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    From xaxyiel@21:2/150 to All on Thu Oct 15 11:24:22 2026
    whomvseted has a 80286 based computer? xD :D <3

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  • From Troff@21:1/194 to xaxyiel on Thu Oct 15 15:42:42 2026
    Re: who 286 here
    By: xaxyiel to All on Thu Oct 15 2026 11:24 am

    whomvseted has a 80286 based computer? xD :D <3

    I have one. Why do you ask?
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  • From Roon@21:4/148 to xaxyiel on Fri Oct 16 09:04:39 2026
    Hello xaxyiel,

    15 Oct 26 11:24, you wrote to All:

    whomvseted has a 80286 based computer? xD :D <3

    i have, with an mfm drive... i wonder if it can be booted...
    i am using 386+ machines mostly

    ByEbYe
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  • From boraxman@21:1/101 to xaxyiel on Sat Oct 17 15:00:45 2026
    whomvseted has a 80286 based computer? xD :D <3

    I have one I found on the side of the road about 20 years ago. Alas, doesn't quite work. I get a "Gate A20 error" on startup.

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  • From John Richards@21:3/232 to boraxman on Sat Oct 17 01:21:54 2026
    boraxman wrote to xaxyiel <=-

    whomvseted has a 80286 based computer? xD :D <3

    I have one I found on the side of the road about 20 years ago. Alas, doesn't quite work. I get a "Gate A20 error" on startup.

    Have you tried adding the "/MACHINE=1" switch to HIMEM.SYS in your
    "CONFIG.SYS?

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  • From boraxman@21:1/101 to John Richards on Wed Oct 21 10:55:47 2026
    whomvseted has a 80286 based computer? xD :D <3

    I have one I found on the side of the road about 20 years ago. Alas, doesn't quite work. I get a "Gate A20 error" on startup.

    Have you tried adding the "/MACHINE=1" switch to HIMEM.SYS in your "CONFIG.SYS?


    It doesn't get that far. The message happens pretty much
    as soon as you turn it on. Before the BIOS

    I suspect it is corrosion on the
    motherboard, but I checked the traces with
    a multimeter and they seemed OK.

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  • From John Richards@21:3/232 to boraxman on Wed Oct 21 03:56:32 2026
    boraxman wrote to John Richards <=-

    I have one I found on the side of the road about 20 years ago. Alas, doesn't quite work. I get a "Gate A20 error" on startup.

    Have you tried adding the "/MACHINE=1" switch to HIMEM.SYS in your "CONFIG.SYS?


    It doesn't get that far. The message happens pretty much
    as soon as you turn it on. Before the BIOS

    I suspect it is corrosion on the
    motherboard, but I checked the traces with
    a multimeter and they seemed OK.

    May have a bad Keyboard controller chip then. Should be a 8042 chip
    somewhere on the board.

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