Wow, a killer Socket7 setup 😁

c.imp wrote:

Still loking for 128mb EDO simms workable on my system.

Don't think switching to EDO would make much difference here. How about getting a nice VIA Apollo MVP3 board with 2MB cache and running that K6-3+ at 600MHz?
128MB EDO modules are a very rare thing to find. Big FPM SIMMs were used in servers, but EDO > 64MB had little chance on the market since everyone already upgraded to SDRAM.

No, i want to get EDO SIMMS just for absolute potential of my mb.
I already have pc with Tyan Trinity AT S1590 mb with VIA Apollo MVP3 chipset and K6-2+ 500mhz =). But Intel chipsets my favorite for oldskool expirience, therefore i use much modern cpu on ASUS T2P4. Just for fun.

c.imp wrote:

No, i want to get EDO SIMMS just for absolute potential of my mb.

I see. Good luck finding those RAMs 😀

I once had a similar system like you, but it died because of the motherboard voltage regulators burning up, destroying a classic K6-III (2.4V AHX core, the hot one 🤣) and a Voodoo5 PCI 😒. The board was an Asus TX97-E, it was not bad, but 83Mhz was kinda unstable and the voltage regulators obviously were too weak.

Thanks 😀
My system in running very stable for last 3 years. I hope their live be long 😀
AMD K6-III 2.4v AHX? maybe you mean 2.0v CTX?

c.imp wrote:

AMD K6-III 2.4v AHX? maybe you mean 2.0v CTX?

It was this one. Very hard to overclock, even 50 MHz more requires raising the voltage.
My new one is a classic K6-III 450 AFR, this one is much better, it does 500 MHz easily at the standard voltage. Of course I would rather like one of the mobile K6-2/3+ units, but they are very rare and therefore expensive in Europe.

5u3 wrote:

Very hard to overclock, even 50 MHz more requires raising the voltage.
My new one is a classic K6-III 450 AFR, this one is much better, it does 500 MHz easily at the standard voltage. Of course I would rather like one of the mobile K6-2/3+ units, but they are very rare and therefore expensive in Europe.

I try not to overclock my old rigs. I figure, I'm not gaining a whole lot (considering I can just use one of my faster rigs if I need to), plus I'd rather not risk decreasing the life or killing one of my older rigs.

Actually my CPU really "underclocked" to 500mhz instead 550mhz 😀 I hope someday somebody open a hidden x7 or x8 ratio in AMD K6-x CPU's. i just dream 😀

Make some changes 😀

1. Change AWE32 PnP CT3990 to non-PnP CT3900 due to error-free mpu-401 work.
2. Add Roland SCB-55 to AWE and move DB-50XG to SonicFury. And throw away Korg wavetable - it sucks!
3. Remove uselles Promise Ultra133 TX2 ide controller and add USR Courier v.everything 25mhz to shared ISA slot. Truly hardware ultraquality legendary modem. 😀

Replace my voodoo4 4500 PCI 32mb with voodooMAC 5500 PCI 64mb w/DVI. Whoa!!! 😀
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Just replace GUS MAX with GUS PnP w/8mb. It rocks! 😁

c.imp wrote:

Just replace GUS MAX with GUS PnP w/8mb. It rocks! 😁

Did you see this? I'm planning to perform that 16MB mod on my GUS PnP, but haven't found the right kind of angled SIMM sockets yet 🤣

Yeah, i know about this hardware hack. Inspired by UtopiaSD as i know. But i'm never planned to do this. I prefer original untouched non modded devices.

Replace my probably not bad 3COM 3C905C with probably best IBM EtherJet 😀
Based on genuine intel PRO/100+ (82558 chipset) this card known as the one of the best (maybe bestest) in PCI FastEthernet market.

Replace GUS PnP with GUS PnP Pro. It has very strange revision 3.0! Newer heared about it.
Has another instead of rev1.0 AMD Interwave chip revision.
Original rev1.0 has - 9529BGD B2
My new rev3.0 has - 9541EGD B2

Nice! Your system gets better every time 😉

Two questions about the new GUS PnP:
1) Is the IW chip the only thing that has changed with rev. 3.0? Or are there also differences on the board?
2) How does your GUS PnP/AWE32 PnP combo behave under windows? On my rig the GUS sometimes runs amok and changes IRQs and DMAs, thus blocking the AWE32. 😒
When this happens, I have to remove the entries of both cards in the device manager, reinstall them, and assign the resources manually. It doesn't happen often, but often enough to get on my nerves...

Well.... My ASUS T2P4 id dead after ten years of perfect work. 😵
Rest in Peace, Long Live and bla, bla.

Now i'm build new system with their parts.

MB. Tyan Tsunami 100AT (S1590)
BabyAT, VIA Apollo MVP3 rev.CE chipset.
4ISA/4PCI/1AGP 2x, 1mb L2, 384mb sdram
CPU. AMD K6-III+ 600mhz (6x100mhz)
MEM. 256mb FPM, ECC, Parity (2x128) - temporarily. Awaiting for 3x128mb sdram
Video. Voodoo3 3000 16mb PCI Evil King - temporarily. Planning to replace with Matrox Millennium G250 AGP and 3dfx Voodoo2 12mb (maybe Orchid, because it has most clear 2d picture)
LAN. IBM EtherJet based on Intel 82558
Modem. U.S.Robotics Courier v. 34 v.everything ISA 25mhz
Sound. 1. PCI Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (a.k.a. Videologic SonicFury)
Roland SCB-55 attached on it.
2. ISA AWE64 CT4380 - temporarily. Awaiting AWE64 Gold CT4540
Yamaha MU10 XG midi tone generator attached on it.
3. ISA Gravis Ultrasound PnP Pro rev3.0 8.5mb
CD/DVD. Plextor PX-712A DVD Rewriter. Now dies. Planning to replace with PX-716A.
FDD: Compo 3.5" + 5.25" Epson SD-800/700
HDD IDE Seagate Barracuda 40gb 5.400rpm
Case. Casual cheap AT case. Planning to replace with something better.
PSU. AT 300W. A good one.

And again my new Socket7 retro RIG:

DFI K6BV3+/66 rev.B1 based on VIA MVP3 rev.CE (2mb L2, UDMA66)
AMD K6-III+ 550mhz (unfortunatelly it works not so stable on 600mhz)
SDRAM 384mb
Voodoo5 5500 AGP
AWE32 nonPnP CT3900 (stuck note bugless) ISA + Yamaha DB50XG
Gravis Ultrasound PnP Pro rev.3.0 8.5mb ISA
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz a.k.a. Videologic SonicFury PCI + Roland SCB-55
SiliconSoft SoundJR (Covox clone) LPT DAC
Gemtek Radioman RS232
All above mixed with Midiman Multimixer 10
U.S.R. Courier v.34 v.everything 25mhz ISA
IBM EtherJet a.k.a. Intel EtherExpress PCI (i82558)
HDD IDE Hitachi 80gb
DVD-RW IDE Plextor PX-716A
FDD Epson SD-700/800 combo (5.25" + 3.5")
Wooboo Cyberboy stereoglasses (lcdbios based, RS232)
CRT Samsung SyncMaster 997mb 19"
Gravis MIDI adapter
Gravis Gamepad
MS-DOS 6.22, Windows 98SE, Windows XP Pro SP2. All three on their own independent primary partitions.