Hi everyone, today we'll test old motherboard and HDD
which I've got from my subscriber a couple of months ago
DTK motherboard, model PIM-TB10
In fact is an example of earliest geneartions of PC
Visually in pretty nice condition
AMD 10 Mhz clone of analogical Intel CPU
Coprocessor socket, it's missing in this config
BIOS chip
BIOS settings could be set only with this DIP switch
There is no graphical BIOS interface which is standart for that time
Here we can set number of disk drives, monitor type, FPU presence etc.
640 KB RAM onboard
this is maximal size for this particular motherboard
8 bit SLOTS for expansion boards
Next, 5 inch MFM HDD from Seagate, model ST 225
21 MB 3600 RPM
Looks solid, and weight a lot - 1400 g
List of defective sectors on sticker
Every HDD has its own list, it also can be empty
Decorative plastic cover, which is often could be missing
Weird that often its in black color, but most cases of that period were in light tones
Longshine LCS-6210D controller for HDD, I used to work with them
For HDD connection two ribbon cables are used
Here's how they look
Western Digital Floppy controller
Can work with 1,44 drives
Also have an option to connect external floppy drive
This is board from my collection and I am happy to have it, because not all controllers of that period could work with 1.44 drives
Acumos AVGA1, can work both in 8 and 16 bit slots
Interesting that PSU which I use for testing different AT boards, also produced by DTK
It's time to press START button
Hope you would hear me nicely, because this system is pretty loud
Can't skip RAM test
By default, system boots form floppy and then from HDD
This order couldn't be changed, so you shouldn't leave diskette inside when system is booting
Since every MFM HDD should be formatted only with controller which is used together with it, I refomatted this HDD,
Create partition, clone DOS from bootable floopy
DOS 3.3 is used here
Let's do some benchmarks
Our system is twice faster than original IBM PC XT
let's test hdd
Not a big advantage comparing to IBM
105 KB/second, not even close to modern systems
Next some kind of graphics editor
you may choose resolution here
let's shoose L 256 colors
I didn't connect the mouse, so cursor speed won't be fast
here we can choose the pattern
Sorry if keyboard is too noisy, it wasn't designed for silence
Here how it works
It is pretty usable, despite it look outdated
1400 KB size
let's use utlity to view some pictures that come with editor
Pretty normal for 80ies, not a large variety of colors
These pictures have larger resolution
much cooler look, 1988, probably 256 colors
Next the most inetersting part is gaminnnnng
Not from all of the games it is possible to quit normally, sometimes it's needed to restart system
RACING
Hope tube won't ban me for the music
nice sountrack is here
Remind that our SPU is 10 MHZ only
Looks like slideshow, but it wasn't too bad for that time
I don't show you full qualification, I am on 4th place in easy level mode
cool loking opponents cars
this is "trash" looking for us today
not a very difficult game actually
speed in MPH
looks fine for 1988 ))
Let's look at game size
much lower than any modern photo size
also very small game
forgot to redefine keys
cool guys
not a very colorful game probably designed for CGA
simple but not so bad gameplay
You can play with friend or VS computer
I can play better, but some practice needed )
go to next game
small game size is very actual for such a small HDD
Legendary game, but I didn't play it
some kind of graphics animation
not easy for this 10 mhz CPU
In this game you play as some kind of robot which can apper in 3 different forms
loading is not very fast, on emulator will be much faster)
some kind of cyborg mode
dinosaur/alien )
robo-tank
no scrolling, every time all screen is loading
we'll bite this man
was very fun game at the moment of apearing I guess
die flying dude, feel my AXE
Don't know a key combination to exit this game
have to reboot the machine
next one more interesintg game - sopwith
also very little
very noisy music
wrong button )
there is andriod moder port, you may try it
I don't show PRO gaming level here
the goal is to destroy opponents structures
if you fy to high then you fall down
it's playable overall
one more interesting game
I didn't play a lot in it
Here is probably creators photos in front of us
you can manage some params here
I didn't read the manual for this game as it is in French
real ""trash" like prison style
need to hide fast it could kill you
nooo, I've been killed
primitive but probably a bit hard game
didn't know how to exit from it, but suddenly guess )
it's all for today
hope it was interesing video for you
now park the hard drive
because it doesn't have auto head parking, and surface could be damaged
self-made utility from someone, didin't install KEYRUS - that's why some weird symbols on screen
"don`t forget to turn off TV"
BYE
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