of IO + erors so I resorted back to an old laptop IDE drive that was generously + gifted.

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Installation of all the hardware went fine, however, the on board sound + card didn't have drivers available for windows 3.11 so I started to hunt + down a PCI Sound Blaster since there was a PCI slot available. After + some time I found a Sound Blaster Live! which was the last card to include + legacy sound blaster emulation. This worked for one game(skyroads) and + did not work for others. Also, in windows the sound card was not + recognized. This all led to the realization that I had to install windows + 95 since that comes with sound blaster emulation included.

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Iteration 3: Windows 95

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Installing Windows 95 went like a breeze since it supports hard disk + installation and did not even required me to format anything. After + installing the clock speed fix everything seemed to work. Installing the + drivers however... After a lot of messing around I finally got almost + everything working: sound via the sound blaster live!, network with the + onboard card, usb with the usbsupp patch from microsoft and even some DOS + games were recognizing the sound card via the built-in emulation. + Unfortunatly I could only use the keyboard OR mouse since through + installing the USB support the BIOS's legacy PS2 emulation stopped and + there is only 1 PS2 port on the device. For this I've ordered a PS2 to + Serial converter for my mouse to be able to use both since there are no USB + HID drivers for Windows 95 as far as I know. Also when I tried to get my + ZIP drive to work on the parallel port it rendered the windows installation + unbootable since the interrupts conflicted. This still has to be fixed. +

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