I wasn't sure which forum to post this, but I was curious if anyone had performed benchmarks of actual 16-bit code (i.e. booting DOS/Win 3.1, other legacy OSes) on more modern CPUs, to see if 16-bit performance is still improving? For example, is a Sandy Bridge chip faster than Core 2 Duo in 16-bit …

Lovely! Socket 7 is such a sweet spot for having 'modern' connections like USB bit still rock the old AT connections like DIN. What will you be using the system for? Thanks! I used it for a while to play some DOS Games: Dune 1, Dune 2, Warcraft 2, etc. I had installed Star Trek 25th anniversary and …

Very high degree of authenticity... cable management didn't exist until 2002 lol .... I jest, but really nobody cared much until it became more necessary to avoid obstructing airflow in higher power systems. LOL!! Yes, in this state it was terrible. I had the cabling *slightly* better when I was …

Hey folks, I am actually getting out of the "old PC" hobby (I'm still into the Atari 8-bit and ST platforms, as well as the Amiga.. so it's too many old architectures for me at once if I add the old PC!), but I wanted to share some final specs of a RetroPC I cobbled together and used lightly over …

Try cleaning the edge connector. I use soft pencil eraser, but some people on here seem to think that doing that is of the devil even though I have been using that same method for over 20 years with no ill effects. Same thing goes for the ISA slots themselves. They very likely are oxidized and may …

The original is Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG from the BIOS code. So any Award flasher that can work with v4.51PG or newer. Later versions of Aflash.exe supported more bios chip types. I suggest v8.6 or v8.9. DO NOT FLASH from Windows ! You must use a DOS bootable disk and not have any Memory managers …

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Thanks folks! - I assume I can still flash safely from HDD instead of floppy so long as I "boot into command prompt" (F8 during boot) with Windows 98, and do not have anything loaded in config.sys or autoexec.bat (i.e. rename them to something else)? any issues with MS-DOS 7.1?

Hi folks! I'd like to update the BIOS on my TEKRAM P5T30-B4E to the K6-2+/K6-3+ friendly version posted here: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm However, Tekram's website no longer has any mention of their motherboards or the BIOS versions/flash utils required to update the BIOS. …

Greetings folks! My first post here.. I am restoring a Pentium MMX 200 / 430TX system; and i'm having problems with my SB AWE32 and trying to determine if it's hardware or software. Model CT3910. System is running MS-DOS 7.1/WIN98 SE. I'm using IDE (4GB CF) and the onboard USB ports for mouse/ …