Booting MS-DOS 2.11 in 2007 - part 1

[big0bad0brad]

Actually the factory-stock configuration was drive A: on the right, but some people changed the jumpers on the drives to switch it.

I wrote a simple BIOS for this machine around 2008 that's enough to run a load address modified FreeDOS (I used video memory @ 16KB-32KB). With FreeDOS you really need 512KB to do anything useful, which you can only get with an expansion card - the motherboard only goes to 256KB.

I want to buy a hard drive expansion to add support if anyone has one yet.

[poopskinTheLiar]

I have a Seequa Chameleon that ran DOS 2.1, but i have to use an older Compaq DOS 1.10 disk because the disk for 2.1 is corrupt and there doesn't seem to be USB 5-1/4 drives for me to reload DOS 2.1...

[rhblakeman]

Despite the crappy quality you can tell (if you knew the machine) that this is a Sanyo MBC-550/555 series machine. Used a version of DOS 2.11 trimmed specifically for the BIOS on the POS Sanyo MBC-55x.

[rhblakeman]

BTW I ran a Fido BBS with 4 floppy drives (Sanyo MBC-55x had a built in A: through D: floppy controller, hard drive option set HD to E: regardless of the number of floppy drives. Had to jumper the floppy drives DS0, DS1, DS2, DS3 rather than it recognizing the twist in the floppy cable. I got my MBC-555-2 through an NRI home study course like many people did and became a devout follwer of Soft Sector magazine that was specific to Sanyo MBC-55x until Larry Falsoft dumped on the readers,

[jz70s]

That was my first computer, Sanyo 555. But why are you trying to boot off of the B: drive??

[tral1z]

WOW yeah, that went well didn't it...

[clintontt]

HAHAHAHAHA

[tredfxman]

yeah bullshit this is Norweigan. Im a real Swede (not) but whatever its Norweigan.

[sparky4444444444444]

What model is it?

[mokond]

Piece of history.

That was a computer.

[orgthingy]

no, UNIX was a computer.. that was virus

[Yar0niX]

UNIX is an OS, not a computer...

[orgthingy]

i know, typo :P

[pwEclipse]

unix is an os not a computer, and dos ruled, so stfu :\

[orgthingy]

oh sorry, i was being sarcastic that's it..but anyway, DOS ruled? hell no o_O it sucked a lot man

[spawnhell809334]

ure an idiot

[jalland]

Haha, norsk også jo xD

[cageboyes]

Why don't you blow your nose instead of sniffing throught he whole fucking video you slob.. You are on camera you know. That's great.. We see some blury green lines on a mono screen.. Could be Windows? Could be an Apple IIc?

[JokribPjotr]

Not trying to be picky here, but it is north-norwegian. I am trønder and we donæt sing like that haha.

[strep2k]

It's norwegian. Trønder-norwegian to be precise. Odds are good he has a mustache.

[HerrGubba]

@strep2k

Trøndere ja, morsome karer.

Men trønder med pc? gåre ann?

[susokukan47]

what language is this?

[Etni3s]

swedish.

i thought it was japanese at first.. and i'm swedish :)

[Etni3s]

could be norwegian as well btw. hard to tell.

[SimenTheDeamon]

norwegian dumbfuck xD

[Furthen]

gött :D

[ThisIsGonnaBeCool]

cool. i still have an old intel inside 16 bit ms-dos computer. i rmemeber the good old days, putting the cds in caddys and floppy disks. and the two way buttons. i mean like if you press the on button it stays pressed until you press again and releases

[reinux]

nnnngh EEENGH nnngh EEENGH tick tick tick NGGHH ENGH

yayyyy

[stryni]

Good to hear that old floppy sound! What make is this? I had an amstrad with an intel 8088 back in 1989. 20 MB hdd and 16 greytones if you booted the amstrad os thingy (can't remeber the name)

[eriklima]

Those were the times! My first contact with computers was with the Intel x86 processors and older verions of MS-DOS and Windows. Multimedia kit was so new, so only a few people have CD-ROMs and Sound Balster card on their hardwares. Good times!

[AllMyBaseQTqt]

sweet! i wanna own some vintage computers like yours.

[SamuraiClinton]

Use them as movie props in nostalgia movies, don't use them for general real-life purposes.