Like chinny22 said, don't try to span too wide a net with your PC. I'm not looking for a SUPER WIDE range, like being able to play both ancient DOS games and then flip over and run Quake III Arena or anything. Just maybe get close to early PII capability ^-initial post post :) Exactly. I'm not …

Well, to be completely honest, I'm being fairly casual about this whole thing (probably apparent, but I don't care ;) ). Nevertheless, thank you for your insight. I'm not too fussed about reaching the pinnacle of anything with this build; I just want to have fun with it and learn along the way, and …

FWIW I've had them (7" Cyrix100, 12" Pentium100, 12" Pentium166) running for hours on end on several Power Macs of the era to no ill effect. A lot of these were meant for and bundled with midling desktop machines, like the 7200. The one consistent exception is the 12" Cyrix 133"P166" card which only …

See here for the manual. Specs say 100Mhz : tbd Yeah, I saw that... super bummer. I took the sort-of-broken English throughout the manual as a cue that maybe "TBD" didn't mean what it actually means. If that makes sense... Well I did manage to find a confirmed C3-compatible board for less than …

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-03-16, 21:15: Some revisions supposedly have a jumper to switch between 66/100 Mhz and I think some even have a 133Mhz fsb option. Do you happen to know what jumper that is or if I'd be able to populate a barren jumper on this board? or if it's clearly marked?

Well, shoot, I think I've answered my own question: http://m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/setfsb.html Looks like the ICS9250 clock controller is not supported... So I think I'll be getting another motherboard. Not terribly interested in a Celeron or slower C3.

Greetings. I'm new to the vintage PC world, having spent most of my time dabbling with vintage Macintosh systems. I set out thinking I was being careful, but I think I jumped headlong and would appreciate any advice. I was curious about the VIA C3 series, as they can be easily downclocked (aside …

Thank you for the tip on MAC OS, BTW. But I am certain I will not use System 8, and instead opt for a version of MAC OS 7.5.x (possibly 7.6.1). My concern is if 'too much' ppc code for a certain version of Mac OS (and its successors) can hinder performance on a 68k Mac, and if so, which version is …

Hey, not to further dampen your parade, but I had a funny feeling about it and did some checking with the 68kMLA OGs and they pointed me to this chart: http://aux-penelope.com/hardware.htm A/UX is extremely picky about what hardware/chipsets it will work with. I'm afraid you cannot force the LC/ …

In general, since I am a novice with Socket 5/7 PCs, I've been told there's a jumper setting on normal boards for the CPU. Does anyone see that on the PC Compatibility card? I have some high res scans of the cards (low res thumbnails—click through) of the Pentium 100 12" card (the one I hope to …

Awesome. Thank you sir. Who needs to fork over the cash for an 840 when you can just overclock a 630? Good luck! And definitely source a heatsink. Hopefully you're a steadier hand with a soldering iron than I am. I tried something similar on a StarMax 5500 board (all for a 250 to 300 MHz bump) and …

Concerning derSammler's warning... Will doing a clean install after overclocking circumvent the 'enabler' issue? Current OS on the system is kanjitalk 7.5.1, which I believe is just the Japanese version of System 7.5.1. While a valid concern when chipping, according to AppleFool, on this model ( …

In regard to counterfeits, sorry if this sounds like a platitude, but if the deal is too good to be true, it most likely is. It's getting incredibly hard to find genuine, non-LC 040s. A lot of advice coming from the 68kMLA forum is along the lines of, "unless you're doing 'work' that seriously …

Can the cpu be changed like on orange cards? Sorry for the necro quote—also, hi. I sort of discovered this forum by way of the 68kMLA forum. Has anyone ever attempted to socket and change the CPU on these cards? As far as I can tell, based on Oliver Schubert's site, the BIOS is all contained in the …