Re: Alaris Leopard Rev C 486SLC2 (MR-BIOS???)
Posted on 2023-02-05, 08:07
You should run a comparison of the speedsys memory tests.
Re: Alaris Leopard Rev C 486SLC2 (MR-BIOS???)
Posted on 2023-02-03, 08:02
Finally, this is found! Too bad it'll be several months before I'm able to test it. Is there a small performance gain over AMIBIOS?
Re: Alaris Leopard Rev C 486SLC2 (MR-BIOS???)
Posted on 2023-02-01, 05:59
Swapping the ROM BIOS presents almost no risk. If you have a rev A BIOS it might work on a later board revision. Can you upload the ROM?
Re: JCS286/SCAT (82C235) Motherboard
Posted on 2023-01-27, 15:14
It seems to me that C&T was intentionally using acronyms that spelled words. The NEAT acronym was a clever one, but what the hell was up with SCAT? Was somebody at C&T really into scat? How did anyone in their marketing department think that was a good idea? I'm still waiting to learn more about the …
Re: Generic 80386 bios for Evergreen Superchip 286 -> 486
Posted on 2023-01-26, 15:45
I recommend you use the MR-BIOS for generic 286 boards. I have one in my 5162, and I really like it.
Re: JCS286/SCAT (82C235) Motherboard
Posted on 2023-01-26, 15:42
Wait...PCCHIPS had a "SHART" chipset? As in shit + fart = shart? You know, like when you want to fart but you end up crapping your pants. SCAT isn't much better. Scat means shit, doesn't it?
Re: Alaris Leopard Rev C 486SLC2 (MR-BIOS???)
Posted on 2023-01-22, 09:49
No, this BIOS image is surprisingly still missing.
Re: Pentium 1 366mhz The Infamous Golden Tiger
Posted on 2023-01-14, 02:26
They’re relatively easy to find in China, but often times broken. The sellers like to play ignorance, but they definitely know they’re selling defective crap. I have terrible luck with the second marketplace here. I just bought a second hand bike….came with a bent wheel and a bent fork.
Re: Pentium 1 366mhz The Infamous Golden Tiger
Posted on 2023-01-13, 07:22
Afaik 黄金戦士 "Golden Warrior" were made in Taiwan https://akiba--pc-watch-impress-co-jp.translate.goog/hotline/980606/taipei98.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Correct. These CPUs are Golden Warriors, not Golden Tigers. The Golden tiger is similar, but the PCB is exposed and the …
Re: what do you think is the best 440bx mainboard in the world?
Posted on 2023-01-12, 14:57
I liked some of the last BX boards that had "official" 133MHz support...like the Abit BF6, BX133, Asus CUBX and Gigabyte BX2000.
Re: Pentium 1 366mhz The Infamous Golden Tiger
Posted on 2023-01-10, 07:50
What was actually inside the 366? Is the package flipped upside down so that you have to destroy it to read the part number?
Re: S3 805 VLB graphics - onboard vs card
Posted on 2023-01-08, 13:55
I wouldn't worry too much about your onboard 805 missing the second megabyte. It seems to me that unless you had the 805i version that supports memory interleaving paired with a beefier RAMDAC, anything that used the 2MB would be too slow to be useful.
Re: 100X CD-ROM Drive
Posted on 2023-01-08, 00:57
So what kind of crappy 24X drive was it under all the marketing hype? $150-$200 seemed a bit much. I remember in 1997 prices of CD-ROM drives dropped a lot, so for that price you should have been able to get something nice like a Matsushita, Pioneeer, Toshiba or Plextor (probably bundled with a SCSI …
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2023-01-01, 14:09
There were a lot of different versions of the 2940. I would guess some of the early ones might only be PCI 2.0 compliant? The 2940UW is probably a safe bet though.
Re: ALD PCI5433 Manual
Posted on 2022-12-25, 14:51
Interesting. This is quite different than the one I usually see, which had a yellow PCB and looks more like the ALD board.
Re: ATi Mach8 Graphics Ultra ISA VGA card, quick test.
Posted on 2022-12-24, 14:15
I never found mine to be slow. Is it possible that you never ran vinstall to make sure the card was running in 16-bit mode?
Re: ATi Mach8 Graphics Ultra ISA VGA card, quick test.
Posted on 2022-12-23, 15:36
If you get a chance, please also test the mach8 drivers I posted : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=77885&hilit=mach8+286&start=40 Later driver sets supposedly do not work on 286s, and you must use 8514/A drivers in Windows. According to my manual, these v1.3 Mach8 drivers should work on …
Re: ALD PCI5433 Manual
Posted on 2022-12-20, 13:17
Do you have a photo of your NEC board?
Re: ALD PCI5433 Manual
Posted on 2022-12-19, 14:28
I’ve seen those ”NEC” chipset boards. I always figured they were remarked ALDs. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one with plb cache though.
Re: ALD PCI5433 Manual
Posted on 2022-12-18, 16:13
I also have a PCI5433, so this manual is useful. Unfortunately, mine has the CPU soldered down and no cache. I was thinking to solder in the cache chips, but so far my board is not stable. My board uses electrolytic filter caps, and BJT NPN transistor instead of a MOSFET...not exactly markings of a …
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