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

Posted on 2019-11-27, 21:22

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by appiah4

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Flashed my VIA Epia with the latest BIOS, it still doesn't want to POST with GeForce 2MX PCI. Borrowed an S3 Savage4 PCI - doesn't POST either. POSTs with a Trio 64. Very bizarre. The only thing GeForce 2MX and Savage4 have in common is that they're initially AGP chips and there's some sort of …

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Re: Is a fast 486 (DX4-100) fast enough for OS/2 Warp 4?

Posted on 2019-11-27, 21:19

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by appiah4

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Those requirements are highly suspect, there is no way a desktop OS in 1996 could require 1GB of hard disk space..

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Is a fast 486 (DX4-100) fast enough for OS/2 Warp 4?

Posted on 2019-11-27, 20:25

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by appiah4

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I used Warp 3 with a DX33 andlater a DX4-100 back in the day. I firmly remember it performing perfectly well on 486 CPUs, but I never used 486 hardware for Warp 4. If I remember correctly, I had moved onto a Pentium by the time I moved on to Warp 4. So my question is, is a fast DX4 fast enough for …

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Re: Voodoo 3 vs Banshee (wrt Glide compatibility)

Posted on 2019-11-27, 13:03

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by appiah4

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That's a bummer..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 12:53

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by appiah4

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bjwil1991 wrote: Didn't some of the AT cases use those for the front power switch? Those look like the ones IBM used for years.

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Voodoo 3 vs Banshee (wrt Glide compatibility)

Posted on 2019-11-27, 11:18

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by appiah4

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For a Super Socket 7 system, is the Banshee a better AGP choice wrt Glide compatibility? I would assume it would be more compatible with Voodoo 1/2 Glide games that would be relevant for the platform?

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-27, 09:26

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by appiah4

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You can call ESSCFG from Autoexec.bat before SET BLASTER and it still retains the previous PnP configuration. No, you can't, since ESSCFG does not even work when the card is in PnP mode... Please learn the difference between using the card in non-PnP mode using ESSCFG and having the card set up by …

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Re: cuv4x-c and Pentium 3 1ghz socket won't fit

Posted on 2019-11-27, 09:09

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by appiah4

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Well, I tried to bend it with my credit card (Heard it also works too) and it still doesn't fit. also I realized the bent parts actually fit but the another half of my cpu won't (see picture, it doesn't fit and you can see the pins there) Check the pins along that edge for bents. Then try to mount …

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-27, 09:06

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by appiah4

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@appiah4: Did you read what you actually posted? Of course it has storage for Plug and Play data , otherwise the card could not work in a PnP system. At least I was talking about ESSCFG, which is for non-PnP mode and there is no EEPROM to store the settings made with ESSCFG! That is not how ESSCFG …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 08:46

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by appiah4

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I have never been into SCSI and especially for PCI stuff I really fail to see the point considering how easy it is to get an ATA-100 or SATA controller for that bus. For ISA, I can see the appeal, but for PCI, is it really there? Completely agree, but you start getting into vintage servers and want …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 08:29

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by appiah4

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I have never been into SCSI and especially for PCI stuff I really fail to see the point considering how easy it is to get an ATA-100 or SATA controller for that bus. For ISA, I can see the appeal, but for PCI, is it really there?

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Re: cuv4x-c and Pentium 3 1ghz socket won't fit

Posted on 2019-11-27, 08:14

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by appiah4

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Yeah, it is much less noticeable from the top-dowh photo but from an angle you can see they are slightly bent left or right. You don't need a 'tool' to do the job, just get a modeling knife and use the blade to make sure every pin on every row horizontally and vertically are parallel to each other. …

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Re: cuv4x-c and Pentium 3 1ghz socket won't fit

Posted on 2019-11-27, 07:34

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by appiah4

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There are bent pins on the CPU on the left (in the first photo showing the pins). Too lazy to mark on photo, but: 2nd row from right, 6th pin from top is bent 4th row from right, 3rd pin from top is bent 16th row from the right, 3rd pin from top is bent upon first inspection. Straighten any bent …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 07:31

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by appiah4

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liqmat wrote: I have a few of those myself. A few.. 🤣

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-27, 06:46

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by appiah4

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There's no EEPROM on these cards. When you set the resources via ESSCFG, it will add a line to autoexec.bat which will init the card on each boot with the settings made. This is not correct. http://www.electroscheme.ru/datasheet/ESS-tech/PB1868C.PDF Plug and Play Features On-chip Plug and Play …

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-26, 15:18

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by appiah4

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Drop that ISA card into a PC with PnP support and change its IRQ and DMA to 5/1 or 7/1 using ESSCFG.EXE and when you move it back to your 486 it will probably work fine again. Does it actually have an EEPROM that saves the settings? I don't know how that crap works but the ESS cards I have seem to …

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:55

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by appiah4

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Drop that ISA card into a PC with PnP support and change its IRQ and DMA to 5/1 or 7/1 using ESSCFG.EXE and when you move it back to your 486 it will probably work fine again.

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Re: Voodoo 3 "baking"?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:50

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by appiah4

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Don't bake it. It ends up terribly for old cards like this. I tried to bake a Rage Fury Maxx and ended up completely burning the card even at temperatures that should have been completely fine according to the procedure for modern cards. The kind of solder these cards have is really different.

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Re: Struggling with Creative/Ensoniq AudioPCI

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:48

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by appiah4

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Try using actual Ensoniq drivers instead of Creative's garbage. They are very different. The former is SB Pro compatible and the latter is SB16 compatible (and shit). Which one from this list should I try: http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=41&menustate=45,36 I'd try this first: http:// …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-26, 14:46

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by appiah4

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I think it's just OEM repackaging. Look at the datecode on the box, Feb 00; this was probably some unsold stock at Gigabyte which they offloaded to another OEM, who repackaged it as a generic card.

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