I thought I'd list this Item for all of you Mercury sub-System owners. If you plan to get your Mercury off the ground you'll need to get the video stream from the AAlchemy Module to the Medusa cable. There are two ways to accomplish this, one is through the "Mercury I/O Connector P/N 650-0832-01A" and the other is with a custom cable such as the one I constructed.

Entertaining offers between $25-$35 USD

Note: only the "Black Cable" shown is for sale...



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added Mon 5th 2005 14:45 Pacific Time Zone

The Item will ship Monday the 12th.

This item is NOT offered in any other forum.


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http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5337/mercioeliminator7hx.jpg

wrote on 05.09.05 at 14:43:13:

Depends on how heavy the package is and what country it is going to:   the one I sent you was 5 pounds, 10 ounces.  a 4 pound, 3 ounce package I sent to Germany was $23 but a 1 pound 1 ounce package to Australia was $22.45

Free Shipping to Active FalconFly Members in a flat bubble pack envelope :)

wrote on 05.09.05 at 16:40:24:

Free Shipping to Active FalconFly Members in a flat bubble pack envelope :)

also to germany?

i take it for 30$

wrote on 05.09.05 at 20:07:47:

i take it for 30$

I'll let it run for a week from the time listed.


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[S] Mercury I/O Cable « on: Sep 4th, 2005, 4:05pm »

That's my time zone ;D Check the listing for your time zone.

Your offer is above the minium bid so... "Reserve Met" ;D  Your currently the High bidder.

Good Luck.

wrote on 05.09.05 at 17:46:51:

also to germany?

Yes ;) If I'm not mistaken, You and TM30 are both in Germany.

gamma, tell me what use does the black cable on the 3rd picture on the backside of the case  in your signature?

i also bought a single fully retail boxed 200SBi and there were two small cables and two connectors, just like on a voodoo graphics or voodoo 2... can i use it?

Those are for SwapLock/SyncLock. If you have several Mercurys or SBi (Iron) systems you can run them together for multi-monitor support. I have some demos... Ah there's a screenshot in another post...

http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=general;action=display;num=1121522887;start=30

Oh about midway down the page..

okay so that cable has no use for me, i still need your cable...

Well, I donno. I would sort of like to run my Mercury with two 200SBi in a SwapLock ring with the Mercury as the Center Stage channel and the 200SBi's for the left and right channels.

Problem :-/

I only have one 200SBi :(

wrote on 10.09.05 at 21:21:42:

okay so that cable has no use for me, i still need your cable...

I accept PayPal.

that would be fine...

so i have a deal for you, i will email you today!

wrote on 12.09.05 at 09:06:48:

that would be fine... so i have a deal for you, i will email you today!

Huh ???

I thought the deal was $30.00 USD Shipped :-/

i thought you agreed with that deal with my 200Sbi...

... you know, the cable has no use for me without the AA cap!

The details of the trade seemed unclear to me. Let me see if I can clearify.

You want to trade me a fully functional 200SBi for my cable plus a Mercury AAlchemy Cap Module?

yeah you send me the cable + AA cap. i pay the shipping costs.
if then my mercury works i'll send you a functional 200SBi, you pay the shipping costs...

if it doesnt work i'll send you the AA cap and cable back, at my costs...

Dude, I can't guarantee that Mercury :-/

You didn't buy it from me, Patience aka; (NightBird) aka; (mystychat) bought mine and I recieved positive FB on the deal. As a matter of fact, I have 100% Positive Feedback on ebay http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=gamma742

I can only guarantee the parts that are mine, the AA cap and the cable.

This was listed as a Sale [S] in the Marketplace.

If you want to trade a functional 200SBi for these parts, that sounds like a pretty good deal.

Here are my terms:

You ship me the 200SBi (you pay shipping).

I receive and test your 200SBi.

a) If it tests good :) I will send you my Cap & Cable. (I pay shipping)
b) If it test bad :( I return your 200SBi (>:( I pay shipping >:()

Guys should this not be in private?

i already sent him an email but he did not respond on it...

gamma i think it will be hard that we will deal. cause when i have your cap and cable and my merc still doesnt work it has no use for me, but you have definatly a functional 200Sbi from me.

believe me, that is not a good deal in my mind.

wrote on 18.09.05 at 20:41:22:

i already sent him an email but he did not respond on it...

