Champion, that worked. Thanks! I have the 1992 IBM/Tandy Big Box version. So no readme.bat or anything like that on the installation disks (3.5" or 5.25"), nor in the installed directory. Just the INSTALL.BAT, BANK0*, VOL.1/2/3/4, CONFIG.DAT/.LNG, TABVOL.BIN, WORLD.EXE and SETUP.EXE files.

Hi there, I just got Another World / Out of this World running on my 486 (actually: AMD 5x86 @ 160MHz) Got sound and everything working, but I have absolutely no idea how to quit the game. No combination of keys I have tried will exit (CTRL-C, Q, etc)! The manual says nothing about quitting. Does …

gerwin wrote: My DX4 &EW chip has CPUID 0483h, in WT mode. Ahh so that's the difference, great! Here are the two fakes, alongside a genuine &EW and &E. Filename dx4-100.jpg File size 697.95 KiB Views 778 views

I guess your mobo supports wb chips, right ? Yes. All the benchmarks above were done on the same modern-ish motherboard (4SA W2/W5 - vlb/isa/pci combo), which supports WB, and had the motherboard jumper settings configured for P24D but at 3.45V. The real &EW chip provides a cpuid of 0490h (16kB L1 …

Greetings. It appears that two Intel DX4-100 writeback CPUs (&EW tag) I acquired from one source might be fake. Fake in that the L1 cache won't work in WB mode. The performance and cpuid is identical to a standard non-WB DX4-100 (&E and Overdrive), so I guess someone went to the effort of re- …

dionb wrote: - chip remover for LIF-sockets (i.e old CPUs) I can't recommend these enough. I went from spending two hours removing a stubborn 486 cpu with a screwdriver, to about 4 to 20 seconds with this tool (no matter how hard the CPU is jammed in there) Filename lif.jpg File size 175.99 KiB …

What about 9440 vs 9440AGi? The performance of my AGI is roughly in the middle, between the 9440 and 9400CXi. Testing was done on a Soyo 4SA W2/W5 with X5-133@160, most aggressive memory timings I could achieve. I'll probably repeat the testing on another mainboard and with different bus speeds ( …

Odds are it's the trident cards there not exactly the best performing cards. It depends entirely on the controller and how it's used. From a recent 20-card VLB Doom benchmark I did: 9400CXi: I have two of these and they are the slowest in my collection my far 9440AGi: significantly faster than the …

I too have the same revision of the TM-486SPS (identifiable by the letter "J" instead of "JP" for jumper designators, and no visible version in silkscreen). Why I revived this old thread: I found the jumper settings after a painstakingly long search, and this is one of the first searches when you …

Hi all. I've been getting back into x86 assembly in DOS, and wanted to work on a real, useful project while learning. Problem: On several occasions, I've thought to myself: "shame you have to copy a whole program or game onto a ramdrive, and also make sure to copy the saved games or output files …

amadeus777999 wrote: Intel all the way. I had a SV8B running for some time and it was not even remotely great. T. That's comparing an 8kB L1 AMD with a 16kB L1 Intel though? AMD has their 16GBC variety (16kB WB). I hope to benchmark one in a couple of weeks against the Intel WT, AMD SV8B and NV8T.

Yes they're generally listed as gameport/joystick to midi or DIN cables. You can generally select General MIDI or Sound Canvas in a game, and point it to the I/O port of your sound card that's dedicated to that. Soundblasters commonly use 330h. My setup: gameport to SC-7. Then RCA out of the SC-7 …

Intel486dx33 wrote: I am confused. So what is the conclusion for the fastest 486 build ? What cpu ? What ram ? What motherboard ? […] Show full quote I am confused. So what is the conclusion for the fastest 486 build ? What cpu ? What ram ? What motherboard ? This post should answer all of your …

The problem with DOOM as a benchmark is that it depends on the screen size and which demo you run Not to mention: What hard drive you use (Doom loads game assets almost deterministically at the same spot in each demo, so the faster the drive, the shorter the hiccup) How many drivers you have loaded …

Sadly my 4SA W2 motherboard (VLB + ISA + PCI combo) refuses to do WB with my SK096 DX4-100. Trying to trick it as a P24D with a different voltage results in super-slow performance (around DX-33 speeds), with WB still disabled. An actual P24D works in WB mode without problems, so I assume it's BIOS …

From what I remember, almost all motherboards and cards use specification 1.0. I asked for the v1.0 spec a couple of weeks ago, but they don't have a copy anymore. They've explained most of the (small) differences in the v2.0 spec, and on p28 you can, in a way, determine through ID bits what …

First post! Not sure if this is the right place to post this or if anyone in the world other than me cares, but ... I got back into 486 machines recently and have been trying to learn more about their architecture. I haven't had much trouble finding information about the ISA bus (both at the …