So the vortex86DX 800Mhz at min clock is WAYYYY to fast for stuff like wing commander 2, I tried moslo and a slew of other utils and they made it playable but all jerky to control, I guess based on the RTC being like 18 cycles/s. So looked at the vortex86 dev guide, and since its an industrial part …

How much did this computer card cost? I couldn't locate the SATA port on yours. Mouser stocks them in the US, it was $237 for the 800Mhz ISA board, but the PC/104 version at 1Ghz is much cheaper at $139! I'm going to try that with a PC/104 to ISA adapter next. The SATA may need an adapter cable, …

the dx version is a beast. 1.5gh 486. The SX version is kinda meh. no fpu. Is yours a dx or sx version? (they were afaik all called Vortex86DX, even the SX models). I cant see the chip in the pic at work... DX version at 800MHz max. I've got a 1GHz in PC/104 form factor too but haven't tried it yet …

Got one of the Vortex86DX half-length ISA boards booting last night, just with a quick DOS 7.1 install and some benchmarks, just trying the bare ISA card for now but also go the passive 8-slot backplane which seems to have AT / ATX / and screw terminals for power along with ATX power button support. …

Spent my youth with 8088s and everything after, and really appreciate DOSBox and ScummVM and especially MUNT but wondered what was going on for new production hardware from that era, especially things like 486-ish performance, but Ebay made it clear that vintage will COST you right now, its crazy. …