Re: 4GB of RAM in a Slot 1 system?

Posted on 2015-10-30, 22:40

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When you say AGP performance is godawful, how awful are we talking? Would it make a difference for 3DFX cards that only use the AGP slot as a glorified PCI slot? Also, is that ISA slot DOS compatible? Anandtech did a review of the HEsl chipset (which is kind of a refined version of the HE, AFAIK) …

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Re: Asus SP97-XV mysterious connector

Posted on 2015-10-26, 18:34

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Possibly Ethernet related? SMC makes network adapters... Searching Google for "Mini_SMC" found a newer (laptop?) port replicator schematic which used "Mini_SMC" where SMC stood for SMBus clock, I think... I'd have to agree with this, SMC almost always refers to the System Management bus, I can't …

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Re: 4GB of RAM in a Slot 1 system?

Posted on 2015-10-26, 18:17

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4GB in anything with a 440BX or 440GX chipset is plainly impossible, the memory controller just isn't up to the task. However, if all you want is a lot of RAM with a Slot 1 system, your only logical choice is a Tyan Thunder 2500: http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/thunder2500.html 2007_tyan_ …

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Dumb Question about AGTL (Socket 8/370; Slot 1) Front Side Bus Speeds

Posted on 2015-10-24, 18:45

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A bit of a strange question, but something I'm wondering about for a project I'm working on. Does the AGTL P6 bus require that the board be set to the FSB of the CPU in order to work at all, or can lower FSBs be used? For example: Say if you had a dual slot 440BX board, like a P2B-D, and you wanted …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-17, 00:13

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Got a brand new full tower AT case! Wasn't cheap, but could certainly be worth it for its uncommon features... Its what I tend to call an "Extended AT" case, for those four extra expansion slots above the keyboard, exactly what you need for such amazing boards as an Supermicro P6DGH or an Asus P/I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-16, 17:21

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Got a brand new full tower AT case! Wasn't cheap, but could certainly be worth it for its uncommon features... IMG_0023.JPG IMG_0024.JPG Its what I tend to call an "Extended AT" case, for those four extra expansion slots above the keyboard, exactly what you need for such amazing boards as an …

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Re: Modern ATX PSU conversion to get -5 volts

Posted on 2015-10-04, 03:02

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Actually, there's a guy on eBay that makes custom adapters for PSUs http://www.ebay.com/itm/251854771572?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT <--That's a 24 pin ATX to 20 pin ATX with a -5v regulator. He has a 24 pin to 24 pin and an ATX to AT with the same thing (As well as an …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-22, 02:54

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What surprised me the most is that one of the AT PSUs is really, really heavy. It's a 400W monster! I've never seen such a powerful AT PSU! 8-O https://133fsb.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/img_20150721_212759937.jpg?w=800 40 amps on the 5v Rail?! Goddamn, that's one heck of a 5v supply, I think the …

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Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware

Posted on 2015-05-05, 03:21

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The 865 is the last to support PC-PCI DMA and Windows 9x. 875 as well. Technically speaking, its southbridges that supported PC-PCI DMA. ICH5R was the last, which was used in conjunction with the 8xx series northbridges, and some server ones from the same era. The 6300ESB southbridge for servers …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-04-13, 06:04

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Acquired a potentially interesting board today, an Asrock 775i65G. It's a socket 775 board with AGP 8x. That board is more than potentially interesting. Its chipset is old enough that is supports DDMA and PC/PCI. Drop a compatible PCI sound card in there, and you'll have soundblaster compatibility …

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Re: Dimension XPS B866

Posted on 2015-03-14, 15:59

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Wait a sec... Windows 7 performs nicely on a P3? I've seen it struggle on much newer machines. XD Surprisingly, I tend to find that newer versions of Windows really only want more RAM and faster hard drives to perform well. Windows 7 on 1GB of RAM with a Pentium 3 almost feels smooth... Provided …

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Re: Dimension XPS B866

Posted on 2015-03-14, 05:47

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A bit of a nice rig there. Windows 7 on Pentium 3s always performs nicely. Be wary of that RDRAM though, and if you do upgrade to a Tualatin you might want to do some extensive research about BIOS revisions for your XPS there. I know on my Optiplex GX110, they locked out "unsupported" CPUs after a …

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Re: Inexpensive PCI/ISA Synthesis in MS-DOS/Win 9x

Posted on 2015-02-22, 00:19

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Oh, and not to spam the thread, but what's the appeal of outboard MIDI devices that I've read about on the board? Are they really that much of an upgrade on a dedicated OPL or something of the like for DOS era games or is this something more of the Win95 vintage and onward? Well, really its a …

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Re: IBase MB865... Fastest Possible ISA DMA Compatible Motherboard?

Posted on 2014-05-01, 14:29

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Wondering if the CPU multiplier and FSB can be lowered (underclocked)? The BIOS does allow for the multiplier to be changed, but the FSB is locked to what CPU you put in, so 533Mhz, 800Mhz, or nothing else. At the least, you can disable both the L1 and L2 caches.

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IBase MB865... Fastest Possible ISA DMA Compatible Motherboard?

Posted on 2014-05-01, 04:06

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A 3.8 Ghz Pentium 4 and fully DMA-compatible ISA slots seem to be possible now... http://www.ibase.com.tw/2009/mb865.html http://www.ibase.com.tw/2009/Manuals/MB86510.pdf Its a motherboard running an Intel 865G chipset, with the ISA DMA compatible ICH5 southbridge. Its got onboard 100Mb ethernet, …

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Re: 775 and ISA

Posted on 2014-04-04, 16:16

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Unfortunately, any board with a chipset made after the mid-late Pentium 4 era (Intel 8xx or earlier) will not support ISA DMA under any circumstances, and is therefore effectively useless for soundcards--the primary reason for wanting an ISA slot.

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Re: Who Use's Laptops?

Posted on 2014-03-20, 22:48

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No can't seem to get DOS drivers, just Win95, and interestingly, OS2 as well. =/ I beg to differ, here's a quote from the readme: This is version 1.03.0 of the BASICS Gameport distribution diskette. It contains drivers for the following operating systems: DOS/Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, …

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Re: Who Use's Laptops?

Posted on 2014-03-20, 01:29

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Awesome...thanks a lot for the eBay link! I might go for it...that's not a bad deal at all. Do you know if that gameport adapter is dos compatible? And yes..If you can post the driver that would be great (if I buy the adapters...I'll let you know). Thanks again for the link. No can't seem to get …

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Re: Who Use's Laptops?

Posted on 2014-03-19, 21:06

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I haven't had much of a chance to properly use the 760, mostly because of a lack of a hard drive for it >_> Either way, the MWAVE drivers take a good bit of conventional memory and are pretty compatible... But don't sound like proper FM much at all. Although I have an PCMCIA soundcard with an ESS …

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Re: Who Use's Laptops?

Posted on 2014-03-19, 18:49

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I just picked up an old 486 Compaq and 286 Toshiba laptop for old school gaming, but like always, I am extremely limited by the lack of a gameport. For win95/98/ME/XP gaming I see no problems with using my old PIII laptops and my newer Lenovo Core Duo's, but for DOS, it just plain sucks not having …

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