Re: PC CHIPS/FOXCON M396F ver. 2.6
Posted on 2022-06-21, 17:02
Nelson68k wrote on 2022-06-18, 08:25: Rev 2 is ready and booting. Now test it thoroughly. Awesome!
Re: Socket 5/7/SS7 (Processor Shim) Tweaker (Released)
Posted on 2022-05-27, 12:04
Awesome work - props!
Re: Socket 4 Chaintech 586IPI
Posted on 2022-05-06, 11:54
led178 wrote on 2022-05-02, 20:50: amadeus777999 wrote on 2022-04-20, 12:11: Any more scores? What tests do you want? I'm interested in Doom shareware's demo3 with screenblocks 9(status bar + 1 green border). Also Ultimate Doom's demo4(fullscreen) and DoomII's demo3 (fullscreen).
Re: Socket 4 Chaintech 586IPI
Posted on 2022-04-20, 12:11
Always great to see some original Pentium hardware! All the boards I tested worked with EDO memory. Any more scores?
Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2022-04-16, 11:18
speeddemon wrote on 2022-04-01, 07:27: IMG_0982.jpg I always enjoy spending quality time with my LaCie Electron 22 Blue IV. This thing is absolutely fantastic once calibrated. Very nice!
Re: My first 486 build in probably 15 years
Posted on 2022-04-16, 08:52
Very nice machine! Did you try optimizing the settings?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-04-07, 16:37
Worked some more on a 90ies oriented C tutorial and Doom maps. Other than that I sold some 486/586 stuff. Before it's collecting dust I rather had it make somebody else happy. I kept the P60/66 stuff and one 486 board. I would not have sold the gear if I had the room to properly have system after …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-04-07, 10:27
Worked some more on a 90ies oriented C tutorial and Doom maps. Other than that I sold some 486/586 stuff. Before it's collecting dust I rather had it make somebody else happy. I kept the P60/66 stuff and one 486 board. I would not have sold the gear if I had the room to properly have system after …
Re: is it worth getting a 1600x1200@160Hz 19" CRT?
Posted on 2022-04-06, 18:14
CRTs "can't be beat" especially for the yesterday niche. I never had them running in high res but some of my friends did(W98 and 2K) and the more modern ones(19"+) had an amazing picture.
Re: Shuttle Hot 433 won't POST
Posted on 2022-04-06, 12:21
The srams are socketed.
Re: Shuttle Hot 433 won't POST
Posted on 2022-04-05, 08:57
Obligatory 'meeting John Romero' pic whilst he was being interviewed for PC Gamer magazine :) 1648933157555.jpg Very nice! Regarding the board. I had one 433 and once it refused to boot because some srams were faulty or not properly seated. If in doubt maybe remove all the sram ICs to remove …
Re: vintage programming
Posted on 2021-12-25, 14:10
WatcomC + Tasm + Text Editor. I mostly use a P133 for such things - it's neater with a 486 but the younger platforms are easier to "handle/manage". Never really got into QBasic but I do remember it from school... we implemented "BubbleSort" with it if I recall correctly.
Re: Fastest socket super socket 7 motherboard
Posted on 2021-11-16, 10:04
The "fastest" SS-7 board that I have personally run is an ASUS P5A-B at 124mhz fsb and 310 mhz cpu clock(PMMX-x2.5multiplier). As far as I can remember the settings are max'd and there's no error in MemTest5.31. Never got any board to make it through MemTest at 133mhz fsb without throwing up errors …
Re: Writing DOS device drivers in C
Posted on 2021-08-19, 10:03
Watcom's inline assembler is, once you got acquainted to it, a bit above the usual "asm { ... }" solutions. You can produce some elegant code thanks to the parm/modify/value options... much better than gcc's AT&T brain-ache. Why not use (Open)Watcom's dev tools instead of the "Mirkosoft" ones? You …
Re: Writing DOS device drivers in C
Posted on 2021-08-17, 06:17
BloodyCactus wrote on 2021-08-16, 21:27: amadeus777999 wrote on 2021-08-16, 19:27: Found a snippet I downloaded a while ago. The second edition of that book is good, Advanced MSDOS Programming 2nd Edition. I remember using it. Good to know, I'll see if I can find a used version online.
Re: Writing DOS device drivers in C
Posted on 2021-08-16, 19:27
Found a snippet I downloaded a while ago.
Re: Motherboard ID needed - Socket 3 UMC PCI
Posted on 2021-08-13, 11:02
jakethompson1 wrote on 2021-08-12, 23:10: Shuttle HOT-433? x2
Re: Adventures in rebuilding a BIOS for the Sprint P5N-DP V3 (rare dual socket 5 board)
Posted on 2021-08-10, 16:56
Nice work - must have cost a landslide back then.
Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison
Posted on 2021-08-09, 19:48
@Chadti99 - it will take me a few days since I have to take care of some boards and the GA-486AM/S needs some testing plus bios re/flash. @feipoa - I would be interested in modding it as I have a 4015 DC/DC down converter lying around - any instructions for the mod? These srams are soj ones soldered …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-08-09, 19:40
Added socket + rtc module to a socket 4 board and corrected the date with gsetup - nice!
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