Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

Posted on 2013-03-27, 02:20

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by Anonymous Coward

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Maybe the SXL2 and IIT X2 FPU wouldn't be speed demons, but it would certainly make for a very cool 386. How many people can boast about both clock doubled FPU AND CPU? Personally, I find $70 a little high, but that's the price you pay for not being patient.

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2013-03-27, 00:10

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by Anonymous Coward

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My board originally came with 20ns tags. I was able to to move from "slowest" to "slow" on DRAM timings by upgrading to 12ns. The fact that you are stuck running at the slowest DRAM timings at 33MHz incidates something else could be a problem. I would try replacing all the cache and DRAM with better …

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Re: Creative 3D Blaster VLB price

Posted on 2013-03-26, 14:08

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by Anonymous Coward

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VL blaster can't coexist with another VL graphics card? That's retarded. Running Windows on an ISA VGA card is not something you really want to do unless you have a 386 and have no other choice. I'm guessing the 3D Blaster as no onboard 2D, right? Also, 56Hz is painful to look at. I can barely …

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Re: I found some 386 motherboards

Posted on 2013-03-26, 13:57

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by Anonymous Coward

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It's pretty rare to have a 386 board with a lithium ion battery from the factory as far as I know. If you decide to get a lot of use out of this AMI board, I recommending removing the 40MHz oscillator and installing a socket with a new 50MHz oscillator so you can run at 25MHz. Yes, it's overclocking …

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2013-03-26, 13:51

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by Anonymous Coward

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This is a pretty interesting thread. I'm surprised I didn't notice it last year when it first popped up. In any case, I'm glad I finally got a chance to have a look I'm pretty jealous that you got Win2K installed on your EISA system before me. I was planning to do so after I got a larger SCSI disk …

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Re: I found some 386 motherboards

Posted on 2013-03-26, 11:21

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by Anonymous Coward

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I have board #2. It is interesting in that it is a 386SX yet can do 2-way memory interleaving (4 or 8 matching SIMMs required for operation), and that it also has 32kb cache. 386SX boards rarely ever had cache. The build quality of this board is superb.

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Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

Posted on 2013-03-26, 06:09

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by Anonymous Coward

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Probably not. Not only was there a 2x25MHz FPU from IIT, there was also a 2x33MHz FPU from ULSI. I own both of them. I haven't tested the IIT because the 25MHz bus pretty much kills the memory performance. But I have tested the ULSI. It's only a little 2x33 is only slightly better than running at …

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Re: My Ultimate 486 (Almost Finished)

Posted on 2013-03-24, 10:48

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by Anonymous Coward

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The sixteen 30-pin SIMM slots is indeed very cool...but it is a hell of a lot more practical to be able to use 72-pin SIMMs to get up to 256MB. One thing I don't like about the memory expansion on this board is that after the first 64MB you can only upgrade to 128MB, 192MB or 256MB. I'm not sure why …

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Re: Looking for 486 PCI Motherboard

Posted on 2013-03-23, 11:23

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by Anonymous Coward

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Why wouldn't you want this one? http://www.ebay.es/itm/486-PCI-Mainboard-32-M … =item56545f5ed8

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Re: My Ultimate 486 (Almost Finished)

Posted on 2013-03-23, 03:44

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by Anonymous Coward

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The correct EISA config files should be here: http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/ftp.bluefeathertech.com/network/NPI/EISA-FDDI/Sniffer%20EISA%20Cfg The L2 cache is indeed write back, but it can be switched to write through in the BIOS if you need it. I am not 100% sure on the cacheable area of this board …

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Re: Sunaiac's VLB 486 : Writeback DX4, VLB SCSI, ET4000/W32p

Posted on 2013-03-19, 13:11

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by Anonymous Coward

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Ah. So you did. oops.

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Re: Sunaiac's VLB 486 : Writeback DX4, VLB SCSI, ET4000/W32p

Posted on 2013-03-19, 12:20

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by Anonymous Coward

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Why did you say your DX4 isn't a writeback model? It has the "&EW" marker, therefore it does support writeback. Whether or not writeback is enabled is a different question...

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Re: Sunaiac's VLB 486 : Writeback DX4, VLB SCSI, ET4000/W32p

Posted on 2013-03-18, 23:58

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by Anonymous Coward

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If you want to use writeback and SCSI, go PCI.

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Re: Sunaiac's PCI 486 : 5x86 133, SCSI, S3 Trio64

Posted on 2013-03-18, 07:54

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by Anonymous Coward

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Did the try flashing the bios on your 2940U2W controller? Maybe your Trio64V2 card can be repaired by recapping?

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Re: Recommend a ViRGE/VX video card?

Posted on 2013-03-17, 05:48

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by Anonymous Coward

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Thanks for the tips. I'll probably go with one of those STB 3D Nitro cards with the GX chipset.

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Re: Recommend a ViRGE/VX video card?

Posted on 2013-03-16, 11:01

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by Anonymous Coward

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I'm thinking to buy an S3 Savage2000 based PCI card with DVI. Is there any reason why I shouldn't? I thought I should add that it is going into a 486, and I am not interested in running 3D stuff.

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Re: Recommend a ViRGE/VX video card?

Posted on 2013-03-16, 04:39

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by Anonymous Coward

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I've never owned a Diamond card other than the Stealth64 VRAM (which I haven't used much). What's the deal with Diamond? Do they work with generic S3 drivers, or did they do something funky with the hardware?

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Re: Recommend a ViRGE/VX video card?

Posted on 2013-03-14, 05:51

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by Anonymous Coward

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I think we ned to consolidate information on all these bloody Virge cards. I am thinking of putting an S3 card in my PCI 486 system, but I am confused as hell. If I were to buy say a Virge 325, can I rest assured that they all run their memory and core at the same speed? Or are some faster or slower …

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Re: Annoying eBay snipers....

Posted on 2013-03-09, 06:43

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by Anonymous Coward

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I have only ever once lost at a sniping match. Someone listed a Tyan VL/EISA board. I had been waiting for one of those for years. I had never seen one before, or ever since. I put in a bid of $130USD at the last second. I honestly didn't expect the bidding to go above $35, but some son of a bitch …

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Re: Old fart topic: What was your hardware specs in 1992?

Posted on 2013-03-09, 06:27

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by Anonymous Coward

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I didn't like quake either. For me it was all about Doom. I don't care what anyone says, quake sucks.

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