Re: Have an ABIT AH4T? Please help me out!

Posted on 2020-10-18, 18:16

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by Robin4

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_ar wrote on 2019-02-14, 21:02: Perfect! Many thanks for your troubles, will report on how to mod goes 😀. I really hope I can turn it to support DX4-100, finger crossed 😀. Iam also really like to know what you have done, and how the progress is going.

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Re: Have an ABIT AH4T? Please help me out!

Posted on 2020-10-18, 18:15

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by Robin4

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Dont forget there are also some resistors inside the cpu socket. (those yellow small things) Only dont know which are installed. And which are not.

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Re: Replacement for AMI- KEY 2 bios chip

Posted on 2020-10-08, 23:44

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by Robin4

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Should it be possible to dump the data from that AMI-KEY 2 without electronic breaking it. Dont know exactly what a mask rom is.

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Replacement for AMI- KEY 2 bios chip

Posted on 2020-10-08, 21:59

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by Robin4

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Does anybody knows if theres a IC that would be pin compatible with an AMI-KEY2 IC.. I have an AMI-KEY2 IC here. Which i can use to dump the data from. Are there chips that are compatible with an AMi-KEY 2 IC? Or knows where to get those AMI KEY2 ICs for flashing.

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Re: Your 'formula' for system specs and operating system matching

Posted on 2020-10-04, 19:32

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by Robin4

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The list for me would be: 8088 - 8086 - MS-DOS 3.31 or 4.01 (if you want windows try windows 3.0) (windows 2.0 isnt worth for me) 286 - MS-DOS 4.01 with windows 3.0 with multimedia extensions or 3.1 386 - MS-DOS 5.0 or 6.0 with windows 3.1 or 3.11 486 / Pentuin 90- MS-DOS 6.2 or 6.22 or windows 3.11 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-04, 19:19

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by Robin4

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Turbo -> wrote on 2020-09-30, 07:49: Bought this early Pentium 4 computer case, but I think I can get away with installing a higher-end Pentium III system, judging by its looks, which was my primary goal why I bought it. Iam using the same case for my Pentium III 550Mhz machine. I like it very much …

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Re: Need help with VLB IDE controller setup ?

Posted on 2020-09-26, 18:35

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by Robin4

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That's normal for many controllers. Before Windows enables 32-bit access, it does some checks to ensure that the controller and the BIOS report the same CHS values. It's quite often not the case and then you have to live with it. That is, no 32-bit access. Whats the performance penalty if it cant …

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Re: Installing bigger harddrive in a 386 system

Posted on 2020-09-26, 18:22

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by Robin4

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Grzyb wrote on 2020-09-26, 18:03: BTW, I just had a look at Ontrack Disk Manager - it comes with "ontrackw.386", a VxD for Windows 3.1 which is supposed to support the 32-bit disk-access feature. Which version of ontrack?

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Re: Installing bigger harddrive in a 386 system

Posted on 2020-09-26, 18:17

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by Robin4

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The 528 MB limit is about the drive, not about partitions - creating more partions can't help here. With a typical 386 BIOS, the solutions are: - software like Ontrack Disk Manager - some drives (eg. Seagate ST-5850A) have a "dual-drive emulation" jumper, ie. they act as both Master and Slave, each …

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Installing bigger harddrive in a 386 system

Posted on 2020-09-26, 15:24

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by Robin4

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Hello all, Iam want to install an 800MB harddrive in a 386 system. Because i think it would give me a lot of space to install games and software on. (It doesnt have to be period correct) I know about the 528 drive limitation on basic controller boards. also about the 4096 cilinder limitation. I also …

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Where can i find MS-DOS 4.01 Dutch version on 3,5 disk

Posted on 2020-09-13, 23:33

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by Robin4

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Does any have a source where i can find the dutch version of microsoft MS-dos 4.01 on 720KB disks Iam looking for the version which microsoft did release them their self. Could be an original copy for sell or a source where i can make my own diskettes.. I know this version is hard to come by. If you …

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Re: e-nForcer (My Q9550, GTX 280 SLI Windows XP/Windows Vista Gaming Rig)

Posted on 2020-09-06, 03:36

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by Robin4

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Why did you choose windows vista as well? And Both 32-versions installed or 32 bit XP and 64 bit vista.

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486 motherboard information

Posted on 2020-09-06, 01:29

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by Robin4

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Is there any one who can help me finding some documents on this motherboard: https://i.imgur.com/KjY3rG0.jpg PCPartner (Sapphire) 4FVUD 1.4 I find with google that a guy sold it on amibay. Only his board is version 1.5 and mine is version 1.4. Maybe somebody has got this motherboard already through …

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Re: 386 CONTAQ CACHE PROBLEM..

Posted on 2020-09-01, 22:38

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by Robin4

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Nice website of documentary you have made! Looking very nice.. Yes i can help later on.

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Re: Can you identify this 8-bit ISA card?

Posted on 2020-09-01, 22:29

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by Robin4

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A com jumper header is never this wide. Iam certain that a DB25 header is a joystick port is DB25. Serial is DB-9 But it also could be that it is a Second LPT port (thats also is DB25) LPT2

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Re: Can you identify this 8-bit ISA card?

Posted on 2020-09-01, 19:38

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by Robin4

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On the back is one serial and a parallel poort *aka printer) The header on the top have a side for a joystick outpot.. (just need finding an Joystick bracket)

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Re: 386 CONTAQ CACHE PROBLEM..

Posted on 2020-09-01, 18:26

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by Robin4

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I hope i may kick this topic up again? (because off some follow up questions, because iam consider it to use it in my previous purchased mini tower case) There is nothing wrong with this board and i finished with the cache ram installed correctly to 256KB in 2011. Only my main concern is.. I think …

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Re: Asus P3B-F and GeForce Ti 4800? tualatin?

Posted on 2020-09-01, 15:52

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by Robin4

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4800 should work fine. 4800 is a rebrand from the 4600.. They will perform the same. 4600 use AGP x4 4800 use AGP x8. 4800 looks faster on the digits, but actually it performs the same. There isnt really a performance difference between AGP x4 / AGP8x.. Or isnt noticable. The bottleneck is really …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-01, 15:43

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by Robin4

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absolutely stunning :0 do you know what model CD-ROM drive that is? Today the tower arrived. And checked which those drives are. The CDROM drive is : IBM CR574-C from 1995 Floppy drive is: Epson SMD-300.. (seems to be a very old floppy drive) (iam guessing its from de 286 area.) The tower looks …

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Re: Usability of this K7 3dfx Compaq I found and HW questions

Posted on 2020-09-01, 01:44

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by Robin4

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The lack of ISA (and SBLINK) is a downside for DOS, otherwise this is a fine board for your purpose. AMD750 means it should accept all Slot1 CPUs including Thunderbird, at already, assuming Compaq BIOS accepts it. However if you go for Third you might as well do SoA, so with Slot I'd say stay with …

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