Try a P.M.

wrote on 05.09.05 at 20:07:47:

i take it for 30$

If you want it, my paypal email address is in my profile.

no sorry, it has no use without that AA cap

i tested my merc on Win NT. It detects 4 single 200Sbi... so i do not need only that cable...

what about that trading deal with my 200Sbi?

Why don't you send your cap card to gamma for testing, if he is willing to test it of course.

yeah that is also a solution! lets wait whats the meaning of gamma...

but gamma, you have a green brick? right?

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/albums/album52/broken_brick.jpg

In case you are wondering what a malfunctioning brick looks like in the display properties.

I would love to see a black brick work but unfortunately all of the bricks I know of in the world, only 3 are fully functional and 1 functions but the the graphics are so bad on that one it looks worst than a 4 MB voodoo1.

Of these 4 bricks, all of them are green. Every "Black" brick I have ever heard of is non-functional as a brick.

I think the black bricks are all bad. I think they all had problems and were recalled by Q3D and replaced with green ones. This is only my opinion, I would be afraid to own a functional "Black" brick for fear that I would fire it up one day and it would report 4 SBi cards instead of the brick it once was. See the above pic for details.

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/albums/album52/q3d_merc_properties_1.jpg

Happy brick properties.

so i will give it a try with the AA cap of gamma... there is a small chance that only this little thingy is defective on my brick...

so gamma, what next?

I don't think my cap will help. After speaking with Gary, he has tried a known good cap on his Black brick and 2 others, one of which was Oscar's prior to shipping it to him. In all three cases, it did not help. I too had a bad brick from computer_md (a black one). It was later exchanged for a good "green" one.

I don't see any reason to waste money on shipping if we're not going to have success.

I suppose there is a small chance it would work, a very small chance.

if your cap does not work, you will have to pay nothing! i will pay shipping for sending the cap to me, and i also pay shipping sending the cap back to you if it does not work.

i also got  today a L440GX+ Server Board, exactly the same as on original Mercury... I will try all!

wrote on 21.09.05 at 15:03:20:

i also got  today a L440GX+ Server Board, exactly the same as on original Mercury... I will try all!

Better off trying a BX first, every black brick I have tried on a GX starts... and shuts down after 1/2 second.

what shuts down? the whole system? or only the mercury?

... i already tested it on a gigabyte BX board... 4x 200Sbi, ya know  :-[

wrote on 21.09.05 at 16:10:19:

what shuts down? the whole system?

Whole GX system.

Hit the start button, turns on and then shuts right back off.

Very depressing.

did you have a proper power supply? i can see that it doesnt have a standard ATX connector and has also an Aux Power connector...

wrote on 21.09.05 at 18:58:34:

did you have a proper power supply?

You forget I have a running Mercury system, yes the power supply is correct.

OKay TM30. If you want to pay for the shipping charges both ways that is fine with me. The stuff is just sitting in a box at the house. We might as well put it to some good use ;)

okay, so you put in the box the AA cap and the cable?

is your email adress i have the same as your paypal account? Then tell me how much postage you get...

(remember, if my mercury works than with your stuff, you get a bulk black 200Sbi, functional of course. you pay shipping for the 200SBi...

IF my mercury does not work with your parts, you get this stuff back and I PAY shipping costs...)

wrote on 22.09.05 at 08:49:34:

okay, so you put in the box the AA cap and the cable? is your email adress i have the same as your paypal account? Then tell me how much postage you get... (remember, if my mercury works than with your stuff, you get a bulk black 200Sbi, functional of course. you pay shipping for the 200SBi... IF my mercury does not work with your parts, you get this stuff back and I PAY shipping costs...)

PayPal me $10.00 USD and I will Airmail the 2 items to you, I have your address. Send the money to the hotmail address in my profile. You sure drive a hard bargain ::)

money sent!


wrote on 22.09.05 at 21:53:02:

You sure drive a hard bargain ::)

what do ya mean? let me guess, chances are low that it works?

Quote:

let me guess, chances are low that it works?

Well, In a word "Yes"

For more details, go back a page on "reply 25"


This one...

