Re: AMD 5x86 P75 - Win98 or Win98?

Posted on 2019-09-15, 19:28

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AlessandroB wrote: GigAHerZ wrote: You need to enable SMB1 support on Win10, then you can. Also between w3.11 and win10 There's nothing to enable in w3.11, as it only knows the first version, nothing else...

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Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks

Posted on 2019-09-14, 16:31

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@Nemo1985, you can use RDOSUMB, URAM or something similar instead of UMBPCI. Those are written in the nineties and support way older machines like 386 and 486.

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Re: AMD 5x86 P75 - Win98 or Win98?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 09:50

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You need to enable SMB1 support on Win10, then you can.

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Re: Is 486 DX the ultimate DOS machine?

Posted on 2019-09-12, 07:36

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I want to have fastest mainstream 386, fastest mainstream 486 and fastest mainstream pentium(mmx) and i pretty much do and feel good. :) Am386DX-40 with 256kB of cache (writeback enabled also) Am486DX4-100 with 256kB of cache Pentium MMX @266MHz with 512kB of cache 386 is for DOS, 486 is for DOS+ …

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Re: Good 386 motherboard with FPU socket

Posted on 2019-09-11, 17:33

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While i don't have much to compare with, i do like the M321 motherboard: https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/I/I … -321-VER-2.html It has cache with writeback capability. This is a feature many boards don't have.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-11, 10:35

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I just found that there are ML2032 coin cell batteries, that are physcally identical to CR2032, but are rechargable. Quick search to aliexpress lead to offers at around 3$ a piece. 😉 EDIT: And LIR2032, which is 3.6V rechargable in the physical shape of CR2032!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-11, 08:26

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The empty socket is for 387 co-processor. Not necessary, but optional. For ram... Well, in the end, i have just tried out and then added sticker about the size on it. For me it has been quicker than to go through chips datasets and count together, what's the size... First thing you want to do is to …

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Re: NEW iPhones

Posted on 2019-09-11, 08:20

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ShovelKnight wrote: robertmo wrote: ShovelKnight wrote: I hate OLED screens Why? They give me headaches It's in your head! (pun intended)

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-10, 19:45

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Hi! I'm very new to this forum and to retrocomputing as well, hopefully it's OK to post short questions in this topic? I picked up an Am386-DX40 computer today, brought it home from my mom's workplace. It was my first ever computer. My parents couldn't afford to buy a PC in the 90s, but for some …

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Re: NEW iPhones

Posted on 2019-09-10, 19:08

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Payment plan is for people who really can not afford it. So just don't buy it.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-09-10, 11:44

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@PTherapist, i really hope you didn't leave that upgraded windows on it, but after upgradings, you did a clean install on top of it. 😀

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Re: 486 DX4 vs Cyrix 586 vs AMD 5x86

Posted on 2019-09-10, 09:22

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I've run Quake 1 and Grand Theft Auto on 386DX40 + FPU. Getting it to run and seeing it with your own eyes, is an achievement on it's own. I love to try those things out. I actually have win95 on my 386 for testing purposes... i think i can try quake 2 on it. :D (Looking at topic's heading, i think …

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Re: Why are 3Com NICs regarded in such high regard?

Posted on 2019-09-10, 06:51

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I plan to test some ISA NICs on my own, but haven't gotten to it yet. I have 40MHz 386DX, 100MHz 486DX4 and 266MHz Pentium MMX to do the benchmarks. But what i did notice is that AMD PCnet for ISA works way faster and more fluently than the 3com 3C509B did on my 386. No benchmarks, but stuff just …

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Re: Too many old hard drives

Posted on 2019-09-07, 23:10

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Yep, i'm soon going to have the same problem... Every time i manage to get my hands on another old pc, first thing is that i remove the hdd. I just don't have the heart to run those mechanical devices just so i could joke around with the old machines... (I replace them with CF card) And so i have …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-09-06, 19:24

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Took my 486 with window 3.11 and installed: Video for Windows WinG Win32s Xing player WinPlay3 While it can play mpeg video files, it doesn't do it very well. 😁 Also noticed that the FM/MIDI sound is very quiet on the left channel. Mixer is fine. Maybe some trace has got damaged on the card?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-09-06, 16:21

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As my main PC's PSU decided that it will take an eternal vocation from now on, I'm a bit forced to use my old trusty EeePC 1015PEM. Intel Atom 2/4 cores, 2GB ram, 128GB SSD, Windows 7 Well... It's good enough to browse the forums and such, but youtube is completely out of the question. :P Full …

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Re: Low speedsys memory bandwith throughput on high end motherboards

Posted on 2019-09-06, 10:31

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Just to chip in, i have a Soyo SY-25P2 with AMD486@100MHz, 2x32MB 60ns RAM. When the cache is set to Write-Back, i get memory throughput under 40MB/s. When cache is set to Write-Through, i get ~100MB/s. If anything, Write-Back should be faster, but... On some random dos benchmarks, the speed was …

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Re: NuXT - micro-ATX IBM XT (LGR review)

Posted on 2019-09-06, 08:24

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matze79 wrote: As i see the VGA ROM and the BIOS are seperate you can save Space by combining them. Not really. You need parallel access to both parts...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-06, 07:04

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Bought this used 19" lcd with a great stand for 15€. The 5:4 ratio is way better for retro stuff, than the everyday 16:9 or 16:10 screens i used previously. Unfortunately, i don't have that much space to get a proper CRT, so that lcd is fine enough. The monitor stand itself was well worth of this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-05, 18:42

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Bought this used 19" lcd with a great stand for 15€. The 5:4 ratio is way better for retro stuff, than the everyday 16:9 or 16:10 screens i used previously. Unfortunately, i don't have that much space to get a proper CRT, so that lcd is fine enough. The monitor stand itself was well worth of this 15 …

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