Re: what Vintage items are you looking for?

Posted on Yesterday, 21:33

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by jheronimus

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There are maybe one or two things I'm looking for that are a bit newer than OP's definition of vintage (like a CT3900 AWE32 or a Promise VLB card), but the one thing pre-92 I want it a Tandy 286 accelerator (made by PC Technologies). I even got a rebranded card from the same company ( Mountain …

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Re: My 'new' retro 3dfx msdos win98 pc.

Posted on 2022-01-20, 00:26

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by jheronimus

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Thanks! I think I'll have a good look at that memory module for the AWE64. But what could you use it for? I think it is for the midi table or something? Never knew something like this excisted. The 3com network card could be an excellent idea for my old NAS system. AWE series of soundcards support …

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Re: My 'new' retro 3dfx msdos win98 pc.

Posted on 2022-01-19, 00:09

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by jheronimus

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Is there anything for me to improve on hw wise? I think it's pretty much perfect, a very versatile setup. I'd maybe just add a memory module to the AWE64, there are things like this that allow you to use regular SIMM72 memory modules. Original Creative memory expansion modules for AWE64 are pretty …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-18, 02:00

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by jheronimus

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Well, yeah, nothing is free: you either spend your money or your time. So I think it's perfectly natural that some people just want to get their retro fix here and now. "Deal hunting" does add something to the hobby, though. It's a great rush — finding something valuable for next to nothing, even …

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Re: Any problems using Pentium III with Win 95?

Posted on 2022-01-10, 10:58

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by jheronimus

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I think Win95 had issues with CPUs faster than 350MHz, not sure if it was fixed in later versions like OSR2. Here's the fix . As to the hardware part, I think 440BX should be a pretty solid testbed. My Evans & Sutherland Freedom (early OpenGL PCI accelerator with an onboard S3 968 chip) wouldn't …

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Re: How to install drivers for C-Media CMI8738 on a Chaintech CT-6VIA5T motherboard?

Posted on 2022-01-04, 02:28

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by jheronimus

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This particular board has a flaw, the 14.318MHz clock is missing on ISA slot and any card needing it will not function unless a modification is done CMI8738 cards I have all need the clock from ISA to be present so this should be the problem why things do not work. I’ve read about that issue in …

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How to install drivers for C-Media CMI8738 on a Chaintech CT-6VIA5T motherboard?

Posted on 2022-01-04, 01:48

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by jheronimus

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I'm trying to set up the drivers for the onboard sound chip on my Chaintech motherboard, but no matter which drivers I try, they don't actually get installed — the sound card stays marked with a yellow question mark in Device Manager saying that the driver is not installed. I've tried both 6.44 …

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Re: PC tower cases by year

Posted on 2021-12-23, 21:48

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by jheronimus

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Michus_pl wrote on 2021-12-23, 15:20: Could You please write the brand/model/type of that pc case with RED Mhz? Unfortunately there's no mention of a brand here, as is usual with these Taiwanese noname cases.

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Re: Mountain Racecard-286: looking for drivers and jumpers descriptions

Posted on 2021-11-28, 12:36

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by jheronimus

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Nah, I didn’t. But I’ve posted a review that says it didn’t come with any drivers. Jumpers remain a mystery, though

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Re: What is easiest/lightest mapped network drive setup for DOS?

Posted on 2021-11-24, 12:29

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There's EtherDFS which is a more modern solution: EtherDFS hardware/software requirements: - An 8086/8088 compatible CPU - MS-DOS 5.0+ or compatible - 8 KiB of available conventional memory (can be loaded high) - An Ethernet interface and its packet driver I haven't tried it myself though, but it …

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Re: Matrox VLB?

Posted on 2021-11-15, 15:57

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by jheronimus

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Everyone knows Matrox from their Mystique days. But how where they early on? Where these cards fast like a ET4000 VLB. Couldn't find too much online. Pretty horrible when it came to DOS performance. Here's a quick benchmark of various VLB videocards I did with a Pentium 200. I've used Quake 1.08 …

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

Posted on 2021-11-13, 21:45

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Guys, great news. The SF2 to SBK (SF1) is now possible with Awave Studio from today! Markus (the author of Awave Studio) did a great job with humble logistic support from me in the last several weeks or so. So cool! If it's not too much, could you ask Markus to take a look at SF2 to WFB conversion? …

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Re: Windows versions of DOS games list

Posted on 2021-11-11, 18:03

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Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga (Win95 ports of WC1 and 2, not sure about the 3rd game) X-Wing: Collector Series Maybe Monkey Island Madness (I remember trying this release and it was Windows versions of MI and MI2, but Mobygames says it's DOS).

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Re: QDI V4S471/G locks up with 1024kB of cache

Posted on 2021-11-10, 10:15

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by jheronimus

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Original BIOS ROM seems to be available on an archived copy of the QDI's website. I think I've had similar symptoms when I was upgrading cache on a board that had a BIOS from another mobo with the same chipset but different cache configuration.

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Re: Testing sram with TL866

Posted on 2021-11-06, 01:53

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by jheronimus

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I know this is an old thread but for those asking the same question. Don't use the ST M48T128V ID it will not test correctly. What you should instead use is the 628128 standard SRAM. It is an 8bitx 128k CMOS SRAM compatible with the 61C1024. Tested mine, worked great. (although I did get 8 bad ones …

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Re: Is there a VLB card that supports > Mode 3 or UDMA support?

Posted on 2021-11-05, 19:21

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Tekram DC-680C/CD does mode 4 with a BIOS update

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Re: MS-Dos Soundcard with Ethernet?

Posted on 2021-11-04, 21:34

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by jheronimus

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That probably was a modem/soundcard combo, a lot of those existed. Has an RJ port as well for the phone line

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Re: Asus PVI-486SP3 motherboard won't start

Posted on 2021-11-04, 11:25

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by jheronimus

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So, jakethompson1 was absolutely right. After my friend replaced the keyboard controller, I can now boot. For some reason it doesn't like most of my VLB cards though — it won't boot with the Ark, with a Tseng ET4000/W32P and a Cirrus Logic 5428. S3 805 and S3 Trio32 are fine though, so are ISA and …

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Re: Trying to decide what video cards to use in my two DOS 6.22 / Win 3.11 builds: 66MHz and 133MHz

Posted on 2021-11-03, 10:19

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by jheronimus

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There's little performance difference between them in DOS games, I doubt you will notice it in real life. That being said, Ark2000 will most likely be the fastest. In Windows S3 cards and Matrox should support higher screen resolutions if they have more memory (Ark would be limited to 2MB, others …

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Re: Modding support for AMD K6-2 into a Socket 5 Award BIOS?

Posted on 2021-10-30, 14:40

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by jheronimus

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Chkcpu wrote on 2021-10-30, 14:11: @jheronimus, can you tell us what the BIOS boot screens now shows as CPU model and speed when booting the K6-2/400? Just curious. Jan. My AMD was actually configured for 266 originally, and the BIOS screen said Pentium 100. But when I switched to 400 it now says …

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