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Posted by: gamma742 Posted on: Sep 20th, 2005, 7:20pm I don't think my cap will help. After speaking with Gary, he has tried a known good cap on his Black brick and 2 others, one of which was Oscar's prior to shipping it to him. In all three cases, it did not help. I too had a bad brick from computer_md (a black one). It was later exchanged for a good "green" one. I don't see any reason to waste money on shipping if we're not going to have success. I suppose there is a small chance it would work, a very small chance.

But who knows? I shipped it out today Global Priority Mail customs declared as a gift valued at $40.00 USD. So you should see it in 5 to 7 working days 8)

I truly hope it works for you but don't get your hopes to high ;)

nope i know that the chances are very low but if will give it a try.

I got my merc very cheap (at least i think so) so even if it doesnt work its a nice piece of hardware in my showcase.

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Hi, cap and cable arrived today. i will test it as soon as posible

Glad to here it arrived safely. Pretty fast too.

Let me know how the test goes on your "Brick".

Hey TM30,

Have you made any progress?

Is my (your) 200SBi in mail to me?


Gamma

no, the download aborted... we have to try it again with msn messenger...

Status? Inquiring minds want to know.

lol gary

Well I have a cloned Mercury System 9.1 SCSI HD that I could part with as I'm not getting what I wanted on ebay for my 36.7 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8703116584 I might as well keep it and sell my 9.1 to TM30

i talked with a sever admin, he told me putting in a floppy with IDE drivers when NT setup starts (pressing F6...)

so i will try this first, today or tomorrow.

if this also doesnt i think we should try to download the image from your pc to mine... i would setup a ftp server on my pc, no problem.

finally i will try to get another GX+ Board if all the above doesnt work.

I will not give up my (cheap) mercury project ;)

Quote:

finally i will try to get another GX+ Board if all the above doesnt work.

I may have one for sale soon if you are intrested, I don't need two spares.

thats great but i think the shipping costs will be to high, so i would buy it in germany..

but if you can make me a good price, we'll see!

Shipping prices TO Germany are reasonable, shipping prices FROM Germany are not!

 :o

so whats the price for you GX+ board including shipping?

wrote on 17.09.05 at 22:49:46:

i thought you agreed with that deal with my 200Sbi... ... you know, the cable has no use for me without the AA cap!

I hate to be a pest :-/

But are you ever going to pay me for those parts ???


It's been a long time but if my memory serves me, you were going to give me a 200SBi as payment 8)

If not, would you kindly return my parts ;)

i thought we would give it another try sending me that win nt installation... i did not yet get an answer from you when we could try it again.

i could setup a ftp server if you want

anyone here?

i need your win nt inst..

Do you need a copy of the Windows NT4 Workstation CD.?.?

no not the cd, the installation itself... a HDD image

wrote on 16.11.05 at 08:52:15:

no not the cd, the installation itself... a HDD image

Here it is... http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5566/mercase3zv.th.jpg Just gently slide it in her. Ahhh :-*

:P I belive he meant for you to dump the whole disk into a file, that's what is usually meant by hdd image.

hehe correct  ;D

My Mistake :-/

It's a complete clone of the Mercury System hard drive :-[

yes but it only was 700MB!

T H I S image (HDD image, no picture...) i would need again, because the last try did get interrupted!!!

Yeah I think the file is too large for transfer on MSN Messenger.

You are in need of a 100SB cable? Maybe a deal could be made to include the cable and the image on CD.?.?

no i do not need a 100SB cable, thanks.

for that image: i would setup an FTP server on my pc, thats a good way to transfer this big file! okay?

Anything to finally seal this deal ::)

@TM30

Your image is sitting on my H.D.D. ready for transfer  8)

I deleted all the unnecessary files Voodoo Lights, OpenGVS, OpenGVS Games and Tech Demos, UNREAL Gold, Quake3 Motion Blur and more. I manage to trim it down to 153MB. We can probably transfer it through MSN Messenger. I'll be looking for you on-line ;)

@TM30

What's Up!

I see you on line here and posting, I have PMed you and no response. I have PMed you moments after seeing you post here. You remained on-line here another 20 minutes then you signed out. I have also sent you direct emails.

Has this deal gone bad ???

So far I have shipped you parts and received no payment. Anyone that takes the time to read this 9 page thread can see that I have bent over backwards to  help you out with only the promise that if you can get that dead "Brick" working, you will give me a functioning 200SBi.

