Re: What?? Both VLB and PCI slots on a 486 mobo?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 19:59

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So don`t care about expensive "Fast VLB Cards" to get 3 fps more. Just grab Pentium+ and Decent SVGA PCI Graphics. You're right... A Pentium MMX has excellent hardware throttling and is a lot more economical than a 486... Intel TX also has PIIX4, so you get UDMA2 as well (HX, FX, and VX only do PIO …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2023-09-29, 16:28

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If you've achieved success with an LGA775 build, a much better alternative to fiddling with configuration files for dual booting is something like this . 3.5" SATA SSDs are a dime a dozen. Keep one drive permanently installed in the case, and use this dock to swap as many 2.5" (or 3.5" if you prefer …

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Re: What?? Both VLB and PCI slots on a 486 mobo?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 14:52

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:O wow one can even do that???!!! How I wish I was able to do build something like that!!! S3 764 / 765 / 965 ??? I never ever heard of those! Perhaps, do you mean 864, 928, 968? The gist of it is, any "Trio" (or Virge for that matter which only exists as a userbase newly-made product) VLB variant …

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Re: What?? Both VLB and PCI slots on a 486 mobo?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 13:44

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Gotcha, thanks! I thought it was only a 'boot' problem, that's why I suggested the above. And, what do you mean with "good" VLB VGA card? Depends on your budget... With Cirrus Logic - GD-5428 or better - but these cards will not tolerate 0WS, and they are only mediocre performance-wise with Windows …

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Re: What?? Both VLB and PCI slots on a 486 mobo?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 13:17

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Ha! This is interesting and I didn't know this... mmm... how can one know if a PCI IDE controller has a boot ROM? If you're stuck with the mobo's IDE implementation, how about installing a tiny drive or, even better, SD card merely as a BOOT drive (literally, only the boot files), and then install …

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Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98

Posted on 2023-09-29, 00:47

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Alright, I just tested with an ATI X800XT PCIe, I got about 515 FPS. So something is wrong with the 6800 drivers for Windows 9x. I also want to make a correction to my previous post where I stated that RLOEW's patchmem limited the memory to 512mb. In fact, I had inserted two lines in system.ini …

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Re: What?? Both VLB and PCI slots on a 486 mobo?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 00:28

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One thing I dislike about PCI on a 486 is the inability to use your own IDE controller (unless it has its own boot ROM). You're stuck with your motherboard's IDE implementation. With VLB, the IDE part is controlled through the BIOS and with a driver. When PCI IDE is not implemented properly in the …

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Re: What?? Both VLB and PCI slots on a 486 mobo?

Posted on 2023-09-28, 21:01

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VLB had a Short life between 1993-95 mainly. If you plan on building a 486 computer I would go with an ISA motherboard or PCI. I disagree... ISA only is for 386 builds... For 486 you should use a VLB build. Ideally you want a graphics adapter that will tolerate 0WS, and a Cyrix 5x86 is the icing on …

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Re: ES1868 - Music Static In KQVI Opening

Posted on 2023-09-28, 17:42

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On a related note, mockingbird - does modifying the audiosize parameter help the static? For example, changing it from 8K to 24K (as per the README). No. I should really test with Warcraft 2 like @Namrok did to confirm the issue is with the IC. But swapping the IC to an ES1869 should also confirm …

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Re: ES1868 - Music Static In KQVI Opening

Posted on 2023-09-27, 23:50

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So my music was set to SB Pro, my sfx was set to SB, and I did start a new game, dick around some, hear some narration, etc. Picked up my signet ring, then quit. Didn't leave the first screen though. I actually tried it again with the music and sfx set to SB, started a new game, picked up the …

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Re: ES1868 - Music Static In KQVI Opening

Posted on 2023-09-27, 20:51

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So I did try this with the Kings Quest VI Sierra Originals disc, in DOS mode, SBPro as the music, and I did not perceive any static in the Sierra logo intro. Interesting, thank you. I ordered an ES1869 IC from China and will try swapping the ES1868 with it to see if the problem goes away. By the …

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Re: ES1868 - Music Static In KQVI Opening

Posted on 2023-09-26, 21:08

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I have an integrated ess 1888F, not exactly the same thing but I can check my card if you’d like. The ES1888F seems to be an upgraded ES1688F: "The ES1888 is a feature upgrade to the ES1688 design. In addition to the ES1688 features, the ES1888 adds: full duplex operation using two DMA channels, …

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Re: ES1868 - Music Static In KQVI Opening

Posted on 2023-09-26, 13:08

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Spikey wrote on 2023-09-26, 08:26: When you say KQ6, do you mean DOS or Windows version? DOS version.

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ES1868 - Music Static In KQVI Opening

Posted on 2023-09-24, 14:43

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I was testing various soundcards in KQVI to try and get WSS working for higher voice quality in-game (and I wasn't successful - but that's a different topic), and during my testing I set the music device to Sound Blaster (but also SBPro). I observed that with my ES1868 card (It's the good quality …

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Re: Intel 440BX (Asus P3B-F) and universal AGP cards don't get along

Posted on 2023-09-21, 18:19

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I re-tested with my P3B-F, everything is stable at 133Mhz FSB in Quake3 1.32C. I prefer the P2B though -- the P3B has detection issues with my SSD. Not sure if it's only this SSD or SSDs in general, but I have to keep rebooting until it gets detected. At first I experienced that same problem again …

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Re: Intel 440BX (Asus P3B-F) and universal AGP cards don't get along

Posted on 2023-09-21, 13:26

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rasz_pl wrote on 2023-09-21, 03:45: hmm I dont know, P2B/P3B-F have 1/4 PCI divider so IDE is not overclocked. I would go back to basics, 66MHz fsb, 1 dimm, no other cards. I will test again with the P3B-F at some point to confirm my diagnosis, but everything was working perfectly on the P2B 1.04, …

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Re: Need Help finding RAM type for Pentium-lll-s , 1.4ghz CPU

Posted on 2023-09-21, 02:13

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What are the markings on the RAM? Post a picture of the area near the CPU, let's have a look at the capacitors.

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Re: Daemon tools 3.47 not working

Posted on 2023-09-20, 18:57

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It works fine for me on Windows 98... Why not try wiping Windows and reinstalling and don't use the service pack this time?

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Re: Intel 440BX (Asus P3B-F) and universal AGP cards don't get along

Posted on 2023-09-20, 14:46

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Well I figured out my issue after testing with several motherboards... I extricated the JMicron SATA to PATA adapter and used the Marvell which I had previously accused of being incompatible with the PIIX4 southbridge which is definitely not the case... When I traced my issues some time ago to a …

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Re: Intel 440BX (Asus P3B-F) and universal AGP cards don't get along

Posted on 2023-09-20, 00:53

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Check the position of the Vio jumper. And hardware monitoring to. AGP8X cards react very poorly to voltages greater than ~3.5V when running on AGP2X. Most often they hang under load. VIO jumper was on default, but I started experimenting with three different motherboards because I could not get …

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