My Single board 486
Model SB486PV
made by
ICS Advent
i think they where bought by Kontron
current setup
P24T (83mhz pentium Overdrive)
16meg ram (it needs parity simms, 64 (2x32) is the max it can take)
1 gig hdd
ISA network card
Trident ISA video card
my one is the cheapy 128kb cache and no on board video, oh well, can't have everything :)
don't ever flash the bios unless you have to !
I upgraded the cpu, and while i was at it i thought i'd update the bios too, bad idea !
the update process is, hold down CTRL + Home and power on
this doesn't really give me the choice of backing up the bios...
anyway after flashing, it came up with: "static resource error"
anyway, nice bloke at ICS sent me the old bios's after some playing around and it worked
here is a local copy of the files if you need them, but i recommend you go to the proper site and get the files
Piccys
Platypus Qikdrive8
I own one of these with 4 gig of ram in it, and it kicks ass :)
if you are interested in buying my qikdrive, or just want more info from someone who has one of these, please free free to contact me via E-Mail, IRC, IM etc, bare in mind i may not by there to reply instantly...
Platypus Tech ceased to exist as of Feb 2004
bit of a bummer if you need drivers for em ...
This might be handy if you want to look around the website as it was
I'v put up a local copy of drivers for Qikdrive (should be ok with qikdrive2 and 8), the 'all drivers' zip file is prob the last version that was made, i can only assume if you have a Qikcache the drivers are the same, you can try force them if you want, the hardware is the same as far as i know, Qikdrive has external power, Qikcache doesn't, also Qikdata was a product platypus made
contains:
Apple OS 9
Freebsd (doesn't say any versions)
Linux (covering 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, 2.2 for i386 and alpha, 2.4 i386 only)
Solaris (Both intel and sparc, no version info)
Windows (win98, nt4, 2k, v1.02)
(On powerup qikdrive auto formats it's ram as fat16, named QD8-A1 with Serial 1234-5678, if more than 4gig, multiple drives are created)
I would very much like to make contact with anyone who worked in platypus (I want a copy of the drivers sourcecode), not that i'm any good at making drivers for windows, or any info, chip specs, or anyone who knows anything, support needed for Windows 64bit , linux 2.6 etc
Companys House info on Platypus, before it disappears:
| Name & Registered Office : |
| PLATYPUS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED |
C/O STERLING ASSOCIATES STERLING
HOUSE, HEATHFIELD ROAD
HIGH WYCOMBE
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HP12 4DQ |
| Status :Proposal to Strike off |
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| Company No. : 03848511 |
| Date of Incorporation : 27/09/1999 |
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| Country of Origin : United Kingdom |
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| Company Type: Private Limited Company |
| Nature Of Business (SIC(92)): |
| 7260 - Other computer related activities |
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| Accounting Reference Date : 31/12 |
| Last Accounts Made Up To : 31/12/2001 (FULL) |
| Next Accounts Due : 31/10/2003 OVERDUE |
| Last Return Made Up To : 27/09/2002 |
| Next Return Due : 25/10/2003 OVERDUE |
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| Last Members List : 27/09/2002 |
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| Previous Names |
| No previous name information has been recorded over the last 20 years. |
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| Branch Details |
| There are no branches associated with this company. |
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| Oversea Company Information |
| There are no Oversea Details associated with this company. |
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Info from my Qikdrive8 as seen by Sysoft Sandra, note Hypertec Pty Ltd, i can only assume they made the actual controller chips (i think hypertec designed the software/config/bios that runs the card, it doesn't help much though)
Device Information
Device Type : SCSI Disk Controller
Device ID : bus 1, device 9, function 0
Windows Device Name : Platypus QikDrive
OEM Device Name : Hypertec Pty Ltd ??? (0208)
OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_118B, DEV_0208, REV_00
Device Name : Hypertec Pty Ltd ??? (0208)
Product ID : VEN_564C, DEV_0001
Revision : A / 1 (0)
