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Sega TeraDrive Model 2 XTIDE Windows 3.1 Install

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

If you have troubles with your own XTIDE card be sure to drop a line to the good folk at Vintage-Computer. I didn’t need to use their forums for help, however, their wiki and documentation is very handy in getting this card up and running. 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 to the command prompt. Next stop is installing a full system of DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11. Ever notice that 6.22 is DOUBLE that of 3.11? Accident? Conspiracy theorists book your flights, the forum is starting in six hours. The XTIDE... Continue reading

Flashing the XTIDE EPROM / EEPROM Incorrectly

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

While I worked out how to flash the card, the XTIDE card itself is an EEPROM programmer, it’s starting to look like I flashed it completely wrong. I even lost the ability of the card to detect the disk on module… How did I resolve this? Simple! Since I ordered... Continue reading

IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086 with ISA XTIDE Card

Nix McRetro // 17th November 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

This was a simple demo to make sure the XTIDE card works as I was having trouble with the Sega TeraDrive side getting it to recognise at all. The good news is that the card seems to work and I can access the 4GB Disk On Module (DOM) through the... Continue reading

EEPROM / EPROM Programming Test with a GQ-4X Programmer

Nix McRetro // 17th November 2012 // IBM PC, Programming, Sega

Received my new GQ-4X EEPROM Programmer from Canada, forgot the 16-bit adapter card though! All USB based which is certainly helpful as I didn’t want to pull out a computer with a parallel port each time - not that it couldn’t have been done, there’s enough lying about at the... Continue reading