Re: Upgraded cache but...

Posted on 2014-10-08, 07:27

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by kixs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I guess its a bug 😉 With 2-1-1-1 Quake crashes within seconds and Win95 reports every imaginable error - from corrupt registry forward... while 3-1-1-1 is rock stable but slower then 2-1-1-1 with 128KB cache.

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2014-10-08, 07:22

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So, cache and ram timings, bus speed - is highly sensitivity for dos gaming system. This is not really something new and unusual. Tight timings and high bus speed goes hand in hand with higher performance in every way - not just games. When doing benchmarks it is always good to use the best …

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Re: best Memory manager for Dos& win?

Posted on 2014-10-07, 20:18

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by kixs

in DOS

in DOS

This are memory optimised config.sys and autoexec.bat dos=high,umb device=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS devicehigh=c:\dos\emm386.exe ram noems DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER DEVICEHIGH=C:\SGBAS16\DRIVERS\EEPROM.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\UDVD2.SYS /H DEVICEHIGH=C:\ …

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Re: Upgraded cache but...

Posted on 2014-10-07, 14:14

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You've probably mistaken DLC for SLC. They both have 1kb of internal cache. But DLC is replacement for 386DX processors, so they usually have external cache from 64KB to 256KB on motherboard. While SLC is replacement for 386SX witch usually don't have any external cache. 256KB gives a nice boost …

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Re: Post photos and discuss your pc joystick and game controller collection...

Posted on 2014-10-06, 12:49

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A quick pic of my collection of joy-sticks :lol: http://i.imgur.com/SYITlIq.jpg They are all in very good condition and I rarely use any of them :( BTW I started wih Atari 800XL and real joysticks - the two on the left side on the floor are the ones I had back then and I really liked them - all …

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Re: best Memory manager for Dos& win?

Posted on 2014-10-06, 10:17

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by kixs

in DOS

in DOS

Not many games need more then 600KB of conventional memory. Are you trying to run from pure DOS or from within Windows? It also depends what drivers are you loading via config.sys and autoexec.bat. But 20MB or more memory usually won't give you more conventional memory . Problematic is memory under …

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Re: Help .. programs in their latest version for windows 95 c

Posted on 2014-10-05, 21:24

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by kixs

in Windows

in Windows

Good photo viewers... For Any Windows: ACDsee16/32... I still use to this day ACDsee 3.1 even on Win 8.1 x64 😉 For DOS: SEA

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Re: Helios 3Dfx card not detecting for games

Posted on 2014-10-05, 07:34

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by kixs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Try switching Voodoo in another PCI slot.

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Re: M396F motherboard

Posted on 2014-10-03, 13:23

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes, to say the least 😲 And there are no BIOS options nor jumpers... just the SYSINFO that does the trick 😒

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Re: M396F motherboard

Posted on 2014-10-03, 12:53

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A couple of days ago I bought the same board with 486slc-33, rev. 2.6. It came today :D I quickly set it up and done some benchmarks. But to my surprise it was a bit slower then I expected - I used to have 486slc-33 back in the days and still have banchmarks of it - PMIPS to be precise. Well, what …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-30, 19:45

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought this motherboard and I'm waiting for the postman ;) Its a M396F V2.6 with TX 486slc 33MHz and 4MB ram. It almost exactly the same as I had in 1993. This was on my wishlist for sometime and it was quite expensive for my taste 25€ + postage. But wishlist is a wishlist :blush: That board is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-30, 16:58

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought this motherboard and I'm waiting for the postman ;) http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIxNFgxNjAw/z/X-QAAOSwEK9UIgxr/$_12.JPG Its a M396F V2.6 with TX 486slc 33MHz and 4MB ram. It almost exactly the same as I had in 1993. This was on my wishlist for sometime and it was quite expensive for my taste …

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Re: Upgraded cache but...

Posted on 2014-09-29, 07:20

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I played around some more. Changed cache chips, used two 8Kx8 tags... any combination and the 2-1-1-1 still isn't stable in Quake. But if I changed graphic card to an ISA one, then it would work. I guess it has something to do with VLB then. Changed graphics card to CL-5426 VLB but nothing improved. …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2014-09-29, 07:01

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Day-to-day... Lenovo X61s, 4GB RAM, 120GB SSD, Ultrabay... on 26" LG LCD, USB HDD Dock & USB Bluray Burner. Under the desk is a PC upgraded in 2011: Antec 182 Corsair HX 620W Asus motherboard (??) AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (heavely undervolted) 16GB DDR3 Velociraptor 300GB Several 2TB disks ATI HD5450 …

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Re: My vote for best DOS video card

Posted on 2014-09-29, 06:49

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If ET4000 is the quickest ISA, then its not overrated. I have tested ET6000 PCI just a few days ago on P-133 and is the fastest among S3, Matrox, 3dfx... only beaten by a TNT by a few 0.1FPS in Phill's benchmark suit.

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Upgraded cache but...

Posted on 2014-09-25, 16:30

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have upgraded cache from 128KB to 256KB on this motherboard with Ti486DLC-40MHz: http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/U/UNIDENTIFIED-486-OPTI-495SLC-3-486WB-CACHE.html#.VCQ7QBaIo-X It was 4X 32Kx8 20ns with 15ns TAG 8Kx8. Now it's 8X 32Kx8 15ns and 1X 32Kx8 15ns TAG. It works OK. But the cache …

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Re: GA486AM is password protected!

Posted on 2014-09-22, 17:45

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes, what HighTreason suggested might work, but I'd try it as the last resort only. I once did a hot swap of bios flash on a DFI NF4 LanParty Ultra motherboard, but without success. I'm just not happy that the board itself doesn't have a reset CMOS jumper. I'm not confident enough to tinker around …

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Re: 3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database

Posted on 2014-09-22, 17:38

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I searched but nothing concrete popped up... Is there a list of the best/fastest DOS graphic cards? I just tested some PCI ones on P-I 133MHz and the results can differ up to 25% from Trident to Matrox, Tseng and TNT2. But doesn't have to be PCI only... AGP/PCIe would also be interesting - some …

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Re: GA486AM is password protected!

Posted on 2014-09-22, 12:34

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by kixs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I removed the Dallas RTC and waited around 2 hours. Then I inserted it... but the password was still there and all the settings as I found later. But I did try those "generic" passwords from RacconRider's link and the 2nd one did it. I could enter the BIOS and remove the password. Now it boots into …

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Re: 3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database

Posted on 2014-09-22, 11:29

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Adding another 286 - 286-16MHz, 1MB, Trident 8900D 1MB 3DBench 1.0: 5.3 - 286-16MHz, 1MB, Tseng ET4000 1MB 3DBench 1.0: 5.5

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