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Contents
General
Reviewed
- My Test Systems (25.05.2018 → 31.01.2025)
- Setting up a DOS PC From Scratch (17.04.2018 → 31.01.2025)
- Abbreviations (15.01.2021 → 01.02.2025)
- About ROMs & EPROMs (21.02.2022 → 02.02.2025)
- File Compression: Zipping, Crunching, Squeezing (14.12.2021 → 07.02.2025)
- Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles (11.06.2018 → 08.02.2025)
Yet to review
- My Hardware - Some Images (25.05.2018 / 27.04.2020)
Floppy Drives & Diskettes
General
Reviewed
- Small but Important, the Termination Resistor (20.05.2018 → 07.03.2025)
- Data recording – From Single to Extra High Density (10.05.2019 → 07.03.2025)
Yet to review
- Steprate (29.06.2021)
- Jumper Settings (23.04.2021)
- Bus Interfaces (10.02.2021)
- Data Cable (06.10.2018 / 24.06.2021)
- Recording Problems / Reading, Writing and Formatting 360K disks in 1.2M drives (21.02.2021)
- C= 1541-II / R/W Head, Gap and Core Geometry, Half-Tracks, Double-Stepping, ... (19.04.2021)
- Disk Drive Speed (RPM) How fast does my Floppy spin? (25.03.2019)
- Bootsector & BIOS Parameter Block (BPB) (16.07.2021)
- Diskettes (02.07.2021)
- Disk Formats & Floppy Maths (06.10.2018 / 06.07.2021)
- Exploring an IBM Standard MFM Track (27.10.2020 / 30.06.2021).
Manuals and Brochures
- TEAC
- Manuals and Brochures (28.08.2020)
- Y-E DATA
- Manuals (03.04.2021)
8 inch
General
Reviewed
- Read me 1st (18.11.2018 → 25.02.2025)
- CONFIG.SYS & DRIVPARAM (10.10.2018 → 25.02.2025)
- 8" Floppy Drives → DOS Compatible PCs (11.06.2018 → 06.03.2025)
- Single Sided, Double Sided, Flippy Disk / Soft & Hard Sector (24.04.2019 → 06.03.2025)
- Reading old 8" Sisyphus CP/M 2.2 floppies with FLUXTEEN, HxC and cpmtools (25.08.2023 → 06.03.2025)
- FDFORMAT - Formatting an 8" floppy disk. (18.08.2019 → 06.03.2025)
- 8FORMAT - Formatting an 8" floppy disk. (18.08.2019 → 06.03.2025)
Yet to review
- ZETA V2 with 8" Floppy Drive Support (13.10.2019 / 17.01.2023)
- Duplicating a 8" CP/M Floppy with Kryoflux (23.10.2020 / 24.10.2020)
- PC-34 to Shugart-50 8" Floppy Adapter or how do I connect an 8" floppy disk drive with a DOS floppy controller. (08.03.2010 / 27.03.2021)
Mitsubishi M2896-63
- Information (21.05.2018 / 11.06.2018)
- Pictures (20.05.2018)
NEC FD1165-FQ
- Information (08.08.2020)
- Pictures (08.08.2020)
Shugart 800/801
- Information (15.01.2023)
Shugart 850/851
- Information (30.08.2021)
Shugart 860
- Information (28.04.2018 / 15.01.2023)
- Pictures (28.04.2018 / 15.01.2023)
Tandon TM848-02
- Information (16.09.2024)
Y-E DATA YD-180-1601
- Information (06.02.2021)
- Pictures (06.02.2021)
5.25 inch
BASF
- 6106
- Information (04.03.2018 / 13.02.2020)
- Pictures (04.03.2018 / 13.02.2020)
- Test (04.03.2018 / 22.03.2019)
- 6106 (Siemens 9775, Teleperm)
- Information (15.02.2020)
- 6106 (Siemens V22999-Z-A152-5)
- Information (23.03.2019 / 13.02.2020)
- 6128
- Information (14.03.2020)
Mitsubishi
- M4854-342M
- Information (08.02.2019 / 13.04.2019)
- M4855-112U mod
- Information (09.01.2020)
QUME 142
- Information (14.04.2018 / 24.02.2020)
- Pictures (14.04.2018 / 15.04.2018)
Shugart
- SA400
- Information (28.11.2023)
- SA400L
