Re: Help identifying VIA ISA/VLB 486 mobo

Posted on 2014-03-09, 16:41

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by JayCeeBee64

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All I've been able to find keropi is that it's a Jetway/Jetboard J-435-B with VIA VT496G Chipset and BIOS ID 2C4L6J11-00. Couldn't find anything else (even Jetway's own site has nothing on this 486 board). I hope this helps.

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Re: Serial Port 1 Mouse works in windows but not DOS?

Posted on 2014-03-08, 21:17

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I'm glad you sorted it out :happy: . Could this be the 8-bit I/O controller you have? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Startech-D10-500-REV-6-I-O-Board-Foxcom-/121274243902? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Startech-D10-500-Rev-6-Multifunction-I-O-ISA-Board-Card-/180955843897 (has some additional info) Unfortunately …

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Re: Random Advice 486/p4

Posted on 2014-03-08, 04:59

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@ODwilly: I used my P4 Northwood as my main rig for a couple of years (from late 2011 to late 2013); it actually worked really well until HTML5 and Adobe Flash 11.7 made it unbearable to continue using it. By then I had my new Core i5 up and running, so I retired it temporarily until I decided to re …

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Re: Guilt over trashing machines

Posted on 2014-03-08, 03:41

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Would anyone believe me if I said that I have never torn down/scrapped/salvaged an OEM desktop or tower? Never, ever, ever? And no, it wasn't by choice; I simply never got an OEM build for gutting purposes. All were generic-build mid or mini towers - no generic desktops either. As far as guilt …

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Re: So this just happened

Posted on 2014-03-07, 21:55

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(Deleted. No longer relevant anyway)

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Re: Would Goldfinger have used this case, you think?

Posted on 2014-03-07, 21:42

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Damn, so shiny! That case is so bright, I gotta wear shades 😎 . Goldfinger would have it in his own bedroom, just to make him happy 😁 . And no problem with external drives Tetrium, just take the bezels off and paint them 😀 .

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Re: Random Advice 486/p4

Posted on 2014-03-07, 17:30

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by JayCeeBee64

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@ODwilly: yup, crap power supplies deserve no less (and it actually felt good to do it this way :-D ). As for the Antec, keep it and have it recapped; I have an old Enermax EG301P-VB that its full of black PCE-TUR caps and is waiting for me to find someone to recap it (its 20-pin ATX and has the …

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Re: Monitor recommendation.

Posted on 2014-03-07, 06:18

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by JayCeeBee64

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Since you're in Australia borgie83 and I'm in the US, it's kind of hard to give a recommendation; nevertheless, I'll give it a try: - You can still get the Acer S230HL Abd from eBay; avoid the Abii, it replaces the DVI input with HDMI. The Acer S231HL Bid and Bbid is also available from eBay; it has …

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Re: Random Advice 486/p4

Posted on 2014-03-07, 04:45

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Looks like luck is on your side ODwilly; I just found the manual for the Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra Plus and it shows a Universal AGP Pro slot. This means you can use a Voodoo 3 AGP. My apologies, I jumped the gun and assumed that all Socket 478 boards were AGP 1.5v only; I never realized that some …

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Re: Random Advice 486/p4

Posted on 2014-03-06, 02:09

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by JayCeeBee64

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The type of AGP slot doesn't change the limitations ODwilly. These two links show why: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/AGP-Bus-Tutorial/155/3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port If you are really set on using the Willamette CPU then go ahead, the Soyo board will work with …

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Re: Random Advice 486/p4

Posted on 2014-03-05, 07:17

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by JayCeeBee64

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Can't really help you with the 486 ODwilly (never owned one myself), but have some experience with socket 478 Soyo boards. I own a Soyo P4I-845PE which recently I made a thread about here . Like you, I turned it into a fast Win98SE build and am very satisfied with its performance and compatibility …

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Re: Commander Keen problem!

Posted on 2014-03-05, 04:21

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@borgie83: Glad you found a solution to your display problem; now you know which LCD monitors to avoid for DOS games :happy: . As far as your Keen 4-6 sound problem, try Bio Menace (same engine as Commander Keen) and/or Catacomb 3-D . Both have Adlib sound and should work with your CT3900. @ …

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Re: Commander Keen problem!

Posted on 2014-03-04, 07:02

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@borgie83, I'll try to answer your questions one at a time: - No, I'm not using Dosbox. In fact, Dosbox is not installed at all - both Keen and Tyrian are working in a real DOS environment. Besides, games played in Dosbox look very different. http://i.imgur.com/jD3Nbwbt.png http://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Commander Keen problem!

Posted on 2014-03-03, 19:57

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I have no major problems with either Commander Keen or Tyrian on my Pentium 4/Win98SE rig borgie83. Here are a few pics I took of Commander Keen: http://i.imgur.com/SCtu7Itt.png http://i.imgur.com/hWx94sEt.png http://i.imgur.com/Eoc3QUdt.png http://i.imgur.com/w5tZmNbt.png http://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Serial Port 1 Mouse works in windows but not DOS?

Posted on 2014-03-03, 06:10

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by JayCeeBee64

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Sounds like version 1.6 can't find your com ports; you may have to use one or more command line options (type 'ctmouse.com /?' to find out what they are) and see if that helps. Also read ctmouse.txt for additional info. If that still doesn't work, then give version 1.8 a try; I just found it in my …

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Re: Installing Windows 95 on a large hard drive

Posted on 2014-03-03, 04:41

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by JayCeeBee64

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Sounds like you are using Windows 95 original version (also known as Windows 95a or OSR1); unfortunately, it uses FAT16 file system only and does not support partitions larger than 2 GB. If you want to create bigger partitions, you will need Windows 95b at least (also known as OSR2); it uses FAT32 …

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Re: Serial Port 1 Mouse works in windows but not DOS?

Posted on 2014-03-03, 04:09

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by JayCeeBee64

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Here's a copy of version 1.6 which I have used for a long time. Hopefully it will work for you.

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Re: reverse stereo on Gravis ultrasound ace.

Posted on 2014-02-28, 21:57

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by JayCeeBee64

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Sounds like a good plan, just get one of each of these and go for it: Let us know if it works out for you.

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Re: reverse stereo on Gravis ultrasound ace.

Posted on 2014-02-28, 00:23

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by JayCeeBee64

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^ What bristlehog said. There really is no obvious solution to this soviet conscript (other than to select "reverse stereo" if a game has it as an option). I also have a GUS ACE rev 1.0 and just chose to live with the issue (and I've owned mine since 1996). After some time, I just got used to it. …

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Re: At long last...... the finish line appears

Posted on 2014-02-27, 17:10

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I once remember back when I had only my Pentium 2, I was running out of disk space on my C partition (but then again, who wasn't running out of disk space in that time lol ). So I used Partition Magic I think and enlarged the C partition by 500MB. Took several hours, but in the end it seemed to …

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