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Sega TeraDrive Model 3 with XTIDE Installed

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

I cloned the BIOS configuration across my two XTIDE cards, so it probably shouldn’t have been a surprise that the second one worked. Still, I wasn’t sure how the Model 3 would behave with its original-style hard drive arrangement still installed. It behaved perfectly. Like a gentleman and a scholar.... Continue reading

Miscellaneous ISA and PCI Cards

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2012 // IBM PC, YouTube

A welcome break from all the TeraDrive posts I’ve been putting up over the past few days. However, there are just far too many cards… Sure, I picked them all up pretty cheaply, but now I need to sift through everything and work out which cards are actually useful to... Continue reading

XTIDE Settings for the Sega TeraDrive

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

Here is a video of the XTIDE settings that seem to be best for the Sega TeraDrive. Please note I have used a slightly less than current version 2.0.0b1 instead of 2.0.0b2. As long as it works I do not feel the urge to upgrade just yet… Maybe once it... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 2: Installing Windows 3.1 with XTIDE

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2012 // IBM PC, Microsoft, Sega

Now that the TeraDrive Model 2 can boot from the XTIDE card, it is finally time to give the machine a proper Windows installation. Up until now I’ve been squeezing stripped-down Windows installations onto floppy disks and RAM disks. This is considerably less ridiculous. The PC side of the TeraDrive... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 2 XTIDE Boot Success

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2012 // IBM PC, Sega, YouTube

Victory! The Sega TeraDrive Model 2 can now boot from the XTIDE setup all the way to a DOS command prompt. This is a fairly important little milestone. Sega sold the Model 2 with two 3.5-inch floppy drives and no internal hard drive, so persistent mass storage has been one... Continue reading