- Information (08.01.2021 / 28.11.2023)
Tandon TM100-2A
- Information (28.01.2021 / 29.01.2021)
TEAC FD-50
- Information (06.12.2020 → 18.04.2025) Reviewed
TEAC FD-54
- Information (28.08.2020 → 23.04.2025) Reviewed
TEAC FD-55
- Information (14.04.2018 / 24.06.2021)
- FD-55A
- Information (26.04.2019, 31.07.2023)
- FD-55E
- Information (11.05.2019)
- FD-55F
- Information (15.12.2018 / 17.01.2019)
- Running Under PC/MS-DOS? (17.01.2019)
3.5 inch
TEAC FD-35
- Information (16.07.2020)
- TEAC FD-35HFN
- Information (16.07.2020)
- TEAC FD-35HFN
3 inch
TEAC FD-30
- TEAC FD-30A
- Information (26.08.2020)
External Diskette Drives
5.25 inch
- RX180 Drive Unit for the DEC VT180 (27.12.2020)
- BASF 6106 (Siemens 9775, Teleperm) (15.02.2020)
- TAXAN (07.09.2019)
3.5 inch
- Megamate 2.8 External Floppy Disk Drive (30.05.2019 / 19.08.2019)
- Minuszerodegrees: Using an External 3.5" Diskette Drive (External Link)
Floppy Disk Controller
General
Reviewed
- FDC Capabilities (14.10.2018 → 09.02.2025)
- WD1006V-MM2 – WD37C65BJM
- LCS-6623 REV. N1 – WD37C65CJM
- AHA-1542B – DP8473V
- CompatiCard IV – PC8477AV
- GW2760-V4 – M5105-A4E
- Some ISA Cards
- TMC IFSP: One Controller, Four Floppy Disk Drives (13.01.2021 → 09.02.2025)
- ISA FDC: ISA Floppy Disk and Serial Controller - Sergej Kiselev (16.01.2021 → 09.02.2025)
CompatiCard
Reviewed
- CC I
- Part 1: A Versatile Floppy Disk Controller
- Part 2: Testing the 8 inch FDD Options
- Part 2: My CompatiCard PC (286 AT)
- CC IV
Hard Disk Drives
Hard Disk Controller
8 bit MFM
- CTT Munich: IT-805 (02.08.2019 / 04.08.2019)
- Transteque: HC-100 (24.07.2020)
- National Computer Ltd.: NDC-5027 (04.08.2019)
- Western Digital: WD1002S-WX2A (Rev X1, X12)(09.03.2019 / 27.12.2019)
- Western Digital: WD1002S-WX2 (29.03.2019 / 12.09.2019)
16 bit MFM
- IBM PC AT Fixed Disk (and Floppy Drive) Adapter: Second Generation (30.03.2021)
IBM 51xx Computers
5150
- 016-064 KByte System Board + Super PC/Turbo XT BIOS (31.01.2020 / 18.01.2021)
- 064-256 KByte System Board (04.11.2018 / 06.02.2019)
- Loading Programs via Cassette BASIC (04.11.2018 / 12.04.2020)
- Running CP/M-86 on an IBM PC (24.11.2018)
5160
- 64-256 KByte System Board + Upgrading to 640 KByte (31.10.2018 / 02.01.2021)
5162
- IBM XT Model 286 (XT/286) (12.12.2020 / 02.04.2021)
5170
- IBM AT 5170 motherboard (12.09.2021)
- IBM AT 5170 computer (20.10.2021)
Expansion Cards
- Memory: IBM - 256KB MEMORY CARD (27.12.2018)
- Memory: KOUVELL - KR-513A (28.02.2019)
- Memory: Quadram - Short (31.10.2018 / 17.02.2019)
- Memory + I/O + RTC: Quadram - Quadboard (17.02.2019)
- HDC & FDC: Second Generation (30.03.2021)
Kaypro Corporation
- My series about the CP/M Kaypro's and the Company
- Using Kermit on a Kaypro (28.12.2018 / 25.11.2024)
S-100 Boards
At the beginning of 2023, I still assumed that the N* Horizon would remain my only S-100 computer, so I mentioned the S-100 boards there as well. Meanwhile it is October 2023 and I have three S-100 computers (N* Horizon, IMSAI, Sol-20) and also many S-100 boards. Maybe, maybe not, I will list the S-100 boards one by one sometime. With the Cromemco 8K Bytesaver I tried it.
Long story short, my S-100 cards can be found at the respective computers.
