Warren,
So the *drive* is toast, or the motherboard and CPU? It was a little hard to
figure that out from what you wrote. It sounded like the drive was failing,
but the CPU and motherboard were still working. But maybe I am reading it
wrong.
If it is just the drive you might be able to
Thanks Maddog (and all others that have replied to me directly).
After talking to my friend in greater detail about what happened, it sounds
like data corruption on his OS drive (he had two drives in the machine)
probably due to hardware failure. So it ran along enough for him to get
essential
Don't know what budget is for the individual but it is also possible to buy
contemporary motherboards with ISA slots:
https://adek.com/products/atx-motherboards-isa
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=isa+motherboard
These are just two examples that came up.
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Mark McSweeney
Concord, NH
On Wed,
Hi Warren,
Assuming that no pack rat answers you with a free motherboard, there are some
on Ebay in the 25-40 dollar range, tested and guaranteed to work.
You mentioned "upgrading" him to a P1 or P2. I might suggest you stick with
exactly what he had before and let him stay with W95 unless
While I don't have any hardware, I have seen USB to ISA adapters in the
past. Best of luck.
Richard J. Kolb
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:56 PM Warren Chris wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> It has been years since I last posted here...Alas, I could use some help
> in regards to tracking down some older
Greetings,
It has been years since I last posted here...Alas, I could use some help in
regards to tracking down some older computer hardware. I have a friend who
built a machine to punch out discs for antique music boxes back in the 90's
that was automated by a computer running Windows 95 (i
