Mustek 486 motherboard settings help

Posted on 2020-08-27, 01:14

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by jasa1063

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I just picked up a Socket 2 486 motherboard and I am trying to find the manual and or jumper settings for it. It appears to be a Mustek 486 board. Some of the stuff is labeled on the board, but it would be nice to all the jumper settings documented. It has an Award BIOS. The BIOS string is 02/16/96- …

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Re: Unlocking the K6-PRO.SYS device driver

Posted on 2020-08-26, 14:44

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by jasa1063

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Looking at the patch you made, aren't those values already set ? I think you could break the routine at 377, but I'm no expert. As far as I can tell, the changes only stop the device driver from waiting for keyboard input, which was built into the shareware version. The rest of the functionality …

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Re: Turning a $20 Craigslist purchase into a respectable DOS/Win9x gaming rig

Posted on 2020-08-25, 02:54

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by jasa1063

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I tried a different Compact Flash to IDE adapter and so far it is working. Keeping my fingers crossed I won't have any data corruption issues and will keep plenty of good backups!

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Re: Unlocking the K6-PRO.SYS device driver

Posted on 2020-08-24, 15:58

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by jasa1063

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-08-24, 14:19: what CPU features does this specifically enable? As far as I can tell it sets up Write Allocation and Write Combining for the system memory. It should work on all K6 CPUs with the CTX core, but not K6+ CPUs.

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Re: Unlocking the K6-PRO.SYS device driver

Posted on 2020-08-24, 13:05

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by jasa1063

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held wrote on 2020-08-24, 08:10: Doesn't Quake immensely profit from this ? Yes, games such as Quake and Duke Nukem 3D would be helped by this.

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Re: Unlocking the K6-PRO.SYS device driver

Posted on 2020-08-24, 02:45

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by jasa1063

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@jasa1063 they might not be dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070207231638/htt://www.blueskyinnovations.com/orderpage.html the link for the software goes here https://secure.bmtmicro.com/cart?CID=4&PRODUCTID=20013 which is still active for 10 bucks ,they accept paypal and bitcoin might want to …

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Re: Unlocking the K6-PRO.SYS device driver

Posted on 2020-08-23, 21:00

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by jasa1063

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Akuma wrote on 2020-08-23, 20:53: I'm kind of a noob when it comes to this stuff, but using my hex-editor I could only find it at 277h 277H is the correct location in a hex editor. Debug starts all non EXE files at offset 100H, so that is why it is at 377H in debug vs a hex editor.

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Unlocking the K6-PRO.SYS device driver

Posted on 2020-08-23, 16:17

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by jasa1063

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I just put together a K6-2 500 computer and wanted a utility like K6DOS.SYS to set up the CPU before any memory managers were loaded. Unfortunately K6DOS.SYS only works on K6+ CPUs. There is a device driver called K6-PRO.SYS that does the same thing. The only problem is it was not freeware. The …

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Re: Turning a $20 Craigslist purchase into a respectable DOS/Win9x gaming rig

Posted on 2020-08-23, 00:20

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by jasa1063

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I've a very similar setup with an Asus TXP4. I've had better luck with the SSD though - using a Promise IDE controller with a PATA to SATA adapter, I've had no problem using a Team Group 120 gig SSD. Have you benchmarked with the motherboard cache enabled and disabled? I found that my 3D Mark 99, …

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Turning a $20 Craigslist purchase into a respectable DOS/Win9x gaming rig

Posted on 2020-08-22, 23:46

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by jasa1063

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I picked up a P133 system on Craigslist for $20. It was nothing special : AT Case, PCChips M572 Motherboard (Intel 430TX chipset), Pentium 133 CPU, 40GB IDE hard drive, 128MB SDRAM, ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphics graphics, and Sound Blaster AudioDrive PCI sound card I was planning on a parting it out …

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Re: Pentium Overdrive PODP5V83 question

Posted on 2020-08-22, 19:18

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by jasa1063

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My personal opinion is that the Pentium Overdrive is in fact a super scalar CPU. A regular Pentium is going to have a 66MHz FSB and 64-bit path to memory. Those are both cut in half in the case of a Pentium Overdrive. That is a lot to overcome when running benchmarks. Much like an 8088 vs 8086 or a …

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Pentium Overdrive PODP5V83 question

Posted on 2020-08-21, 21:52

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by jasa1063

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I was reading an article about the Pentium Overdrive for 486 Socket2/3 systems and came across this interesting item: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/intel-overdrive-part-ii-pentium-overdrive/ A little-publicized fact is that the PODP is in reality not a superscalar processor because the second pipe …

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Xircom PE-10BT drivers

Posted on 2020-08-19, 01:43

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by jasa1063

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I just got a Xircom PE3-10BT parallel port Ethernet adapter. I was able to find the 3.53 drivers in the Vogon's Driver Library. These drivers seem to be published in 1997. Intel's website no longer hosts them. Are there newer drivers available for download?

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Re: Acer VI9 386/486 VLB motherboard and Pentium Overdrive

Posted on 2020-08-17, 15:47

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by jasa1063

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TheMobRules wrote on 2020-08-17, 15:21: Based on the pictures you posted on the other thread it seems that board has a regular 168-pin 486 socket. The Pentium Overdrive has 237 pins and so it requires a Socket 2/Socket 3 to fit. Based on that I am just going to stick with the Cyrix 486DX2/80 that …

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Acer VI9 386/486 VLB motherboard and Pentium Overdrive

Posted on 2020-08-17, 14:28

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by jasa1063

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I just got an Acer VI9 386/486 VLB motherboard. There are jumpers for a 486DX and 486DX2. I assume if I set the motherboard for a 486DX/33 I can put in Pentium Overdrive CPU. I would just like to know if anyone can verify this. Thanks!

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Replacement Turbo Button plastic cover

Posted on 2020-08-17, 03:57

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by jasa1063

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I picked up an old AT desktop case and the Turbo Button cover is missing. Anyone know if there is any place a replacement could be found? https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar6NijzQIpZIjH2Jjjx9h2ciSZYL?e=r9P0T1 Thanks!

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Re: Need help identifiy this 486 VLB motherboard

Posted on 2020-08-17, 02:14

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by jasa1063

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Yep, that appears to be it. Thanks for the assist!

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Need help identifiy this 486 VLB motherboard

Posted on 2020-08-17, 00:09

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by jasa1063

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I am unable to find out any info based on the P/N on the board. I believe it is an AOpen board . Any help would be appreciated. https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar6NijzQIpZIjHj5oNpQPrfb5-7e?e=RESLxX https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar6NijzQIpZIjHoD0kTJ0UZNN1nw?e=nwG6d8 https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ar6NijzQIpZIjHlqo_HJSn-fAo_y?e= …

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Re: Turbo BASIC and XT-IDE incompatibility

Posted on 2020-08-13, 00:12

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by jasa1063

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I found out that setting XT-IDE BIOS to full operating mode will solve the issue. I can confirm that this works. It will not work on Tandy 1000s that use system memory for video memory. If you have a Tandy 1000 with VGA card or one that has a 128K memory expansion installed for 768K, it will then …

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Epson Equity Ie reference diskette

Posted on 2020-08-04, 03:33

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by jasa1063

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I was wondering where I could download the Epson Equity Ie reference diskette or associated software from? The files are no longer available on Epson's website. Thanks!

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