What gives ::)

just send me that image with messenger so i can see if it works, or not...

Gamma742 sends:

Mercury.gho (156942 KB)

                     Waiting for TM30 to accept

cancel(Alt+Q)
 
You have just sent a Nudge!
 
You have just sent a Nudge!
 

 Transfer of "Mercury.gho" is complete.

8)

okay i will test it in the next days, have to get ghost2003 first

You Have Mail 8)

Ghost 2003 is in your inbox with instruction on restoring my image ;D

@TM30

Do you have everything you need :D

I am working very hard to earn Positive Feedback from you ;)


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The feedback postings will be deleted after incorporating them, with the exception of Negative ones (for negatives, include a Link to the deal, so everyone can read all details of the problem and make up their own mind).

wrote on 19.11.05 at 06:20:21:

Here it is... http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5566/mercase3zv.th.jpg Just the gently slide it in her. Ahhh :-*

now that is indeed a HDD Image If I am not mistaken ;)
Nice Case Gamma742 ;) Woei! HotSwap HDD Bay nice.

Yep. SCSI drives in the Mercury. I was willing to let this one go to TM30 as it is 1 of 3 spares and the carrier is the wrong color, the others are black.

hmm was that accident because of the colour or just a replacement from another brand?

No it is the correct brand, at the time I was having trouble finding "Black" and this one had a price I couldn't pass up.

wrote on 27.11.05 at 17:40:28:

okay i will test it in the next days, have to get ghost2003 first

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You Have Mail   Ghost 2003 is in your inbox with instruction on restoring my image

Hey TM30 :)

How's it going  :-/

how much would a merc with cable be worth actually ?

Just a question. ;)

He agreed to pay $30.00 for it, then said he needed my extra AAlchemy Module and promise me a 200SBi in trade.

It's all in the first page or two of this post.


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Posted by: TM30 Posted on: Sep 5th, 2005, 11:07am i take it for 30$

i'll try this weekend. i hope my second GX+ Board arrives tomorrow because i think its broken...

DAMN IT i only get a blinking cursor after boot when i use your image... i bought this board as functional, and the seller had good feedback so i do not know where is the failure :(

can you tell me how these jumpers are set at the edge of the board (cmos clear i know, but the others nearby i do not know...)

and i need to know what bios settings you are using! screenshots of your bios would be cool

i only have one P3 550 installed, perhaps this is it? and i only have a IDE HDD, not a SCSI one!

gamma, i really want to complete this deal, i wanna know if i can get my merc working, if i will get it working you get your 200SBi, i promise. if not, youre getting your stuff back also as promised.

wrote on 11.12.05 at 16:59:29:

DAMN IT i only get a blinking cursor after boot when i use your image... i bought this board as functional, and the seller had good feedback so i do not know where is the failure :(

1) Try setting it up with Windows 2000 first to verify it's working, The 2000 disc has built in SCSI drivers and will work with no problem for board testing.

2) A second CPU is required or a CPU terminator card. You CAN use a second but slower CPU in the other slot, the motherboard will either disable one CPU or throttle down the faster CPU to the slower CPU speed.

One problem at a time!

Installing 2000 you can verify if the board and CPU combo is working, once the board is functioning wipe the hard drive then ghost the merc image on.

okay i will try win2k now

edit: formatting drive with ntfs now... in Win2k setup...

sorry, but i have to say it again: damn it  ;D

formatting drive was okay, copying files from installation CD to hdd too, but after restarting it says :

NTLDR is missing

Press STRG+ALT+DEL to restart


AND i also notice 2 failures which occur shortly after bios initiation:

ERROR: 8110 Server Management Interface failed to function
            8112: BMC in Update Mode


what the heck?

Are you running a SCSI drive? make sure it's terminated and make sure server managment is off in bios.

also reset configuration data in bios.

No he stated earlier that he running IDE which is fine.


Quote:

i only have one P3 550 installed, perhaps this is it? and i only have a IDE HDD, not a SCSI one!

NT/Win2K probably isn't too happy about an unterminated CPU slot.

wrote on 11.12.05 at 18:11:14:

No he stated earlier that he running IDE which is fine.

