Re: FIC 486-GVT not POSTing

Posted on 2022-03-26, 18:08

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by Maxx1234

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computerguy08 wrote on 2022-03-15, 12:07: Here's the GAL dump from my 486-GVT-2 board (in case it helps). https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/2380#downloads I finally found a GAL dump from a working 486-GVT and it works!

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Re: FIC 486-GVT not POSTing

Posted on 2022-03-15, 15:46

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by Maxx1234

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computerguy08 wrote on 2022-03-15, 12:07: Here's the GAL dump from my 486-GVT-2 board (in case it helps). https://www.ultimateretro.net/en/motherboards/2380#downloads Thank you for your interest. If my efforts fail with the new bios & jedec file, I will try yours... Best regards.

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Re: FIC 486-GVT not POSTing

Posted on 2022-03-14, 18:58

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by Maxx1234

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Found the U2 GAL16V8B and Award BIOS from another board. Will test and report back.

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Re: FIC 486-GVT not POSTing

Posted on 2022-02-23, 00:27

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by Maxx1234

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You could try the PAL for GVT-2 for a start: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=80220&p=948533 Unfortunately it does not work. No POST beeps, no display signal. My PC Analyzer Diagnostic Card shows the FF AMI BIOS code - that means probably that the motherboard is trying to boot. This …

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Re: FIC 486-GVT not POSTing

Posted on 2022-01-29, 19:52

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by Maxx1234

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majestyk wrote on 2022-01-29, 19:50: You could try the PAL for GVT-2 for a start: FIC 486-GVT-2 missing PAL Thank you for your prompt response! I will try it and report back with the result.

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Re: FIC 486-GVT not POSTing

Posted on 2022-01-29, 19:38

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by Maxx1234

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I recently came across the same mobo, but the GAL chip at socket U2 is missing. If possible, can anyone provide the file (usually .jed) for flashing a new GAL (and hence possibly reviving the motherboard)? Thank you in advance.

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2022-01-24, 19:10

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by Maxx1234

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You are free to debug, reverse, waste your time and effort and write your own utilities to solve your problems. They are not mine nor do I intend to provide further development on my projects published in this forum. You know why. The requests were addressed to all the forum users, not just you. Of …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2022-01-23, 22:32

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by Maxx1234

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I recently successfully built a simmcon w/ 28MB RAM for my AWE64 Value. Also, I modified my favorite Bennet Ng's AnotherGS v2.3 to fit in the simmcon RAM (28MB), available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QjFYfyeOe-V7PcqRPAvAliqhoiXw-Zxo/view?usp=sharing . Under Windows 98SE, everything works …

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Re: Making a new soundfont for the AWE 64

Posted on 2022-01-12, 17:25

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by Maxx1234

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Excellent effort! Waiting to build my simmconn to test it on my AWE64 Value... Questions/kind requests/suggestions: 1.My favorite soundfont is AnotherGS v2.3. PRO7USE Enhanced Soundfont is pretty similar. Any chance to either a) Make certain modifications to PRO7USE in order to increase the …

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2021-11-14, 06:12

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by Maxx1234

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Actually, I have found one SBPlay: https://www.sac.sk/download/sound/sbply258.zip I second the idea of adding .WAV and maybe also .AIFF playback, so I can play high bitrate (eg 44,1 or 48 KHz, 8 bit mono WAV files), decent quality music through a COVOX board, and turn my HP 200LX into an "MP3" …

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2021-11-09, 14:59

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by Maxx1234

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Hello. Very nice player for XT-class machines indeed! Any chance of: -Adding WSS support? -WAV/VOC playback support? -Alternative MIDI player (PX Player)? Thank you in advance. Hi, Do you have a link to PX Player ? For WSS, as 99% of the WSS compatible cards are also SB compatible, it is definitely …

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2021-11-03, 07:42

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by Maxx1234

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Hello. Very nice player for XT-class machines indeed! Any chance of: -Adding WSS support? -WAV/VOC playback support? -Alternative MIDI player (PX Player)? Thank you in advance.

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2021-10-23, 11:30

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by Maxx1234

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Is it possible to provide the gerber files for this project? Thank you.

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Re: Help on S.M. Baker's 2MB EMS/Flash 8-bit ISA card

Posted on 2021-03-09, 17:14

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by Maxx1234

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weedeewee wrote on 2021-03-09, 16:48: Cool ! Could you possibly add a battery to the card when used with sram to get a sorta flash disk ? This board was designed to also serve as a flash disk - just use Flash instead of SRAM chips and set the two jumpers accordingly (more info is provided on S.M. …

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Re: Help on S.M. Baker's 2MB EMS/Flash 8-bit ISA card

Posted on 2021-03-09, 17:12

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by Maxx1234

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well, the ems page must must be 64kb. thats what the official EMS specifications say, so it cant be less, so the driver probably assumes that amount. AFAIK, the page frame size was laxed with the LIM EMS 4.0 specifications (unless my memory fails...). Indeed, there is no option in the driver (which …

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Re: Help on S.M. Baker's 2MB EMS/Flash 8-bit ISA card

Posted on 2021-03-09, 13:11

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by Maxx1234

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After some trial-and-error, I came up with the following settings: 1. Page Frame Address Configuration (SW2.1-SW2.5) C800h ===> ON-OFF-OFF-ON-ON (Valid only when SW2.8=on) D000h ===> OFF-ON-OFF-ON-ON D800h ===> ON-ON-OFF-ON-ON (Valid only when SW2.8=on) E000h ===> OFF-OFF-ON-ON-ON E800h ===> ON-OFF …

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Help on S.M. Baker's 2MB EMS/Flash 8-bit ISA card

Posted on 2021-01-24, 23:24

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by Maxx1234

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I have successfully built this card: https://github.com/sbelectronics/emsflashboard http://www.smbaker.com/8-bit-isa-ems-board-flash-disk-board https://youtu.be/rj1CxmtXPWM I have also successfully compiled the EMS driver (SBEMM) following the author's instructions (attached SBEMM.EXE). For Bill of …

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Re: Missing Bios on 8 Bit HD Floppy Controller

Posted on 2019-11-17, 11:11

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by Maxx1234

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Here you are ... (see attachment)

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Re: Gigabyte GA-BX2000 strange beep code after bios update

Posted on 2019-08-10, 10:37

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by Maxx1234

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OK Solved the test power supply does not have the -5volt rail and bios repoted it as -69volt. changet to older power supply and everything is now OK. You may also use BIOS version F1 (ftp://78.46.141.148/mirrors/www.elhvb.com_mobokive/Gigabyte/Old%20Backup/bios/bx2000_f1.zip) - it seems to solve …

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Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright

Posted on 2019-02-24, 18:54

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by Maxx1234

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Apologies for this thread necromancy but I seem to have gotten no answers in another thread I made about this matter .. I am trying to use S3BRIGHT on a DOS 6.22 PC, but I get incorrect MS-DOS version errors when I do so. Is this utility not written for MS-DOS? Make sure you have setver loaded Did …

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