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XTIDE Settings for the Sega TeraDrive

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

Here are the XTIDE BIOS settings I’ve been using with the Sega TeraDrive. I thought I’d record a quick video going through the configuration, partly to help anyone else attempting the same thing and partly because I should probably make a record of it myself. Knowing my luck, I’ll eventually... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 2: Installing Windows 3.1 with XTIDE

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

Now that the Sega TeraDrive Model 2 can boot from my XTIDE card, it’s finally time to install Windows properly. I’ve spent far too much time squeezing stripped-down copies of Windows onto floppy disks and RAM drives, so having something resembling a real hard drive is a rather exciting development.... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 2 XTIDE Boot Success

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2012 // Categories: 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. It took a bit more fiddling than I’d hoped, but this is a fairly important little milestone. Sega sold the Model 2 with two 3.5-inch floppy drives and no... Continue reading

Recovering from an Incorrect XTIDE EEPROM Flash

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

Well, I worked out how to flash the XTIDE card. I also worked out how to flash it incorrectly. XTIDECFG can program the EEPROM while it is installed on supported XTIDE hardware, but after my first attempt the card stopped detecting the Disk on Module entirely. Conveniently, I had ordered... Continue reading

NEC FD1157C 5.25-inch Floppy Drive Cleaning

Nix McRetro // 18th November 2012 // Categories: IBM PC, Reconstructed, YouTube

I’ve got another troublesome old floppy drive to play around with! This time it’s an NEC FD1157C 1.2 MB 5.25-inch drive that isn’t working properly. What better way to spend some time than pulling it apart and seeing whether we can get the thing reading disks again? After removing the... Continue reading