Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

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http://www.filewatcher.com/_/?q=PNPV22B.ZIP https://gona.mactar.hu/GRAVIS/PnP/SETROM4.ZIP https://gona.mactar.hu/GRAVIS/PnP/SETRAM.ZIP Additionally this one when building your ARGUS, as it contains gravnocd.rom required for initial flashing of the serial eeprom. http://www.filewatcher.com/_/?q= …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-11-25, 19:10

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Registration for the reduced run closed for now. Everyone who messaged me should have a reply with further details now.

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Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2020-11-23, 22:39

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Nopes, exactly for the reasons you mention. His lego-C64 was quite a well built up project tho.

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Re: Asus PVI-486SP3 // PCB vs. Chipset Revisions

Posted on 2020-11-23, 22:12

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That might help - thanks a lot. Seems like the changes are likely minor and mostly related to the silkscreen for the clock generator circuit. Other than that I've only found 1 additional resistor and one unpopulated footprint.

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Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2020-11-23, 19:46

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I remember a guy on YouTube called RetroAhoy. He doesn't have that many video's but he has some very elaborate ones. I especially liked the "Polybius" one. His voice is somehow also interesting to listen to. Another good example for a quality channel. While I didn't care about the Polybius video, …

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Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2020-11-23, 17:37

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That's the problem with youtube. It rewards massive output (4x 10 minute videos in 2 weeks), rather than sophisticated work (1x 40 minute video in 2 weeks). While not exactly on the topic of retro computing, prime examples of channels done right are "Technology Connections" and "Chyrosran22" in my …

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Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2020-11-23, 12:37

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I've been watching the last video's of the 8-bit guy, and it feels like he has to do them. Its not fun to watch anymore and I catch myself stopping them a couple of minutes in. Its depressing to watch and feels like a chore. Always felt like that with him. While he managed to sell his badly googled …

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Re: Do I really need a floppy drive?

Posted on 2020-11-23, 12:33

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Mostly use them as slot covers on my machines these days. Occasionally use the 3.5" for writing disks for another platform, but don't think I've ever used the 5.25" one in my builds.

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Re: Asus PVI-486SP3 // PCB vs. Chipset Revisions

Posted on 2020-11-23, 08:14

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Which PCB revision?

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Asus PVI-486SP3 // PCB vs. Chipset Revisions

Posted on 2020-11-22, 21:01

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Hi there, long story short ... I ended up with above board with the earliest chipset revision, which sucks rather badly (either the onboard IDE doesn't work or you're stuck with DX2 CPUs, as DX4/PODs won't work). Now I've got the idea to transplant a more modern revision of the chipset (salvaged …

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Re: Modifying the POD83's voltage regulator for overclocking

Posted on 2020-11-22, 16:29

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Went with dual 1N5408 now, which output 4.2V in idle and fit nicely after removing the heatsink and reattaching it with superglue. Runs absolutely stable with 24.1fps in Quake_low making it the fastest sub-Socket4 machine of the German DOS community :) There's still some room for improvement, as the …

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Re: Modifying the POD83's voltage regulator for overclocking

Posted on 2020-11-22, 12:46

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So i.e. 2x 1N5402 would be suitable? Those are the only ones I have lying around without having to order anything.

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Re: Modifying the POD83's voltage regulator for overclocking

Posted on 2020-11-21, 21:43

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Any specific diode types you'd recommend? My hardware dealer of choice has 50 different types (5A/6A) on offer. Maybe it's worth checking out if there are any suitable TO-220 packaged diodes to pretty up the mod a bit?

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-11-14, 15:47

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I was in April 2017, in which category am I now? Sorry to use this thread for mail, I forwarded a mail to mos6502c ... no response, I can't transmit with Vogons PM yet. Do you still have my private mail address? or maybe i could read yours PM in Vogons inbox. I'm not losing my patience, I just wish …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-11-14, 09:55

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Just to clarify - this run is still only for previous backers.

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-11-09, 18:35

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Well, long story short - the new job is really bad, so bad I might quit soon-ish and C19 is still as strong as ever making logistics a challenge. No longer wanting to keep you waiting, I'll do a reduced run now (PM me for details) for those who want to get their cards hopefully this year and the " …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-11-04, 19:50

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Next announcement on monday.

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Re: ASUS PVI-486SP3 Chipset Revision vs BIOS Version question

Posted on 2020-11-02, 17:53

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BastlerMike: Yup, but I wanted to use the integrated IDE port. Also the system ran incredibly unstable when using VLB graphic cards with a more modern BIOS + ISA IDE. 0101.bin works on my A4 (only briefly tested IDE + DX2 + VLB so far), SI4I0101.AWD did not. Thanks computerguy08

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Re: ASUS PVI-486SP3 Chipset Revision vs BIOS Version question

Posted on 2020-11-02, 15:24

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Thanks a lot! Hopefully this will safe my semi-useless 486SP3 1.2

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Re: ASUS PVI-486SP3 Chipset Revision vs BIOS Version question

Posted on 2020-10-31, 22:10

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Info in that thread is incomplete. Apparently 0101 is the only version that runs with the A4 revision of the chipset. Sucks that the only image found on the internet won't work (at least on my board). si4i0101.zip PVI-486SP3 A4 version chipset BIOS 0101. si4i0202.zip PVI-486SP3 B2 & B3 chipset BIOS …

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