Sorry about that, it's been a long thread.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1258/p80700167oi.jpg

Plug this in and let us know if it takes care of your "NT Loader" error. It should have came with your motherboard (CPU terninator) for running 1 CPU.

it's already plugged in...

NTLDR must have something to do with misconfigured HDD, i just used google! but results are in german!

please google too!

Are you using a 40 pin IDE or a 80 Ultra ATA cable?

Is there anything else on the IDE bus (cable)?

Check the strapping on the drive Master/Slave/Cable Select.



Try another drive. Try another cable.

What is the BIOS version on the MB, Maybe it can't detect you drive correctly (newer larger drive possibly too large)?


I think it's a hardware issue. Keep the same motherboard in and lets start swapping out some drives cable and stuff. Put the drive on the bus by itself (CDrom on the secondary IDE).



Sorry for all the questions. I trying to get a feel for what's going on. Some of the question are pretty basic but it helps me visualize the situation.

i use an 80pin cable for the hdd and a 40pin for the cdrom

both devices set as master, both have a seperate ide channel

bios version i have to check

wrote on 11.12.05 at 19:28:03:

i use an 80pin cable for the hdd and a 40pin for the cdrom

Should make no difference as the GX chipset is ATA-33.

Might not hurt going to the 40 strand cable for the HD though to be safe.

What's the drive size?

8GB Seagate

Should be no problem there ???

If I were you, I would use http://www.mbhs.edu/~jaosborn/boot98se.exe Boot from it and run Fdisk and delete all partitions then create 2 partitions both using FAT 16 (say no to large disk support) C: = 2GB, D: = 2 GB. then install Win98SE to the C: Then install Windows NT4 to the D: This will automatically create a "Dual Boot" system.

We have to get NT4 or Win2K on this machine if you ever want the Mercury sub-System to function.

wrote on 11.12.05 at 22:54:08:

We have to get NT4 or Win2K on this machine if you ever want the Mercury sub-System to function.

Win2k won't give you the display tab for Mercury, only NT4.

wrote on 11.12.05 at 23:12:53:

Win2k won't give you the display tab for Mercury, only NT4.

Good point. Try to stay with NT4. You DO want to see this Tab, go to reply 24 & 26 towards the bottom of this page... http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=market;action=display;num=1125875149;start=15

i remember, i once did get a win nt running on this board... (but i had many tries to get it working...) At this time i did not have your aa cap...

then i formatted the drive because i needed it in another PC...

<-- me stupid  ::)

If shipping "From" Germany wasn't so expensive I would have you to ship it to me or Gary for testing.

Well if all else fails, you could always buy my Complete Mercury System :-X

Off-Topic note :

Wow, more than three months now... you really got a complicated nut to crack there ;)

wrote on 12.12.05 at 20:17:43:

Off-Topic note : Wow, more than three months now... you really got a complicated nut to crack there ;)

LOL!

I just realized your reply is number "100"

I'll close this deal if it's the last thing I do.

And it very well may be :-/

gamma you know, i will not fool you.

you know the deal (brooklyn bounce is for real...) [lol last one  went into my mind, sorry, forget about it ;) ]

gamma, today i bought a third L440gx+ board cause the seller of the second board doesnt respond anymore  :'( no contact, no noard, nothing  >:(

i hope than your image will work.

wrote on 16.12.05 at 22:17:03:

gamma, today i bought a third L440gx+ board cause the seller of the second board doesnt respond anymore  :'( no contact, no noard, nothing  >:(

Sheesh, would have been cheaper to buy my known good spare board.

Quote:

i hope than your image will work.

There should be no issues with the image. I have dual SCSI drives in my mercury drive 0 is the OS and everything else, games, demos, and what not. Drive 1 is strictly for back-up. I have images only on that drive.

When I was tasked with making a smaller image for you, I created a current image of drive 0. Then I deleted all unneccessary files and programs from drive 0. Then I rebooted to make sure it would boot okay. Then I made an image drive 0 and named it Mercury.gho Then I restored my original image "Ghost.gho" and rebooted. Everything was great. Then I restored Mercury.gho and I had your image back on re-boot. NT4 with Mercury drivers, no games or demos and such. Then I transfered your image Mercury.gho from the D: drive, through the network to my laptop and contacted you to let you know it was ready for transfer.

