Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks

Posted on 2020-08-29, 20:51

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I thought BUFFERSHIGH could put the buffers in upper memory. I haven't looked at my config.sys or autoexecs in decades now, but recall that we would do this in msdos 5.0. I think it actually works only on Windows 9x (DOS 7.x), and FreeDOS (possibly since certain versions). Strange. I know we …

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Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks

Posted on 2020-08-29, 20:29

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...like the BUFFERS and FCBs. I thought BUFFERSHIGH could put the buffers in upper memory. I haven't looked at my config.sys or autoexecs in decades now, but recall that we would do this in msdos 5.0. Possibly. I am quite tired right now and without it being easy to boot it up and check, it's …

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Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks

Posted on 2020-08-29, 18:09

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ssokolow wrote on 2020-08-29, 17:23: ...like the BUFFERS and FCBs. I thought BUFFERSHIGH could put the buffers in upper memory. I haven't looked at my config.sys or autoexecs in decades now, but recall that we would do this in msdos 5.0.

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Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks

Posted on 2020-07-15, 21:15

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There may be someone spamming the thread (either with advertising or with idiocy) whose posts are being deleted before you can see them. Yep, this is my guess too. This is why I like forum platforms that allow you to have the post reply included in the email notification--so you know if it's spam …

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Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2020-04-07, 18:06

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Sounds like this might have been by design. Motherboard makers back in this era didn't work as hard to work the same as other brands, so there would be quirks like this. Maybe but I'm not sure about that, don't know if not implementing that was an option for manufacturers even back then. All 3 of …

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Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2020-04-07, 10:02

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Dusko wrote on 2020-04-07, 04:10: ...the thing is, the motherboard is not sending a reset pulse on power-up... Sounds like this might have been by design. Motherboard makers back in this era didn't work as hard to work the same as other brands, so there would be quirks like this.

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Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018

Posted on 2020-01-27, 19:40

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Oh yea, PC365's are neat machines, I really should finish up my "series" on them I have started. World of Warcraft (Classic) is a hell of a drug kids! Oooo...where's the start of the series? I have 8 of these machines more than half are pp180s, but I've got at least 2x pp200s that I know of. I have …

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Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018

Posted on 2020-01-24, 03:32

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Oh yea, PC365's are neat machines, I really should finish up my "series" on them I have started. World of Warcraft (Classic) is a hell of a drug kids! Oooo...where's the start of the series? I have 8 of these machines more than half are pp180s, but I've got at least 2x pp200s that I know of. I have …

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Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018

Posted on 2020-01-24, 03:31

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Holy cow. I have no idea how I missed this thread. I have several IBM Pentium Pro 6589s that can run dual processors but finding the vrm has always been an issue as well as a second processor. I should have seen this. :( Very glad all this stuff was rescued! I would say about half of this haul is …

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Re: The great Pentium Pro haul of 2018

Posted on 2020-01-23, 23:57

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Holy cow. I have no idea how I missed this thread. I have several IBM Pentium Pro 6589s that can run dual processors but finding the vrm has always been an issue as well as a second processor. I should have seen this. 🙁 Very glad all this stuff was rescued!

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Re: Request: IBM Netvista A40 Type 6578-PBU drivers

Posted on 2019-06-13, 03:58

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Thank you for the link! Great site for older IBM systems--I actually had it noted for my 6589. :) Quick way to grab all those drivers: wget -r -l2 http://ps-2.kev009.com/pccbbs/netvista_drivers/ Took only a few minutes to get them all. :) HP/Compaq does the same thing with their driver filenames, …

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Re: Request: IBM Netvista A40 Type 6578-PBU drivers

Posted on 2019-04-25, 15:51

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Arctic wrote: I used to have that board i think. I should still have a folder with drivers, i can check if you want 😀 Thank you! It would be awesome to have the 98se drivers. 😎

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Re: Request: IBM Netvista A40 Type 6578-PBU drivers

Posted on 2019-04-25, 06:33

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I haven't looked. I haven't booted the machine since I parked it a few years ago. It currently has xph on it, but it's a much better suited machine for 98se since it has a 1gb ram limit. Once I image the current drive that's in it, I'll start to play with it, but that's probably going to be a few …

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Re: Request: IBM Netvista A40 Type 6578-PBU drivers

Posted on 2019-01-19, 22:08

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Yep, usually impossible to find unless you know the filenames or have more detailed hardware descriptions to search with. You really make me want to work on mine again! But other things first. 😒

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Re: Request: IBM Netvista A40 Type 6578-PBU drivers

Posted on 2019-01-19, 21:34

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I know this is an old thread, but I think I have one of these machines, but it is also running xp. If I have time to research it and find some 9x drivers, I'll post back here.

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Re: Upgrade paths for the 386 - Yield?

Posted on 2018-05-18, 03:32

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Several years have passed now and I cannot say for certain, but I think the symptoms were HIMEM memory errors or failure to boot. Others have tried 256K with this chipset and have also failed. I did have another motherboard with the same chipset work with 128K though. Ah, this makes sense now. Yeah …

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Re: Upgrade paths for the 386 - Yield?

Posted on 2018-05-17, 02:50

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kixs wrote: But you will need to increase the cache size to 256KB. Hmmm...I don't remember any of this back in the day. You got whatever size cache you wanted (ie could afford) from what I recall. 😕

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Re: Upgrade paths for the 386 - Yield?

Posted on 2018-05-17, 02:48

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Also I had a cool idea that I would make a RAM drive and run games from it, which would actually solve the other problem I have with my SCSI card being slow as shit (in my win95 machine, which I was going to swap into my 386). It still serves its purpose of offloading CPU overhead but being so slow …

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Re: Upgrade paths for the 386 - Yield?

Posted on 2018-05-17, 02:42

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SCSI was quirky in terms of drivers and compatibility with the various devices before ASPI, but it was almost always a slow drive to blame if the drivers and software were correct. I never saw any IDE system back in the day that could touch a properly set up SCSI system in terms of CPU usage--it …

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Re: Upgrade paths for the 386 - Yield?

Posted on 2018-05-16, 17:58

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Regarding storage, SCSI is only faster if you have a period correct drive. If you go with IDE and a newer storage solution that will be quicker, as well as easier. The problem with SCSI controllers is that they reach their internal bottleneck before the ISA bus limit. SCSI was quirky in terms of …

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