Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2017-01-09, 05:14

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by turtlesedge

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feipoa wrote: turtlesedge, Is there some up/down pages missing to those CMOS settings? Or are there really no adjustments for the memory and cache wait states? No up/down pages, what is in the image is what is there. The motherboard doesn't have any cache, strange for a 386 DX-33?

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2017-01-08, 15:00

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by turtlesedge

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Anonymous Coward, do you think I can use his single EVEN BIOS on my Baby Screamer? Or would this slow the system down? What is the advantage to EVEN and ODD BIOSes? Is it simply to increase storage space, or is it for increased speed via parallel access? turtlesedge, could you share a screenshot of …

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-12-26, 14:40

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by turtlesedge

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It turns out the problem was due to the RAM being non-parity and requiring special BIOS settings to work. I have now added new RAM and it works fine.

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Re: What was your worst screw-up with retro tech?

Posted on 2016-12-26, 14:38

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by turtlesedge

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Losing a vital spring down the drain after spending all night cleaning a keyboard, key by key. I wish there was a faster way to clean a keyboard.

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-11-02, 12:32

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by turtlesedge

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I think you are right, the "EVEN" BIOS contains both EVEN and ODD, 32kb then 32kb. I am assuming the other slot is for separating the BIOS into two seperate ROMs instead of combining them into one 64kb. I am just about to give up on this board, it was manufactured by Lindata Corp and there is no …

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-11-02, 05:47

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by turtlesedge

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feipoa wrote: That's the only BIOS I have. For this reason, I created this thread. Thanks anyway, I guess I will keep looking...

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-11-02, 04:24

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by turtlesedge

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Did you try the following? 1) changing the memory 2) changing the cache 3) disabling L2 cache in the BIOS 4) disabling parity check in the BIOS 1. Yes I tried changing the memory, it will only start to POST if 8mb of RAM is installed 2. The motherboard has no cache 3. The motherboard has no cache …

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-10-03, 09:06

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I took a couple of photos of the errors

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-10-02, 13:04

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by turtlesedge

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I actually tried to boot the motherboard and it was working but would fail after post or when I would would try to save settings to the CMOS. It would come up with a "parity error" in large text. I am guessing the previous owner just pulled the other ROM out for some reason.

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-09-30, 12:02

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by turtlesedge

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Thanks feipoa and jesolo, I ordered a TL866CS and some EEPROM ICs. Will let you know how it goes in about a month when they arrive...

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-09-28, 10:20

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by turtlesedge

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Thanks that would be great, what kind of equipment will I need to create a BIOS?

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-09-28, 09:58

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by turtlesedge

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turtlesedge - Does the motherboard you have contain two BIOS sockets, with one missing? Or does it contain a single BIOS socket? I think there is software which can create even/odd BIOSes from a board with only a single BIOS chip. Yes it contains two BIOS sockets and there is one BIOS missing. I …

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Re: BIOS needed for 386 board with VLSI 330/331/332 chipset

Posted on 2016-09-28, 06:48

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Would anyone be willing to make an image of their 386 motherboard's BIOS with VLSI VL82C330/331/332 chipsets? Thanks. I have a motherboard with these chipsets, sadly it only has the BIOS even. I would be willing to try and extract the BIOS even for you if it helps, I have never done it before …

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Re: old pentium 3

Posted on 2015-11-30, 09:53

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by turtlesedge

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Does the motherboard have an ISA slot? You might have more luck with SoundBlaster compatibility using ISA based cards.

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Re: Aztech cards

Posted on 2015-11-29, 15:51

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https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/#!topic/comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech/BksjkXRBsmw Washington actually seems to be two cards or it has two revisions. Look at the end of the 18 year old thread above... Browse thru my driver collection at vogonsdrivers and experiment. Thanks Jolaes76, the …

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Re: Aztech cards

Posted on 2015-11-28, 14:46

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For the sound card, try one of the 3rd generation sound card drivers (have a look on Vogons drivers or, go to Aztech's ftp site). Just Google the letters imprinted on the Rockwell chipset. You should be able to find the drivers for those. Although, you will probably not require then, unless you're …

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Re: Aztech cards

Posted on 2015-10-24, 12:00

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I like the idea of having the modem and sound on the same card, would they share the same IRQ or use separate IRQs? I am also thinking the modem requires a special cable as the pins are in unusual locations on the phone port, 2 lines each on the outer pins and no pins in the middle.

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Re: Aztech cards

Posted on 2015-10-24, 11:41

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I got this Aztech sound card today, yet to find any drivers or test it yet though. Is it any good...? It's one of the Aztech combo cards, which had a modem and sound card on one board. Your card appears to be using the AZT-2316 chipset, which was used on the 3rd generation Sound Galaxy sound cards …

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Re: Aztech cards

Posted on 2015-10-24, 10:00

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I got this Aztech sound card today, yet to find any drivers or test it yet though. Is it any good...?

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Re: Trying to set up Linksys Ether16 LAN Card Non-PNP

Posted on 2015-09-27, 03:42

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by turtlesedge

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From my experience the setup program does not work or was only programmed for a later model Ether16 network card. Just use the NE2000.COM DOS packet driver or NE2000 compatible Windows drivers. If you are lucky, the network card will have jumpers, otherwise it a case of trial and error to find the …

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