# Transistors in the DRx2 & Ti-486SXL ?

Posted on 2020-10-23, 19:25

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Bit of a random question I know, though I have been ranking from lowest to highest the number of transistors each of CPU's have in and around the 386 era. The regular old DLC's that were done in collaboration with Cyrix had only 600,000, and were with 1Kb cache. The next step up was IBM's blue …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2020-10-21, 20:15

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A new addition to the family; - Just found the exact same board in my stash. The manual lists !MER2151.cfg as the matching cfg-file This is great to see... I think it will have an S3-924 graphics chip under the sticker. Not sure I have drivers for my card... would you be able to upload the contents …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2020-10-21, 20:13

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Latest purchase - A Compaq QVision 1280/E https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=848430#p848430 Had a PM requesting some box / contents pics, so... QV1280E Box.zip QV1280E Pkg.zip QV1280E Card.zip Thank you for sharing. It's great to see what the OEM packaging looked like... especially with the old …

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Re: IBM Blue Lightning desolder

Posted on 2020-10-03, 22:09

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Personally, I would not attempt it. The Alaris Cougar motherboard is actually a good fit, there are few 386 chipsets out there that will be able to match or even beat Opti both on compatibility and performance. Even if you could remove the CPU and transfer it to another motherboard as a module... …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-30, 22:32

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Dat SPEA Graphiti FGA 1/HE TIGA+VGA card :D Do you have the original disks that came with it ? I found one in the wild a year ago, but couldn't get it to work. Drivers are very hard to come by for these :( unfortunately not, but I assume the drivers for the 34010 and 34020 are the same? see this …

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Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2020-09-22, 18:27

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I have a about 6 or 7 motherboards (386) with MR BIOS ROM's... have been meaning to dump / back them up. I recall there may be a way to do it in DOS without requiring a EPROM programmer, it that right?

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D on a i80386

Posted on 2020-07-05, 11:36

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It is on retronn.de: ftp://retronn.de/dos/games/Duke3D/for386_1.4/ You very likely can't overclock a 386 to the region where Duke3D is well playable. I suppose this is subjective and dependent on a number of factors i.e. the video bus and speed i.e. ISA @ 8Mhz / VLB @ 40Mhz, and whoever is playing …

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D on a i80386

Posted on 2020-07-05, 11:28

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Recently found out that that Duke 3D was also released on the Megadrive, only in Brazil apparently as the Megadrive had a good continued run out there while everywhere else was becoming obsolete. Though as always, it's great seeing 386's pushed... and in this case running Duke 3D at 5fps!

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Re: Rotator board for 386 upgrades w/PGA-132

Posted on 2020-07-05, 10:21

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Nothing goes in between, it would just be a socket extension i.e. a dumb device. The only soldering would be for the sockets male and female. Female socket can be bought online... though the male (pins) would be made with wire i.e. poking lengths through a drilled hole, solder in place and then …

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Re: Rotator board for 386 upgrades w/PGA-132

Posted on 2020-07-05, 08:45

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Could be a decent DIY project... there is no additional processing or signal manipulation - just a straight pin-to-pin device, sockets are easy to find online... time really being the only critical factor.

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2020-06-13, 21:30

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Looking for something else I stumbled across this beauty I allready forgot about. The before mentioned Matrox Magic. Anybody has an idea what graphic chip is hiding under the heatsink? Still not sure if it is a graphics board or a framegrabber due to the large number of asics. I did not prove it …

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Re: Heads up: Vogons will be updated

Posted on 2019-12-28, 00:03

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I don't mean to be a party pooper, though is there anyone else adverse to some change as I am? I just feel that everytime something changes these days... it tends not to be for the better... just look at Star Wars, Windows 10, etc etc. If it works, why fix it? I'll still visit here, just, I knew how …

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Re: Heads up: Vogons will be updated

Posted on 2019-12-27, 21:32

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Was there any particular reason for the change!? Did the previous format not work well?

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Re: IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair

Posted on 2019-12-03, 06:45

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Miphee wrote: Can I use standard through-hole electrolytic capacitors instead of aluminium SMDs? Yes, so long as ratings / specifications match, there is no difference as they do the same thing. Make sure you solder with correct polarity!

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Re: Really late model 386 motherboard

Posted on 2019-11-30, 21:45

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I have a few boards with ETEQ chipset. I'm sure i've mentioned on Vogons before... they are the best, most top, boards I have.

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Re: Post photos of your Unique Custom CPU fan

Posted on 2019-04-27, 19:44

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Sometimes, the CPU is not the hottest part of the system. Filename Keep your cool.jpg File size 1.89 MiB Views 843 views File comment Keep your cool

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Re: Possible to recover bad 720kb 3.5 inch floppy?

Posted on 2019-04-27, 09:58

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Have you tried doing just a standard DOS diskcopy? Windows 3.11 diskcopy can sometimes copy disks without caring what's on it.

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Re: Post photos of your Rarest or Unique computers or components.

Posted on 2019-04-27, 09:18

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luckybob wrote: did someone say "dick waving contest"? 🤣 Managed to find again my seat after a short while on the floor

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Re: Miro S3 Trio32 VLB opinions

Posted on 2019-04-26, 21:17

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The way prices are going these days, that is not too bad. Most decent VLB's are going up into the $100(s). As another poster said, you'd have no probs recouping the 35.

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2019-04-26, 21:15

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Elsa Winner 1000 and 2000 (never seen one for sale) are just too $$$$$$$$$ for my tastes. The Mach32s were by far just absolute luck....one was on forsale website half way across the world and the other a misnamed Ebay auction. And the ET4000ax...well...I really can't remember where I got it. It …

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