The motherboard doesn't seem to have any cache. It still seems to have decent performance when doing doom benchmark.
I already have 33 Mhz 486 for old dos games, so I was wondering what kind of performance improvement I might get by installing Kingston turbochip 133 on the motherboard? Would it make it worth installing win9x on the pc or would it still be better to stay with dos?
Also does anyone know what kind of voltages you should have for the cpu when installing that kingston turbochip?
Kingston Turbochips have an interposer that converts from 5.v to 3.3v. If you have plenty of ram, at least 16megs but certainly more the better, Windows 95 would be useful just for networking purposes alone.
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Kingston Turbochips have an interposer that converts from 5.v to 3.3v. If you have plenty of ram, at least 16megs but certainly more the better, Windows 95 would be useful just for networking purposes alone.
Does that mean you have to set cpu voltage to 5V if there is jumper to choose between 3.3V and 5V on the motherboard?
I was trying to search more information about the turbochip and I found an old vogons thread where someone says that the turbochip is compatible with any voltage and not just 5V. Compaq CDS 526 DX66 Processor Upgrade
Now I am not sure which one is true, but at least I know for sure that it works with 5V
Another question just came up. What is the difference between compaq prolinea 486 models and compaq presario 486 models? Are any of the components interchangeable between those compaq models? Is one of the models better quality than the other?
Another question just came up. What is the difference between compaq prolinea 486 models and compaq presario 486 models? Are any of the components interchangeable between those compaq models? Is one of the models better quality than the other?
Quality wise they are very much the same. Prolinea proceeded the presarios. Both cover quite a variation from all in one form, desktops and towers. Things like fdds, hdd, cpus an ram may be interchangeable but psus, mobos wont. Components between form factor series of each model should be interchangeable. Just viewing the various models online will give you an idea.
I've got a Prolinea 4/50 with a TurboChip Am5x86-133 upgrade, and I've been thinking of procuring a 128K cache upgrade, because my system is missing it. However, it seems almost a holy grail component, because it's proprietary, and I've been searching for one for ages. But I've found one and now it's in transit to me. After all, I'd like Duke3D to run without lags. 😀
Thing is, I've been looking at the photos of that cache expansion, and it feels like it's possible to reverse it just by having photos of front and back -- there's no programmable chips on it, and all chips on it are still in supply, and are not unobtanium; though each memory chip costs $4 and there are six of them. But I have only photos of bottom.
I'm planning to use this expansion chip as a beginner exercise in reverse-engineering, and to make 2-3 units just to learn a bit. So I'm wondering -- is there at least a tiny interest in Prolinea cache expansions? I'd also extend a suggestion for anyone having a 256K expansion module to make high resolution photos of it for an attempt on reversing; or even desoldering and scanning the board.
(I've also found a 1MB DRAM upgrade for onboard Cirrus Logic video, and it looks like it's even rarer. But also looks a bit harder to reverse)
I'm planning to use this expansion chip as a beginner exercise in reverse-engineering, and to make 2-3 units just to learn a bit. So I'm wondering -- is there at least a tiny interest in Prolinea cache expansions? I'd also extend a suggestion for anyone having a 256K expansion module to make high resolution photos of it for an attempt on reversing; or even desoldering and scanning the board.
(I've also found a 1MB DRAM upgrade for onboard Cirrus Logic video, and it looks like it's even rarer. But also looks a bit harder to reverse)
I'd say if you created it the interest would surface. I'm sure other Prolinea users exist that are happy enough but wouldn't say no to upgrading if the price wasn't expensive I know I would if I owned one.
I think this is a later version of the cache card. It has less than half half of the IC's as the one posted earlier. It works with my later prolinea 4/66.
I think this is a later version of the cache card. It has less than half half of the IC's as the one posted earlier. It works with my later prolinea 4/66.
Thanks! There's... a small problem -- stickers hide the traces behind them, and that complicates a lot. Is it possible to remove them?
I think this is a later version of the cache card. It has less than half half of the IC's as the one posted earlier. It works with my later prolinea 4/66.
Thanks! There's... a small problem -- stickers hide the traces behind them, and that complicates a lot. Is it possible to remove them?
I didn't think about that when taking the pictures. I can remove them.
