Re: FIC 486-GAC-2 and mystery proprietary cache module - Help needed
Posted on 2023-08-11, 19:29
majestyk, did you manage to find a moment to look into this further?
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-08-11, 19:26
Just to conclude this issue I had, rasz_pl was exactly correct when he stated it was that the CF cards I had tested were not correctly supporting Matser/Slave functionality. I was able to get a 2GB Cactus industrial CF card, and that , like the Cactus brand 512MB card worked perfectly when chaining …
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-15, 18:13
No worries, and thanks for the link, I'll read up on that.
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-15, 06:48
I only have one ISA slot, which I already mentioned, and it's got an Orpheus 2 in it, so no room for xt-ide, and no ide header on the card... Yes, I really wish these awesome modern sound cards had that feature too, but I totally get why it's not worth the effort.
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-14, 04:38
Just curious, does it boot properly if you move the IDE cable + 1GB card + optical drive to another PC? It's a good idea, and I had thought to try just that, I'll report back when I've done it. should have started with SSD and SATA-pata converter Perhaps, but the bios forces a max size of under 2GB …
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-13, 19:23
Even that industrial one? Specs say it does true ide. I've tried 6 cards total, and only that one Cactus 512mb works with an optical drive. I'm not spending anymore money experimenting on CF cards, I've already dropped nearly $100 on the damn things.
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-13, 10:28
I borrowed a couple of CF IDE adapters from a friend. IMG20230713122051~2.jpg No luck with running an optical drive using these, either. Same issue. I can even run that dual card adapter with a 512MB & a 1GB card, in master/slave without a problem. This must be some weird issue with the Ide …
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-12, 15:31
1GB industrial card arrived, and unfortunately it behaves like the other >512MB cards I've tried. I.e. fine until I turn on the optical drive, then freezes after memory count. I'm out of ideas, short of trying other CF IDE adapters, but at this point I don't want to throw any more money at this. IMG …
Re: Asus USB/MIR
Posted on 2023-07-09, 08:27
I've done this exact thing. Ordered one of those boards and added PS2 for mouse. Worked easily. Just added the headers and bridged the required points, didn't need any other components, though I expect if you want IR too, they'll be needed.
Re: Question about SS7 mobo power
Posted on 2023-07-03, 11:39
Ah, good point, mine is a 1.4
Re: Question about SS7 mobo power
Posted on 2023-07-03, 11:16
I have this motherboard, it's running a V3 3000 agp without any issue
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-02, 20:38
Indeed, but there is an Orpheus 2 in there, and that sucka ain't coming out for nothin' 😉
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-02, 18:42
I've ordered an Industrial 1GB card, will update here when I get/test it.
Re: 486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Help?
Posted on 2023-07-02, 10:04
Ah, I hadn't considered the CF card had something to do with M/S logic. My 512MB card is an industrial type, while my 1GB card is a Transcend CF 133.
486 Optical drive and HDD size boot issue - Solved
Posted on 2023-07-02, 09:28
Well, I've run out of ideas.... System: I have a 486 pc, with a FIC 486-GAC-2 motherboard. It is running bios version 3.276GN1 Board has a single IDE header I am using a CF adapter board with a CF card as a hard drive. This is connected at the end of the IDE cable, and jumpered as Master. I want to …
Re: Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000 vs Spea V7 media fx
Posted on 2023-06-09, 20:26
Hey, Karl, great to see you here, I love your YouTube channel 😁
Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build
Posted on 2023-06-09, 06:50
I quite like the K6-2+ CPU for flexibility, you can push it from 200 to 600 MHz and enable/disable L1 & L2 caches all from software (Setmul) without touching the bios. I have Setmul configure the CPU just right before running whatever game. It'll even play Quake 3, if you pair it with a voodoo 3, …
Re: FIC 486-GAC-2 and mystery proprietary cache module - Help needed
Posted on 2023-06-08, 17:46
As difficult as the task may be, I have started to map the traces from the pictures you provided, at least those that don't end somewhere under a chip. @majestyk Would you be able to take a few more pictures, some sightly angled maybe, to make the shadowed areas clearer? And do you have a multimeter …
Re: FIC 486-GAC-2 and mystery proprietary cache module - Help needed
Posted on 2023-06-05, 18:51
Wow, ok, didn't expect someone to actually have one. Thanks for sharing. So, at least it is clear that there is nothing proprietary about the chips used, some ram & buffers, so that's good news I suppose. One day maybe my ebay saved search will ping something, not that it has for some years now 🤣
Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread
Posted on 2023-06-05, 15:54
appiah4 wrote on 2023-06-05, 07:26: Out of curiosity, what is the card with the YucatanFX on it? Is it an Aztech card? It sure is, well spotted 😁 Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra II It took the Orpheus II to finally unseat it, I consider that high praise.
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