RC2014
Sold in Dec 2024
- Homebrew Z80 Computer (28.09.2019 / 25.07.2021)
- Images (25.07.2021)
- Accessing DOS partitions with FAT (28.07.2021)
- SIO/2 Dual Serial Module (26.07.2021)
- Dual Clock Module (26.07.2021)
- WD Floppy disk Controller (09.11.2019)
- IDE Disk Drive Interface (10.11.2019)
- YM2149 Sound Card (10.11.2019)
ZETA SBC V2
Sold in Feb 2024
- ZETA V2 with 8 inch Floppy Drive Support (13.10.2019 / 16.01.2023)
Accessing CP/M Programs and Files
- File (De-)Compression: Zipping, Crunching, Squeezing (14.12.2021)
Hardware Emulation
- Microlog / BabyBlue II / Z80 card (01.03.2020)
Software emulation
- File Exchange between DOS and CP/M (23.05.2019 / 10.10.2020)
- MicroSolutions / UniDOS (07.04.2019 / 01.09.2019)
- MicroSolutions / UniForm-PC
- Generics / SuperCopy (12.05.2019 / 17.05.2019)
- Z80 Emulator
- z80pack (Udo Munk) including CPMSIM, ALTAIRSIM, IMSAISIM
Networking and Data Transfer
- General Issues (28.12.2018, 03.04.2021)
- TCP/IP - 3Com 3C509B / Etherlink III / (03.04.2021)
- TCP/IP - Xircom PE3 / Pocket Ethernet Adapter III (05.04.2021)
- SERIAL - File transfer with KERMIT (28.12.2018 / 03.04.2021)
- SERIAL - CP/M-86 / File transfer with MODEM9 (28.12.2018)
- SERIAL - CP/M-86 / File transfer with TERMINAL (28.12.2018)
Virtual Machines
- My Virtual Machines (24.07.2022)
Software
Micro Solutions Computer Products
Reviewed
- Part 1: The Three Musketeers (04.04.2019 → 06.02.2025)
- Part 2: CompatiCard (xx.yy.zzzz → 06.02.2025)
- Part 3: UniForm-PC (05.04.2019 → 06.02.2025) – UniForm (02.10.2020 → 06.02.2025)
- Part 4: UniDOS (07.04.2019 → 06.02.2025)
MS-DOS
- DEBUG - Low Level Formatting a Hard Disk with DEBUG (02.03.2019 / 24.11.2024)
- DISKINFO - Getting informations about FDDs (02.06.2018)
- FORMAT - Parameters for various old DOS OEM versions (01.06.2018 / 02.06.2019)
- FDFORMAT - Replacing the DOS-Format program (18.08.2019 / 23.12.2022)
- RPM - How fast does my Floppy spin? (02.06.2018)
BASIC
- TARBELL BASIC - Source code found on old 8 inch floppy disks (1978/79) (12.04.2019)
- HBASIC - Hercules Graphics Card (GB101) (01.05.2019 / 07.09.2019)
CP/M-86
- Running CP/M-86 on an IBM PC (24.11.2018)
- Setting up a Hard Disk with HDMAINT (22.09.2019 / 23.09.2019)
Word processing
- Word 5.5 (MS-DOS): How do I import an old Word 5.5 Text File into Modern Text Processors? (03.11.2018 / 26.11.2018)
DEC / PDP
- PUTR - Transferring Files between DOS and DEC (02.06.2018)
Hardware
Flux
- Deluxe Option Board (Central Point) & Transition Editor (TE) (07.06.2020 / 30.10.2020)
- Catweasel MK4 ... still takes time ...
- KryoFlux
- KryoFlux - Duplicating an 8 inch Floppy Disk (23.10.2020 / 24.10.2020)
- Examine an 8 inch Alignment Disk with the KryoFlux (25.10.2020).
- Examine the BASF CE Alignment Diskette with the KryoFlux (25.10.2020).
- Exploring an IBM Standard MFM Track of a Floppy Disk (27.10.2020 / 30.06.2021).
- Greaseweazle (02.05.2021 / 02.07.2021)
- FLUXTEEN (26.08.2021 / 27.08.2021)
MicroSolutions
- backpack CD-ROM Drive (26.12.2018 / 05.06.2020)
- Megamate 2.8 External Floppy Disk Drive(30.05.2019 / 19.08.2019)
Raspberry Pi FDC
- Raspberry Pi 4B Floppy Controller Board (18.05.2021)
Delta Products / XOR
- This is really Retro Stuff! (12.01.2020)
General issues
- Applied Reasoning / PC-elevATor 286 (07.12.2019 / 23.01.2020)
- AST / Rampage 286 (10.07.2020 / 12.07.2020)
- AST / RAMpage AT (19.09.2021)
- DRAM Tester
- Polar D320: DRAM and IC Tester
- Stephen Vickers: 4116 & 4164 Tester
- EPROM Programming
- Oscilloscopes
- HAMEG HM 203-4 (13.06.2022)
- Gotek / FlashFloppy (05.02.2021)
- Hercules / Hercules Graphics Cards (01.12.2020 / 27.07.2024)
- Intel / Above Board Plus (09.01.2021 / 24.01.2021)
- East meets West - DDR (GDR) DIP RAM U2164D in IBM PC (16.01.2019 / 01.02.2019)
- Microlog / BabyBlue II / Z80 card (01.03.2020 / 03.01.2021)
- XT-CF-Lite / XTIDE Universal BIOS (01.02.2019 / 21.12.2020)
Development
KiCad
- General Issues (23.02.2021)
- PC-34 to Shugart-50 8" Adapter (08.03.2010 / 10.03.2021)