Re: AWE64 in DOS - "Parity check 20000" and it freezes

Posted on Today, 11:38

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by theelf

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I dont know the game, but if dont support awe native, and your motherboard dont work with aweutil for midi emulation you are out of luck Anyways looks like a protected mode game, even if aweutil works, will.not work with your game exept you use dos32awe And if aweutil is a hit and miss... more miss …

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Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on Yesterday, 20:34

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by theelf

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Hi, i have a big interest if you can do some DOS benchmarks, using for example phil one https://www.philscomputerlab.com/dos-benchmark-pack.html Im building a cyrix 5x86 to be my best 486 ever jaja and i will be happy to compare to amd cpu For example, my results, cyrix at 120mhz, Doom i get 53.35, …

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Re: Pentium Pro with ISA graphica card… inusable?

Posted on Yesterday, 20:30

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by theelf

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ISA is fine for typical 320x200 games (that's 320x200 pixels, by 1 byte per pixel, for a high refresh game like Doom lets say 30fps = just shy of 2mbytes/sec), but anything 640x400 (four times the bandwidth of 320x200 at the same frame rate) or above is going to have it's performance crippled by …

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Prophecy's CD-Player mod

Posted on 2024-05-26, 18:21

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by theelf

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Hi, i modded this very nice DOS cd player to have more long CD and track names and more visible tracks, because original was very restrictive While not playing, but CD loaded, right click to change name of CD and tracks, my opinion is just best to change cd name to whatever, to record the new entry …

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Re: Best inexpensive Windows 98 CD-RW drive

Posted on 2024-05-24, 18:24

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by theelf

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Any ide LG never give me a problem, random and boring looking... yes, but rock solid

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Re: Mini PCi VGA Card Quake Comparison on Cyrix 5x86 system

Posted on 2024-05-23, 09:11

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by theelf

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System: Cyrix 5x86-100 LS-486E Sis Chipset 16MB EDO Cards: S3VirgeDX-2MB CL GD5540-1MB Trident8900-1MB S3Trio64V2-2MB Quake Demo 640x480 Result: S3 Virge/DX 11.5 fps CL GD5540 11.1 fps Trident 8900 11.2 fps S3Trio64V2 12.5 fps Thats all. No PCI 8900 for sure What test did you do? timedemo X? screen …

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Re: Mini PCi VGA Card Quake Comparison on Cyrix 5x86 system

Posted on 2024-05-22, 21:24

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by theelf

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System: Cyrix 5x86-100 LS-486E Sis Chipset 16MB EDO Cards: S3VirgeDX-2MB CL GD5540-1MB Trident8900-1MB S3Trio64V2-2MB Quake Demo 640x480 Result: S3 Virge/DX 11.5 fps CL GD5540 11.1 fps Trident 8900 11.2 fps S3Trio64V2 12.5 fps Thats all. No PCI 8900 for sure What test did you do? timedemo X? screen …

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Re: Windows 10 on Core2Duo

Posted on 2024-05-17, 22:28

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by theelf

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It takes a bit of effort to find an up-to-date browser supporting windows 7. hee... no, you have Supermium, and is in Release Announcements forum https://github.com/win32ss/supermium It's a shame because windows 10's memory usage is bloated and it doesn't really run acceptably with only 4GB, which …

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Re: Most powerful Mainboard with Floppy + IDE

Posted on 2024-05-17, 22:23

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by theelf

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They are some 1155 motherboards with IDE+Floppy

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-05-17, 11:43

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by theelf

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Comparison of AMD X5 133MHz vs Cyrix 5x86 100 (3x33) and 120 (3x40) performance on the Tiny 486 SBC system: amd-vs-cyrix.png The Cyrix at 100MHz is getting more than 90% of the performance of the AMD, yet at only 75% of the frequency. Increasing the bus up to 40MHz makes a substantial difference, …

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Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2024-05-17, 09:44

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by theelf

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Some benchmarks from my baby. MB: ASUS PVI-486SP3 Socket 3 Rev1.8 512k Cache CPU: AMD Am5x86WB X5 133ADW DX4 @ 160Mhz (40FSB x 4) RAM: 2 x 32MB EDO NON-Parity 60NS 72-Pin 5v Display: Cardex Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p 2MB VLB Graphics: Diamond Monster 3D 3Dfx VooDoo1 4MB PCI :D Sound: Creative Labs …

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Re: SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6+7+8 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86

Posted on 2024-05-16, 10:39

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by theelf

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Hi! i have a question, im using softfsb to change multiplier of my cyrix 5x86 120, and let me do 1x or 3x (normal speed), no problem about this, is amazing to change from 120 to 40 with just one command My problem is that softfsb randomly hangs, sometimes just first time i use to go to 1x, sometimes …

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Re: Best VGA for the Pentium MMX 200

Posted on 2024-05-16, 07:49

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by theelf

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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Love S3 cards but one problem i found in all trio and virge i tested is that 320x240 resolution use 70hz not 60hz, in DOS can be solved loading scitech vesa, but at least for me, the trick did not work under windows and directx, ddraw, etc games, still use 70hz refresh rate, and never get a smoth …

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Re: Intel 486DX4 vs Cyrix 5x86 showdown (at high FSB frequency)

Posted on 2024-05-15, 21:40

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by theelf

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What’s the point of installing a DX4/586 processor without L2 cache? I have a cyrix 5x86 without L2. After many test, i checked the L2 cache did not make almost any positive difference, in fact, oposite Did you have more memory than the cacheable area for your chipset at the L2 size used? If so you …

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Re: Intel 486DX4 vs Cyrix 5x86 showdown (at high FSB frequency)

Posted on 2024-05-15, 12:22

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by theelf

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What’s the point of installing a DX4/586 processor without L2 cache? Since there's no cache upgrading stick available, I just test as is. I just bought a real Cyrix 5x86 120GP today, hopes Doom benchmark will run smoothly without a glitch. 40fps on my 586-120gp without the cyrix optimisations …

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Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2024-05-12, 17:04

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by theelf

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Both DOOM and Quake screens should look like this: DOOM_benchmark_screen_size_8.JPG From memory, I think they are at 320x200. Thanks a lot for answer Without knowing these parameters it is impossible to compare data, but still, your data is strange to me (sorry my english if not right words) For …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 22:33

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by theelf

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No, Ryzen runs nicely, you have to learn a little use, but it's all in place. Love sbemu project, but to say in a nice way... compatibility is terrible yet ISA is a must for DOS compatibility, even best PCI cards have much lower compatibility. Did not tested SB Link in my life yet I've done some …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 22:10

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by theelf

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DarthSun wrote on 2024-05-11, 22:07: Modern drivers have already overwrote this. ETC, Sound - Sbemu/vsbhda. No way, not even close. Sbemu/vsbhda are nice projects but compatibility very low and still full of problems

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 22:03

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by theelf

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

DarthSun wrote on 2024-05-11, 20:35: theelf wrote on 2024-05-04, 18:57: A P4 is retro? exept very rare boards no P4+ boards have ISA, then not good for DOS But okay, you no longer need ISA, PCI OK, SBEMU/VSBHDA. ISA is a must for DOS compatibility, even best PCI cards have much lower compatibility. …

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Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2024-05-11, 18:29

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by theelf

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison In this study, 28 socket 3 CPUs were tested under identical conditions using 23 different benchmark programs. It is believed that this work is the most comprehensive 486 comparison to-date. The intent was to identify each CPU's relative performance to that of a …

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