Re: 386sx sometimes boots in mono.

Posted on 2022-11-11, 13:52

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https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=73197&p=842723&hilit=trident%20black%20white#p842723 TLDR: TVGA9000i pin 46 (MONITOR) is connected to the VGA connector pin 12 (Monitor ID Bit 1) So, it works as designed. WIth DDC2, pin 12 is serial I²C data, ie. sometimes 0, sometimes 1. If you want a …

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Re: Help to identify: UMC VLB I/O Card

Posted on 2022-11-10, 11:37

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by zyga64

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Try those: https://archive.org/details/umc8672 They're for IDE part. Floppy/Serial/Parallel part is connected to ISA and don't need specific drivers.

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Re: VIA MVP3 mainboard missing inductors

Posted on 2022-11-08, 13:58

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by zyga64

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Looks like this one: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcpart … 4-35-8954-00-00 I know that this is not the answer to your question but at least now we know board name (or names): PCPartner MVP3BS7-954 or SuperGrace SG-MVP3A5 or Octek RHINO MVP3-BKE

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Re: Fast performance of DOS games on PIII

Posted on 2022-11-03, 20:46

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by zyga64

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Hi, this is my first post :) Can anyone help me, because I put the DOS system for old games on the PIII 750. It turned out that the parameters of the computer make the games run too fast. Can it be delayed somehow? PIII 750 processor, P6VAP-A + motherboard, RAM memory, selectable from 16MB, 32MB, …

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Re: Most powerful / Most popular ISA SVGA Cards?

Posted on 2022-11-03, 06:17

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by zyga64

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Most popular were probably Trident series (TVGA8900 and TVGA9000). If you want powerfull Trident - look for 8900D (8900B and C, 9000B,C,D and "i" are slow). TVGA8900CL is probably OK.

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Re: Use of USB scanner on older PCs.

Posted on 2022-10-26, 05:16

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by zyga64

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Your old scanner is probably still supported by linux. http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html Try to install modern linux (on current PC) in VirtualBox with USB passthrough. Your scanner will be detected and very likely you'll be able to use Xsane applicattion with it (or Simple Scan, or …

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Re: NVIDIA GeForce FX driver testing on an Intel 440EX summary and report

Posted on 2022-10-21, 19:07

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by zyga64

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In Windows 98 I'm using 40.72 drivers for Geforce4 MX440. Super stable, and never found any incompatibilities.

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Re: Best old MP3 player for Win 9x/XP ?

Posted on 2022-10-21, 16:18

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by zyga64

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darry wrote on 2022-10-21, 14:54: +1 to Foobar. An older version will be needed. Last version of Foobar for Windows 2000 is 0.9.4.5 I also recommend 'Columns UI' addon for it. ...and remember volume bar will only appear if you click in bottom-right corner (on 0.00 dB) 😀

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Re: How can I have 2 hard drives in pentium II with windows 95

Posted on 2022-10-21, 05:17

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by zyga64

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Win95 OSR 2.5 should be able to do FAT32 20gb with that second drive, the win98 part isn't neccessary. It's already right on the edge of stock Win95's CPU support though. ;) You are of course right. Looks like I didn't read first post carefully. For me Pentium II means Windows 98. Windows 95 is …

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Re: Strange config.sys menu/menuitem issue

Posted on 2022-10-20, 10:29

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by zyga64

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So far, I always used dos menus this way: [menu] menuitem=label1,description bla bla bla menuitem=label2,another description huh menudefault=label1,10 [label1] some device drivers etc.. [label2] another device drivers... Works like a charm :) With commas separating label from description it looks …

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Re: How can I have 2 hard drives in pentium II with windows 95

Posted on 2022-10-20, 09:04

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by zyga64

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Windows 98 will recognize new drive (even if it is not detected by BIOS, you can overcome BIOS limitation :) but not file system on it. Hard drive needs to be partitioned for Windows 98 first, because Windows XP uses NTFS file system which can not be used by Windows 98 by default. You can do it …

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Re: How can I have 2 hard drives in pentium II with windows 95

Posted on 2022-10-20, 08:27

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by zyga64

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If you want to connect it using the same ribbon as the old one - you have set it to slave. One IDE channel allows to connect two devices. One must be set as master, second as slave. As simple as that ! Some of the IDE drives needs different jumper settings for master, and different for 'single …

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Re: Software for checking AGP & PCI frequencies / AGP & PCI Dividers

Posted on 2022-10-18, 05:32

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by zyga64

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Original Hardware: PCI / ISA / AT Clock measuring device.

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Re: Short check: oscillators on 386sx board

Posted on 2022-10-10, 12:35

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by zyga64

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Hi Marco. Unfortunately I'm not able to answer your private message. Message is still in outbox 🙁 Sorry for off topic.

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Re: Sound Blaster PCI CT4810 & Windows 3.11

Posted on 2022-10-03, 11:01

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by zyga64

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You can try dedicated driver for SBPCI128 from here: http://turkeys4me.byethost4.com/programs/?i=2 - 1st link There is also official driver for Ensoniq AudioPCI (1370 chipset) from gateway http://web.archive.org/web/20160723111444if_/ … way/7501748.exe

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Re: Nvidia Vanta 16

Posted on 2022-09-28, 17:20

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by zyga64

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The low-clocked Vanta-LT (AGP x2 version) was one of the few AGP cards that ran stably in the GA-586SG (SIS5591 chipset). More powerful cards caused the system to hang. So it may be useful in early boards with buggy AGP implementation (i.e. PC CHIPS BX Cell).

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Re: Pentium1 50mhz ?

Posted on 2022-09-27, 12:24

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by zyga64

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Intel Pentium minimum multiplier is 1.5x, but you can force 1x for Cyrix 6x86 (non MX) - set it for 2.5x. https://www.pchardwarelinks.com/cpuspeed.htm

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Re: What ISA cards for an IBM 5150?

Posted on 2022-09-23, 19:07

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by zyga64

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I've considered an XT-IDE, but the Monotech DeluxeFloppy does floppy, IDE, and has a serial port for a mouse. I've attached a photo for you as you requested. Unfortunately Monotech DeluxeFloppy doesn't do IDE. It just provides support for all floppy formats (up to 2.88 MB), which 5150 BIOS doesn't …

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Re: What ISA cards for an IBM 5150?

Posted on 2022-09-23, 09:02

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by zyga64

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Do you have (or want to get) an RGBI monitor? VGA will never give you those amazing scanlines that CGA/EGA modes have. If you're sticking with the 4.77Mhz 8088 CPU it's going to be a struggle to find any VGA games with acceptable performance, and very few VGA cards support proper CGA emulation so …

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Re: What ISA cards for an IBM 5150?

Posted on 2022-09-23, 06:34

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by zyga64

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I'd say that expanding system ram will be more reasonable than adding ems memory. https://www.lo-tech.co.uk/wiki/Lo-tech_1MB_RAM_Board Next step - XT IDE for sure (XT-CF Lite v2). For Soundcard ? Snark Barker (SB 1.0 clone - PCM+OPL2+CMS chips) will fit best - if you can find one already assembled ( …

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