Finally, I restore Ghost.gho back onto drive 0. A few days later I successfully transfer Mercury.gho to you through MSN Messenger. Followed by emailing you a copy of Norton Ghost 2003 with instructions on how to restore the image.

wrote on 17.12.05 at 00:20:58:

There should be no issues with the image.

I had no problem when I used it.

That's right. I did send a image to you. You wanted all the Q3D programs, Demos, and such.

If the image can restore on my machine, the image is good.

Your welcome to do and integrity check on the image itself. There's nothing wrong with the image. I spent quite a bit of time creating and testing it for you.

i am thankful for that. i will await my board and than we will see. chances are like zero that my merc works but i won't give up until i have the right equipment for testing it and get the prove that its defective

at least i have got 4 single working 200SBi  :-/

Did you get your new Motherboard?

yes, i will try it this weekend.

*fingers crossed*

Hi TM30 :D

Just checking in with you to see how it went over the weekend. I ran across some pics back in the early days before I acquired a Mercury Case and was building a "Mercury on a Budget". I thought you might enjoy...

http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/3600/picture0280nn.th.jpg http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/96/picture0296tg.th.jpg http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2179/picture0331qu.th.jpg http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8193/picture0583cx.th.jpg

The good ole days, putting it together was most of the fun ;) Notice the Mercury I/O Cable :o

Did the new motherboard do the trick :D


http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6444/picture0672sv.th.jpg


You'll really appreciate the Image Quality once you've seen it. Screenshots don't do it justus :-/

nice system! is this black mercury working correct? i thought no black mercury is working at the moment ?!?

and i have to tell you sorry, i did not yet have enough time for testing my merc project but i hope this weekend i can do it ( friday is holiday in germany [in some states only] and i think i can do it...)

Nice Gamma742, I like the Fairchild A10-A Thunderbolt II also known as the Warthog :)

What is the name of that Flight Simulator, I do see Open GVS but I suppose that that's alogo like Wicked 3D uses hehe.

Does that Simulator also run well on the V6K as well with FSAA x8 @ 1024 x 768 x 16 in Glide?

Quote:

nice system! is this black mercury working correct? i thought no black mercury is working at the moment

That brick DNF as a brick. I returned it for a green one. I had the green one in there for awhile before I bought a Mercury case, that is the correct gx motherboard. I didn't take any pictures of the green one in there. I was mainly documenting the case mod (3 fans with fan bus switches) I did enjoy the case modding but once I found an opportunity on a Mercury case, the thrill was gone :-/

Good Luck and Godspeed on your Mercury Project this weekend ;)

damnit! same shit like on the first board... first steps of WinNT are fine, but after restart i only get a blinking cursor, and sometimes it tells me something about "OSloder" but nothing happens... (NTDLR failure doesnt come up anymore...)

i tried a 40 ribbon hdd cable and a 3Gig Quantum Bigfoot HDD...

Have you tried this...


wrote on 11.12.05 at 22:54:08:

If I were you, I would use http://www.mbhs.edu/~jaosborn/boot98se.exe Boot from it and run Fdisk and delete all partitions then create 2 partitions both using FAT 16 (say no to large disk support) C: = 2GB, D: = 2 GB. then install Win98SE to the C: Then install Windows NT4 to the D: This will automatically create a "Dual Boot" system.

We have to get NT4 working. Let's get 98SE going first on the C:

We can use BigFoot just split the partition 50% each. Plenty of space for what we're doing ;)

i have to find your image ;) i will try your image first...

Wipe the drive first and use a fat16 file system. Then restore the image.

fat16, so 2GB is max size i guess

Yes. 2.1 or something like that...

NTFS will do better but I'm trying to get 98SE on there and 98SE won't work on NTFS.

NT4 doesn't like FAT32. I'm trying to keep both OS's happy.

Both OS's can agree on FAT16.


Are you having any luck?


gamma~

If a deal does not seem to be able to finish, the best solution is to undo it completely (seller gets his items back, buyer his money/trades respectively)

@FalconFly
Yes, I agree. It doesn't appear that this deal will ever complete.

