I fixed a 44 year old computer today, what a blast from the past!

[timeshifter]

I wonder if I should ask ChatGPT to create a config.sys and autoexec.bat file for DOS with the correct values for files and buffers and prompt$p$g. Ugh.

 

[Sky-Knight]

I wonder if I should ask ChatGPT to create a config.sys and autoexec.bat file for DOS with the correct values for files and buffers and prompt$p$g. Ugh.

I did such...


AUTOEXEC.BAT

@ECHO OFF
SET PATH=C:\DOS;C:\UTILS
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001
LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.COM

CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20
DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001

That's not too bad actually, it provided explanations for each line too. Though, the hallucination lies in the missing drivers themselves, and the calling of software that doesn't ship as part of MSDOS 6.22, which I asked it to restrict itself to.

Still, it was a fun trip down memory lane.

 

[frase]

I wonder if I should ask ChatGPT to create a config.sys and autoexec.bat file for DOS with the correct values for files and buffers and prompt$p$g. Ugh.

DEVICE LOAD HIGH

I did such...



DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001


That's not too bad actually, it provided explanations for each line too. Though, the hallucination lies in the missing drivers themselves, and the calling of software that doesn't ship as part of MSDOS 6.22, which I asked it to restrict itself to.

Still, it was a fun trip down memory lane.

If the CDROM driver is named CDROM.SYS.

 

[Sky-Knight]

DEVICE LOAD HIGH

If the CDROM driver is named CDROM.SYS.

It was... most of the time. But the same thing applies to mouse.com.

 

[frase]

It was... most of the time. But the same thing applies to mouse.com.

Sometimes OAKCDROM.SYS how I battled because of a variant of driver lol.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Sometimes OAKCDROM.SYS how I battled because of a variant of driver lol.

LOL yes!

The days when CDROMs were added to systems via SCSI extension that was integrated with the Soundblaster!

 

[frase]

LOL yes!

The days when CDROMs were added to systems via SCSI extension that was integrated with the Soundblaster!

Damn my first DVD WRITER cost me about $AUS800!

 

[Sky-Knight]

Damn my first DVD WRITER cost me about $AUS800!

For the double speed!

 

[ComputerGuy1]

I am thrilled to see that there are others here who love bringing retro and vintage systems back to life. The oldest system I have worked on professionally was a pentium laptop running windows 98. Most systems I have worked on professionally ran Windows 2000 or XP or newer. However, personally I have an IBM 5150 in my collection which I have worked on. I upgraded the ram from the stock 64k up to 640k by plugging individual ram chips into the motherboard and installing an AST SixPakPlus ISA card in one of the ISA slots. I had never used dip switches to configure ram capacity on a system before. Can't wait to get a slightly newer IBM PC clone with an MFM drive up and running in my free time some day. It has been sitting in storage for a few years now

 

[Philippe]

with an MFM drive

Try an ISA XT-CF Lite card. A nice SSD for old computers