Re: Cp/m 86
- From: "Anonymous Guy" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 04:28:09 +0000 (UTC)
On 2005-12-27 a@xxx said:
> "Anonymous Guy" wrote:
>
> > a@xxx said:
> >
> > > I still have a 286. It's a Compaq 286a that's built like a
> > > tank and weighs almost as much as my old Altos did. I wish
> > > I could figure out something useful to do with it.
> >
> > If it has a sound card and speakers, you can turn it into a
> > dedicated MP3 jukebox under DOS:
> >
> > http://www.micosyen.com
> >
> > Download the file MPR.EXE. Most fantastic MP3 player for
> > true DOS that I've ever seen. Written entirely in assembly
> > language. Small, fast, and it kicks major heinie -- even on
> > a 286. :)
>
> If it doesn't, I have an old sound card that will work. The
> problem is, one needs a fairly large hard drive to store MP3s
> on. I'm not sure how large a HD the Compaq will support.
Has less to do with the Compaq itself, and more to do with
the hard disk, the controller card and the DOS version.
Pre-owned ISA-buss RLL and IDE disk controllers can usually
be gotten for peanuts -- and there are older RLL and IDE hard
disks that approach and exceed the 1 gigabyte range.
The controller handles the disk geometry; lack of large hard
drive support in the CMOS simply isn't a problem.
Plus, you can install more than one hard drive...so disk space
shouldn't be much of an issue.
> It also requires a diagnostic disk to get to the BIOS, and the
> one I downloaded from Compaq didn't work.
This should do the trick. Grab this file:
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/gsetup31.zip
Of course, you could always use the 286 as a 'Net server for
a CP/M-based computer. :)
.
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