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by Creekmore34
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
Topic: SMARTDRV.SYS
Replies: 1
Views: 2280

Re: SMARTDRV.SYS

Will do! Thanks!
by Creekmore34
Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:04 pm
Forum: Gallery 📸
Topic: My upgraded system
Replies: 4
Views: 2847

Re: My upgraded system

Really nice build!

I tried something similar with a 3.5” floppy as the second drive (an old IBM 720kb), but the pico psu seemed to become unstable and the computer kept freezing up. I guess the gotek draws less (or likely some other problem specific to my system).
by Creekmore34
Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:21 pm
Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
Topic: system goes bonkers during autoexec
Replies: 8
Views: 4196

Re: system goes bonkers during autoexec

Good idea. Will try it.
by Creekmore34
Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:17 pm
Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
Topic: F-19 Stealth Fighter (Microprose game) on the PCjr
Replies: 0
Views: 4085

F-19 Stealth Fighter (Microprose game) on the PCjr

Anyone with a Tandy-Mod ever tried out (or want to try out) running F-19 Stealth Fighter on their Jr? When I try to run it with Tandy graphics, the screen goes blank. I can actually use keyboard commands to step through the blank screens of the program and exit it normally. So it is definitely just ...
by Creekmore34
Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:53 pm
Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
Topic: system goes bonkers during autoexec
Replies: 8
Views: 4196

Re: system goes bonkers during autoexec

Greetings All, Thanks to everyone who has offered some ideas to test. After further inspection, I can report the following: 1) With a bare system (128k, and two lpt ports, no jride or extra memory) everything works fine. 2) The placement of the jride has no affect on the problem behavior (which in i...
by Creekmore34
Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:56 pm
Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
Topic: system goes bonkers during autoexec
Replies: 8
Views: 4196

system goes bonkers during autoexec

Greetings Everyone, I've come across a head-scratcher and I thought someone on the forum may be able to offer some insight. My Jr (prior to me messing with it recently) was successfully running with Chuck's tandy and com2 boards, 2 lpt side cars, and a jride with an 8GB DOM. The jride is situated in...
by Creekmore34
Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:48 am
Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
Topic: tandymod test games?
Replies: 5
Views: 4053

Re: tandymod test games?

The Bard’s Tale is a good test as well. Here’s a question. Has anyone had trouble running Arkanoid in Tandy mode with the mod? I recall as a kid it worked fine on my unmodified PCjr (even though when you started it up you were supposed to pick between CGA, EGA, or Tandy). Now, with the mod installed...
by Creekmore34
Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:11 pm
Forum: Other Items of Interest
Topic: Build a powered SCSI terminator?
Replies: 0
Views: 3352

Build a powered SCSI terminator?

Greetings All, In cleaning out some of my father's old junk (he was a lifelong IBMer), I've come across a mint IBM 3510 external SCSI housing configured with a single speed CDROM drive. I would love to hook this up to my PCjr via a Trantor / Adaptec APA-348 miniSCSI / parallel adapter which I also h...
by Creekmore34
Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:57 pm
Forum: Racore Drive
Topic: Racore Docs
Replies: 4
Views: 3502

Re: Racore Docs

Chuck, You may have already seen these before, but these are some neat 3d printed ideas that might work in your color system if you want to customize the look of your gotek. https://www.ebay.com/itm/153742367552 http://proaudioaccessories.com/2020/06/hxc-floppy-emulator-5-25-drive-replacement-with-p...
by Creekmore34
Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:39 pm
Forum: Racore Drive
Topic: Racore Docs
Replies: 4
Views: 3502

Re: Racore Docs

All, Random question, but will the racore expansion work well with jr-ide? I don't have the expansion but I'm interested in finding one. I see that some had a dma built in. But I know Chuck has a 3-flop board, so maybe a better option is to just use the housing to hold a power supply and a second dr...
by Creekmore34
Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:11 pm
Forum: DOS
Topic: CHOICE.EXE or equivalent for DOS 5.02 (for building menus)
Replies: 2
Views: 4521

CHOICE.EXE or equivalent for DOS 5.02 (for building menus)

Greetings All, Recently, I was building some batch file menus for the junior (running with a JR-IDE and patched IBM PC DOS 5.02). As I was writing out a dozen or so smaller numbered batch files for the menu, I got to wondering if there is an equivalent to CHOICE.EXE for DOS 5. It would really be nic...