Re: 386 motherboard with VL Bus slots????

Posted on 2013-06-08, 09:19

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by Anonymous Coward

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I had a board very simliar to this one. Same chipset with 2 VLB slots. The VLB slots worked with a 386 as far as I can recall. However, there was basically no performance advantage over a regular ISA slot with the 386. With the 486DLC, there was a slight advantage. With IBM 486DLC2 the VLB slots …

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Re: "Standard" 1 MB RAM AWE64

Posted on 2013-06-06, 23:39

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by Anonymous Coward

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The 1MB versions were somewhat uncommon. Most AWEs I saw were values. A few people bought the AWE64 Gold. I think at that time people didn't care much about midi anyway. I doubt the wavetable on the standard version was much better than the 512k version anyway (which sounded worse than FM).

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Re: BIOS update needed for DTK PKM-0033S or Gemlight GMB-486SPS

Posted on 2013-06-06, 02:24

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by Anonymous Coward

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Probably just shortened because of the 8 letter DOS filename limitation. As far as I can tell the DTK models always had 4 numbers PKM-0031Y, PKM-0038S etc.

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Re: Some 486 MOBOS I'm thinking to get

Posted on 2013-06-05, 23:23

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by Anonymous Coward

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Are you sure the OPTi board can accept 386 CPUs? I only see a 486 socket on the board.

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Re: Updated BIOS for DTK PKM-0033S E-O

Posted on 2013-06-05, 14:51

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by Anonymous Coward

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Should be an OEM version of 486SPS. Try looking for a BIOS for that.

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Re: How popular was the MT-32 and GM

Posted on 2013-06-04, 14:34

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by Anonymous Coward

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It was pretty hard not to be aware of MT-32 seeing it was always an option in game installs. That, and there was always some smartass kid at school who always had to rub it in that my SB16 was a piece of shit in comparison. I personally didn't get to hear an MT-32 in action until I discovered Quest …

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Re: What ISA MIDI card should I get to use with a Roland CM-64

Posted on 2013-06-04, 14:02

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by Anonymous Coward

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It should go with my MPU 401AT which is missing a CM 64 ....so you should hand over the CM 64 to me 😁

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Re: Best cpu/mobo chipsets of each era/history trivia

Posted on 2013-06-04, 06:16

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by Anonymous Coward

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Depends on your definition of "best". You don't mean "definitive", do you? 808x Era: Definitive - 8088 8MHz Best - NEC V30 10MHz (though laptops may have gone as high as 16 or 20MHz) 80286 Era: Definitive- 12Mhz 80286 (preferably on a 0 wait motherboard) Best- Harris 286 25MHz 80386 Era Definitive - …

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Re: Motherboard FX 30000 D Rev 1.0 (386/486 hybrid)

Posted on 2013-06-02, 03:52

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by Anonymous Coward

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It should be a VLB slot. Perhaps there were some support components that you forgot to solder on with it.

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Re: HP Vectra XU 90C

Posted on 2013-06-01, 15:39

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by Anonymous Coward

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Maybe announced in late 96, available early 1997.

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Re: HP Vectra XU 90C

Posted on 2013-06-01, 14:35

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by Anonymous Coward

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First of all, Socket 7 came along with the Pentium MMX. I don't think this is right. The MMX chips came out in October 1996. Socket7 would have come out with the P133 (and 430FX chipset) on or before June 1995. While split rail voltage was part of the specification, it was rarely implemented in …

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Re: Best S3 based card for PCI 486

Posted on 2013-05-31, 16:09

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by Anonymous Coward

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UT? As in Unreal Tournament? On a 486? You're joking, right? I don't plan on running any 3D on this system. I just want clear output, good compatibility...and FAST 2D graphics in both DOS and Windows 3.x

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Re: Any help welcome concerning 386 DX board

Posted on 2013-05-31, 13:24

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by Anonymous Coward

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That's an awesome looking 386 motherboard.

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Re: Best S3 based card for PCI 486

Posted on 2013-05-31, 06:11

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by Anonymous Coward

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I bought a PCI Winfast card based on the GX2. It looks to have 8MB. I was going to go STB, but some bastard bought it out from under my nose on Taobao. It sounds like there aren't too many people running this card on VOGONS. Should be interesting to see what the output quality and win3.1 driver …

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Re: Motherboard FX 30000 D Rev 1.0 (386/486 hybrid)

Posted on 2013-05-31, 04:39

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by Anonymous Coward

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Since it doesn't have the VLB slot, it's not terribly interesting as a hybrid system. It would probably work better as a 386. As it was a budget board, at best it would be a low end 486...which really needs a 32-bit bus for video anyway.

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Re: OK this is officially the most messed up thing on ebay

Posted on 2013-05-30, 13:21

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Do they have any that look like Saddam Hussein?

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Re: Difference between Winbond W24256 and W24257 cache chips?

Posted on 2013-05-30, 13:16

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by Anonymous Coward

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Yes, a W24256 exists. I looked at the datasheet this morning. It exists in -35ns and -15ns parts. Datasheets for both the W24256 and W24257 appear to be identical, except that the 257 is available with better access speeds. There is no mention of any integrated dirty bit.

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Re: SVGA modes in Win3.1 on 286 possible?

Posted on 2013-05-29, 14:54

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by Anonymous Coward

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Yeah, it's possible your cards could use 386 instructions. I dont' know much about drivers, but is it also possible some require protected mode?

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Re: 486 help

Posted on 2013-05-26, 00:44

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by Anonymous Coward

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Isn't a DLC-40 supposed to be about equal to a 486SX-33? If that's the case, Doom should run okay. Now if you had a 486SLC, that would be another story...

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Re: Apple trolling Samsung....again

Posted on 2013-05-23, 06:38

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by Anonymous Coward

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I'm no fan of the way Apple does business, but @#% SamDung (at least their consumer appliance/device division). Every product I've ever owned from Samsung was poorly designed and overpriced. They're kind of like a bad knockoff of Sony (which I also despise). They do make some pretty decent …

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