@TM30
Please return my cable and Mercury AAlchemy Module at your earliest opportunity. Be sure to check the serial number on the AA module to insure that the correct one is returned. See the pic for details...

http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=market;action=display;num=1125875149;start=0#0

Don't despair though, I guess both parties have tried as hard as you can, but sometimes things just don't work out (happened to myself a few times)

wrote on 18.01.06 at 00:11:47:

Don't despair though, I guess both parties have tried as hard as you can, but sometimes things just don't work out (happened to myself a few times)

No no...  No hard feelings. I feel sad for TM30. I believe he truly wanted to get his Mercury working. This is no easy task. I did everything possible to support him (want some drama, read the post). He may have lost interest. Donno.. I know that when I had a Mercury sub-System, I had a burning desire to get the thing working. I thought about nothing else (3dfx wise) until I was successful. I was thankful to Gary and Oscar for their support during the project. My only regret was that I sold it to Patience. Sure, I own another one that I bought from Logical Madness but it's not the same. The one I sold to Patience, I built that one from scratch. LM's machine was a turn-key purchase. It's kind of like the difference between buying a AlienWare or building your own Killer Gaming Machine. Some think I'm crazy and there's probably enough evidence to support that. Pride of ownership, Build it yourself ;)

I hear ya, built all my Network myself from scratch as well, every single one :)

write me your adress in an email and i will return it after i do the last test.

damn it i bought two lg400gx+ board and i did even not get Win NT to work, i tried your hints but nothing works. its really frustrating.

@TM30

You have mail ;)

Has it shipped yet ???

i brought it to the PO yesterday.

It's been over a month...

If indeed it shipped, I'd like you to do a trace on the shipment.


Keep me posted..

Don't worry, my Packages into the US with standard German postal services took anywhere upto 45 days.
Unfortunately that's normal (unless Air Mail is used, but over here that costs both arms and both legs for light equipment, doing it with heavier stuff is as good as impossible :P )

"Deutsche Post" doesn't even offer Tracking for private customers (including that costs about the remaining body parts)

Good news is, that (eventually) everything always arrived in good condition.

its shipped long time ago, but i think it was airmail... i choose the option that you have to sign it when you recieve it... strange that its not there yet. but unfortunately, i do not have a tracking code...

wrote on 06.03.06 at 03:01:08:

its shipped long time ago, but i think it was airmail... i choose the option that you have to sign it when you recieve it... strange that its not there yet. but unfortunately, i do not have a tracking code...

If it went "Airmail" as you say, it should have been here by now :-/

well maybe the plane crashed I mean it is possible :-X

More than likely it went surface, if it still on its way...

Perhaps it got lost in the Burmuda Triangle...

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4377/burmudatriangle7sm.jpg

heh I surely hope not , hmm time that we got out PyroGX's and look for the thing our selves ;) My Fusion Canons are ready are yours too?  ;D 8)

and oh I must mention something also I won ebay auction from someone in Berlin and first it were 3  Vintage Dino-Riders fully boxed from 1990 for about 147 euro's and I let that be shipped via Deutsche Post onroad like Parcel post and that took about 12 days which is indeed some what on the slow side. and the next thing I bought from there was a Dino-Riders Deinonycus Boxed never used from 1985 for 120 euro's and I let that get shipped by air and that took only 5 days so to USA it would take at least 12 days and no longer she aka Petra the seller said that her self.

Anyways 45 days is very bad by thinking the package is indeed lost and in a place where it should not be...

I sense that something strange has happened

@ Gamma742 That ship is that a real photo or some photoshop art? Man just imagine :X damn scary man. :P or maybe fun like White Water Kayakking ;D

Hello again...

you won't belive it...

today the letter came back to me   >:(

there is a stamp on it, i can hardly read it, it says something like "Undeliverable as adres....."

So i think i have to send it again  :-/

Gamma, i think its better to give me your home adress this time! please write me a PM!

Wow :o

Well, at least it wasn't lost.

I'd sure like to take the original package in to the UPS Store where I pay $60.00 every three months to have a small mailbox and receive packages there.

I'd like to rip them a new one >:(


Thanks TM30, I PMed you my home address.

The parts arrived back home today :D

whohooo finally  ;D

Anyway i have to say sorry sorry sorry...

*lol*

9 months, 11 days...

Despite the problems - you guys certainly now hold the record for the longest sale ever ;)

Longest almost sale...  ;)

I'll sell the stuff on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=014&item=330027052569