Re: K6 233ANR on socket5
Posted on 2020-10-02, 15:14
No, because it needs dual voltage.
Re: Chipset datasheet for M321 (PC Chips)
Posted on 2020-10-02, 03:50
GigAHerZ wrote on 2020-10-01, 06:41: 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. 😉 Interesting! Keep us updated.
Re: Apparently not all GS-only sc-55s are the same, some are GM
Posted on 2020-09-18, 02:11
...which SC-55 model is more compatible with more DOS games "outta box"... With that criterion, and given currently known information, an SC-55 with either ROM version 1.20 or 1.21 provides the greatest degree of "out-of-the-box" compatibility with DOS games. These units shipped with "GS" logo …
Re: Universal PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.68d (UNISOUND)
Posted on 2020-04-29, 16:13
This is great!! What an amazing tool, very useful for us that constantly switch cards from one system to another. Will test with various cards and report back. Gonna take some time though, as I'm packing everything because I'm moving. Just out of curiosity, why did you select DMA 1/1 as default …
Quantum3D Obsidian Pro (Voodoo 1)
Posted on 2020-01-09, 00:00
Hi guys, I've searched the net for info on this card but only a couple of results show up and no info whatsoever of the card. It's an Obsidian Pro, model 650-2200-04, according to the memory chips it seems to have 8mb of memory, but I'm skeptical. Anyone has any idea about it? https://http2.mlstatic …
Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!
Posted on 2019-11-28, 18:39
RetroPC_King wrote: AM386DX-40:I know that the ASUS A7V8X-X had a KT400 chipset, but in my manual says KT400A. That's weird
Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!
Posted on 2019-11-26, 02:45
VIA KT400A (on ASUS A7V8X-X) (the best quality-price chipset from VIA, for the average home user and office PCs, and for light gaming. It is good however) Wait a sec, the Asus A7V8X-X has a KT400 chipset, not a KT400 A . I also vote to include AMD 760 chipset in the comparison, single channel DDR …
Re: Fastest DOS VLB Graphics card ever?
Posted on 2019-10-31, 17:24
Hi, I figured I would post this so folks can have some comparison as to a Tseng ET4000 performance and how it compares against other cards... I have a Tseng ET4000 W32p with 2MB VLB in my 486 DX5-133 with 128MB RAM and I get the following results with the X-VIdeo tests below. 640x480x8:0101 mode: …
Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here
Posted on 2019-10-29, 15:37
Here's my Am386DX-40 on a Seritech SER-386ADIII with 8mb of 70ns ram and a Genoa 7900 (ET4000AX).
Re: Where would you install each sound card?
Posted on 2019-09-13, 14:23
An NEC v20 at 12mhz is practically a 286 class machine. I’d bet it even has a vga card. Probably capable of playing many games that support Adlib. Yes, but what would be the reason not to play these games on the real 286 then anyway and only have a sound card there? I would use the XT only for …
Re: Where would you install each sound card?
Posted on 2019-09-13, 13:01
One condition is that max 1 card (or no card at all) per system, that means that at least one sound card will be left out. Really? I count 5 systems and 5 sound cards. "No sound card, just pc speaker" is an option, but not a sound card. ;) It really depends on what games you plan to play on these …
Where would you install each sound card?
Posted on 2019-09-13, 12:45
So here's the thing, I'm building one system from each era and I'm undecided on how to distribute the sound cards among them. These are the available options: No sound card, just pc speaker Sound Blaster Pro 2 CT1600 Sound Blaster 16 MCD CT1750 (with DSP 4.05, no hanging notes bug) Sound Blaster 32 …
Re: ALD VL4200 motherboard (486, 3VLB) config/manual/help!
Posted on 2019-07-05, 17:08
Turns out that after going into the bios and resetting all to "optimal" preset, and then tewaking a bit, it's correctly configured to run at 100 MHz, and the benchmarks seem to confirm that. Still, can't change the processor or the settings though...
Re: ALD VL4200 motherboard (486, 3VLB) config/manual/help!
Posted on 2019-07-04, 15:10
Here are some pics (sorry for the bad quality) Full view: https://i.imgur.com/bY1QWo0.jpg Bus speed settings (set to 33mhz) and "delay/no delay", is this some kind of config for the wait states for the VLB slots I presume?: https://i.imgur.com/jUXzU8D.jpg Voltage settings and unknown jumpers (J3, J4 …
ALD VL4200 motherboard (486, 3VLB) config/manual/help!
Posted on 2019-07-03, 21:18
Hi guys, need a little help here. I recently got an old 486 motherboard, "ALD VL4200 Rev. 1.33" in which I plan to build a retro 486DX2 gaming pc. The board is in great shape and came with an IBM (Cyrix) 5x86-100 processor. It has markings for jumper settings for BUS speed (25, 33 and 40) and …
Re: Buffer Overflow Solutions on MT32 and P3 450MHz
Posted on 2019-06-18, 20:48
You can use softmpu with the /DELAYSYSEX option.
Re: The "12-bit" Sound Blaster 16 Myth
Posted on 2019-05-30, 12:52
Cloudschatze wrote: The "A" mixer chip versions, as found on the tested CT1770, CT2740_1, and CT2290 cards, appear to result in the better THD and IMD + Noise metrics than the non-"A" mixer chips. You sure it's the mixer chip revision? Take a look at this: My Sound Blaster 16 CT2230 Review
Re: underwhelming performance of ali m1429 386 board
Posted on 2019-05-29, 22:20
pshipkov wrote: I usually use BIOSes from two motherboards: PC Chips M321 rev 2.3 (later revisions are starting to suck) Why do later revisions suck? Do you know what exactly is the difference among different revisions? I have a 2.6 and a 2.7, the only difference I see are the jumpers for the cache …
Re: The "12-bit" Sound Blaster 16 Myth
Posted on 2019-05-19, 15:44
This thread has been the most interesting one in a while... keep it up! Hope to see some real world tests from some of those old cards.
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