Re: WFW 3.11 + Dos 6.22 on late-pentium-era hardware?

Posted on 2020-10-15, 17:54

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by GigAHerZ

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Another thing with edit is, you can use today's normal "ctrl + c" and "ctrl + v", instead of some "random" keys i don't even remember any more... Yup, at least those parts are totally fine and have no compatibility issues whatsoever.

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Re: WFW 3.11 + Dos 6.22 on late-pentium-era hardware?

Posted on 2020-10-12, 17:10

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by GigAHerZ

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I usually go with 6.22 and have emm386, himem and edit replaced in from windows 98. 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-09, 07:32

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by GigAHerZ

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I'm excited, anxious, worried... I bought 2 damaged voodoo 2 12mb cards - a few bent/broken chip pins going to solder pads. Gonna give them my best to repair. Should arrive within the week. In such scenarios, where chips' pins are bent like that, what's the best approach and tools to fix it? (I …

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Re: Ressurrection attempt : 386DX 40

Posted on 2020-10-08, 07:06

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by GigAHerZ

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Even if you can set up drives with their correct size in bios, that doesn't mean it's going to work. Probably you hit the ~500MB hdd support limit. Either set it to ~500MB drive in bios (CF cards are generally fine with that) or use any kind of bios helpers: XT-IDE (1kB conv. mem consumption), …

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Re: Chipset datasheet for M321 (PC Chips)

Posted on 2020-10-06, 19:05

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by GigAHerZ

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Oh, so at least with the help of AMISETUP, there's nothing really to match for me to confirm the chipset? Maybe under diagnostic menu there is something which can give away the chipset the mobo is using. Bios Version: BIOS source: Protected Mode BIOS manufacturer: American Megatrends, INC. BIOS …

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Re: WFW 3.11 + Dos 6.22 on late-pentium-era hardware?

Posted on 2020-10-05, 12:21

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by GigAHerZ

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I usually go with 4GB CF cards - having a second partition for installers and stuff makes it easy to run "format c:", whenever you feel like it. 😉

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Re: Chipset datasheet for M321 (PC Chips)

Posted on 2020-10-04, 13:40

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by GigAHerZ

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Oh, so at least with the help of AMISETUP, there's nothing really to match for me to confirm the chipset?

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Re: Chipset datasheet for M321 (PC Chips)

Posted on 2020-10-03, 09:49

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by GigAHerZ

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Old thread resurrection but PC Chips m321 should be based on 82c391/82c392/82c206 Opti-386WB Chipset, here is the datasheet for future reference. The Bus divider options are clk2in/8 or clk2in/6, so with an am386dx40 (80 Mhz crystal) and the 8 divider the actual isa bus is 10Mhz. Input PIN 14 ( …

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Re: Chipset datasheet for M321 (PC Chips)

Posted on 2020-10-02, 07:00

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by GigAHerZ

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Woah! MR-BIOS? 😮 I should soon get some eeproms that i've ordered some time ago. Definitely will try out that bios, too! (Y)

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Re: Chipset datasheet for M321 (PC Chips)

Posted on 2020-10-01, 06:41

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by GigAHerZ

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Great! This document has register bits information too. I'll try to make some time to match those with my motherboard and maybe change some wait states and check the benchmarks then. 😉

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Re: Installing bigger harddrive in a 386 system

Posted on 2020-09-30, 09:49

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by GigAHerZ

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To add the large hard drive support to your PC, there are few options, each are chewing a bit of conventional memory: XTIDE - you'll lose about 1kB conv. memory EzDrive - Lose about 5kB OnTrack - Lose about 10kB So pick your poison. 😀

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Re: PCI Power Filter Card - Linus Tech Tips Video

Posted on 2020-09-04, 13:09

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by GigAHerZ

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The Linus' video was a total joke anyways. If you want to measure something like that, then first thing you do is take out your oscilloscope!

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Re: P200mmx @233 - every model?

Posted on 2020-08-27, 07:08

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by GigAHerZ

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I have two Pentium MMX'es, and one refuses to take higher multiplier than 3, while other happily goes to 3.5. They look absolutely identical. So how do you know that this is a multiplier problem, and it's not just the core crapping out at 233MHz? Did you try to run the processor at lower FSB speed, …

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Re: P200mmx @233 - every model?

Posted on 2020-08-26, 15:03

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by GigAHerZ

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My "unlocked" P200MMX runs at 3.5x75 = 260MHz with no problems. If anything, then some PCI cards are a bit picky because of the higher PCI bus clock. 😜

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Re: P200mmx @233 - every model?

Posted on 2020-08-26, 06:43

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by GigAHerZ

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I have two Pentium MMX'es, and one refuses to take higher multiplier than 3, while other happily goes to 3.5. They look absolutely identical. So in practice, locked multiplier PMMX's do exist. Maybe they're not locked, but produced before the 1,5/3,5 remapping was introduced? Isn't that just an …

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Re: P200mmx @233 - every model?

Posted on 2020-08-26, 06:18

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by GigAHerZ

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I have two Pentium MMX'es, and one refuses to take higher multiplier than 3, while other happily goes to 3.5. They look absolutely identical. So in practice, locked multiplier PMMX's do exist.

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Re: Ontrack Disk Manager memory consumption and relocation to UMBs?

Posted on 2020-08-25, 07:08

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by GigAHerZ

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matze79 wrote on 2020-08-25, 06:56: Xtide bios also consumes Memory 😅 That's true, but it's only 1kB, so looks like the best solution. I've converted my 386 from EzDrive to XTIDE now and waiting for more rom chips so i could convert my 486 as well.

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Re: Hassle-free network card for DOS/WfW311?

Posted on 2020-08-25, 06:49

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by GigAHerZ

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@stalk3r, good choice! You have all the connections, you could wish for, also present. Yes, configuration is done through utility in EtherLink III diskettes. (Full set was 2 floppies, i think) Those things are widely available around the net. 😀

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Re: Hassle-free network card for DOS/WfW311?

Posted on 2020-08-21, 14:24

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by GigAHerZ

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Completely hassle-free: 3C509B cards. Absolutely no excitement, no learning of anything and rock solid stability. The most boring cards ever. 😜

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-19, 14:45

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by GigAHerZ

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I don't know... Starting from Pentium 2, nothing really has changed. And the same way, the demand for such PCs is also a lot lower than for anything before that. To me personally, this applies as well. I have 386, 486 and Pentium MMX, because they are fun. But Pentium 2+ are just terribly slow " …

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