Also before going down the PCI - USB route make sure the scope software isn't hard coded to expect an A: or B: drive letter. IIRC USB was only introduced later in the lifetime of Windows 98 as Win98 SE. So that may be an additional hurdle.
The older scope software is hard coded to only accept scope software updates from a 120MB floppy as drive letter A: (with
"subst" in dos you can mount any folder as A:)
For storing screenshots and other info it uses the build in windows explorer so you can safe things anywhere windows can access.
The motherboard in those scoops have build in USB 1.1 support but is disabled by default, to use it al you have to do is buy a 2 port usb bracket and enable usb support in the bios.
If you want faster usb you can buy those usb 2.0 cards and plug it in the spare PCI slot
(use something with a NEC USB chipset, mine did not boot with a VIA USB chipset) and install the
generic storage driver with usb 2.0 support for windows 98 first edition.
If I can buy a PCI USB 2.0 card and stick that it in that would be great. I'd like to know more about RAM, etc too.
My Infiniium is in dire need of a new BIOS battery. A guy that I work with told me to write down all memory settings, etc before I replace it. Does anyone have any info about this process by chance?
Check what model Infiniium you have and download the Service Guide for it all the info is in there. For mine the RAM are standard 72-pin SIMMs you can get those on eBay.
All the bios settings for Infiniium series 548xxA are in the
Service Guide starting at page 106, in some older scops the bios battery is embedded in one of those dallas clock modules.
Anyone trying to upgrade there Infiniium scoop should definitely check the Service Guide because there are many different motherboards used in these scoops all with different bios, memory, usb and floppy/cdrom options so dont go and buy stuff without taking the cover of your scoop to see what's really inside of it.