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by King Rygar
Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:57 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 24089

Thanks everyone! I got the computer running Space Quest IV CD smoother than I had ever seen before! SOOOOO great to be able to play these games again in glory!


Thanks again for all the help Dosraider and everyone else! ^_^
by King Rygar
Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:29 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 24089

:wow: Amazingly I got everything working today! The Cd-Rom, Sound card, etc all work. But now the next problem. I have lost all my boot disk making skills. I installed Space Quest IV CD and Police Quest IV CD but I don't have enough memory to play!!!! I have like 561,000 KB free space at the moment....
by King Rygar
Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:11 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 24089

oddly enough, I put the aztech card back in, and it actually detected the cd-rom drive using the sbpro stuff I had installed for the CT1740 !!!!! But I still couldn't access drive D: due to some error with mscdex.....

Going to do this I tell yas!!!!!
by King Rygar
Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:27 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 24089

Yeah that's exactly what I thought. But when I got this computer, sure enough the cd drive was connected to the soundcard. The SB16 that I replaced the Aztech with only has one cd-drive input, so I'm guessing now it is not SCSI. I'm going to re-install the Aztech soundcard today and see what I can g...
by King Rygar
Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:44 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 24089

The drive is SCSI and supposed to be connected to the soundcard. I have yet to try the program you mentioned, but I have tried a few of the other big ones ans none work, I'm guessing because the Cd drive is SCSI and supposed to be connected to the soundcard. I still have the Aztech card that the Pac...
by King Rygar
Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:46 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 24089

Well, I got the soundcard working, played King's Quest IV and everything was cool!

BUT, the cd-drive still doesn't work!

I'm sick of this soundcard garbage so, where can I find a 4X IDE CD-ROM drive? :)
by King Rygar
Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:41 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 24089

Hey thanks alot guys!

These link have led me in the right direction! I've found install disks at those site!!! I haven't attempted anything yet, but will post back when sucessful!

Thanks again for the help!!! :thumbsup:
by King Rygar
Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:09 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 24089

Got a 486 for old games, and here comes trouble!!!!

Ok guys, I got a Packard Bell 204CD system from a friend who had taken good care of it. It has 24 Megs Ram, 486 Dx2 66Mhz, 500mg hard drive. SCSI CD-Rom drive. It came with Windows 95 installed. I formatted and installed DOS 6.22. I have jet to get Windows 3.1. I had to hunt down a replacement batte...