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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2023-01-05, 13:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't have info for detecting 486BL or 486BL2, but 486BL3 has MSRs. BL and BL2 may, but I'd have to research or test that. For BL3, I have the following info: ; MSR 00001004h - IBM 486BL3 - PROCESSOR CONTROL REGISTER + ; + ; Size: 24 bits + ; + ; Bitfields for IBM 486BL3 Processor Control Register …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-01-04, 12:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dont know maybe something is wrong with my point of view as i am too radical or perfectionist, or other ppl that do shit like that are the baboons... But i think it is more then normal, for people to look for the best possible way to fix something and possible the perfectionist way.... I feel the …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-01-03, 22:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I use blunt tipped syringe needles to straighten the worst pins, then a thin knife blade.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-01, 22:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2022-12-31, 23:56: Looks like a Clean Room suit. That's because that is what they are 😀

Re: Happy New Year everyone

Posted on 2023-01-01, 07:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Happy New Year all

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-12-28, 14:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I just started a 1080p h264 to 1080p, 20mb/s WMV-HD transcode on a PIII Katmai 550, the slowest CPU I have with SSE. I have absolutely no good reason for doing such a thing; morbid curiosity is the best excuse I can come up with at the moment. I have no idea if this thing will actually complete the …

Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2022-12-18, 21:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd be interested in the Soltek slotket.

Re: Cache checkit 386 dx 40

Posted on 2022-12-18, 06:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's possible that the chipset can't handle the higher frequency, but I'd expect different problems if that were the case.

Re: CPU Identification tool CHKCPU, 25th anniversary 'Retro' update - Inviting testers

Posted on 2022-12-12, 23:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Disruptor wrote on 2022-12-12, 23:48: Jan, do you check for speed differences between DOS clock and RTC clock (if present)? I'm pretty sure DOS uses the BIOS / RTC for its time.

Re: Discord

Posted on 2022-12-02, 22:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

luk3Z wrote on 2022-12-02, 15:06: Is this channel still active ? It seems I can't find any "CPU-World" discord channel. https://discord.com/channels/5777107008525435 … 718401968111626

Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2022-11-29, 18:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have quite a few of my MS Sidewinder CDs: Gamepad, SideWinder software 3.0, and Strategic Commander. The Gamepad CD that's already uploaded is 120MB and my CD is 160MB, so I'm not sure what the difference is. Would these be of interest to anyone for the driver library? Whenever you find something …

Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 18:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think I wasn't clear on what I'm doing, sorry. I'm using the CPU at 100x2.0 at 2.8v, I did not have to increase the core voltage at all for that. I only have to increase the core voltage if I try to use 100x2.5, which I'm not going to. 66x3.5 I cannot do because my motherboard does not allow it. …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-29, 02:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ooh, the Black Mirror DVD sounds like a nice bonus 😀

Re: Socket 1/2/3 Voltage Interposer Tweaker (Alpha, seeking testers)

Posted on 2022-11-27, 01:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd prefer everything to be on the interposer. Some people (myself included) do not want to have to do extra mods.

Re: IDE cable touching heat sink in thin client . Should I put insulation between them?

Posted on 2022-11-26, 23:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Insulation shouldn't be needed (if it is, the CPU is overheating). I would recommend trying to route the cable away from the heatsink though, for airflow purposes.

Re: Can someone please help identify this motherboard.

Posted on 2022-11-26, 17:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It is that easy on a board where you can set WB/WT. The settings on the boards I checked are identical.

Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2022-11-23, 08:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

rmay635703 wrote on 2022-11-23, 04:51: Why were some dx2’s just labeled overdrive with only a bus speed and no “speed rating” No idea 😀 Maybe they showed what you could replace with them?

Re: Can someone please help identify this motherboard.

Posted on 2022-11-23, 08:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the info. The board is one that I had lying around so it doesn't have a heatsink. I am planning to get one for it though. jumpering it as "AMD enhanced 486DX4" instead of "AMD 5x86" Is it safe to set the jumpers for a different cpu? I don't want to risk damaging it. Am5x86 X4 and Intel …

Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2022-11-23, 03:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

or the Intel Overdrive chips, do those count as Rare? or the Intel 486SX 16 or 486DX 25? Sx16 are uncommon but not really rare just a bit uncommon, not surprising considering how pointless they were. A desktop DX2-40 is actually rarer If you can find a 486dx-20 those are rather rare considering …

Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2022-11-22, 04:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think this project would be worth doing. I often find myself wondering when specific h/w was released back in the day. Usually I try to determine that from old magazines. Oh yeah, I agree. I think I will do a few video cards tomorrow since you're interested. Probably tomorrow. So stay tuned :) …

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