Re: Creative PnP EEPROM collection

Posted on 2025-01-03, 21:19

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by ltning

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Herewith the dump from a CT4550. Despite what is stated elsewhere around here, this is quite different from the CT4520 and CT4540 dumps. Do with it as you may. :) Dumped using AWEDUMP_01. (I've made no attempt at identifying the differences other than establish there *are* differences, literally …

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Re: MK1869 and MK1869 XTREME : new soundcards with ESS1869 and ES690 or Interwave chips

Posted on 2024-12-25, 19:13

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by ltning

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Wow, that Extreme could actually replace some of my real Extremes.. At least one of them has broken down and even with professional help I haven't been able to figure out what's wrong with it.. :(

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Re: Doom8088: Doom on a 286 / 8088

Posted on 2024-12-23, 22:13

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Well I did try the "mode Y" version and got 18.441, a tad up from the previous run. Did anything change between the Oct 10 and Nov 5 versions? That doesn't sound particularly optimal for a 31.25Mhz 286 - is this running with 1WS? I get the following with a Headland HT12 mobo running at 25Mhz with …

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Re: Doom8088: Doom on a 286 / 8088

Posted on 2024-12-14, 21:44

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It's always nice to see people try Doom8088 on real hardware. I'm very curious how many frames per second you get using the text mode 40x25 16 color mode version. Downloaded the Nov05 version, and got 28.793 with the 286 version, the d2t40x25.exe. Didn't try any of the others - should I? Well I did …

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Re: BIOS file/BIOS chip specs needed for DEC Digital Equipment Corporation PRIORIS MTE Socket 2 motherboard

Posted on 2024-12-10, 22:59

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by ltning

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Congrats! It's certainly one of the more interesting boards I have. I may have to plop it back onto my test bench and play with it.

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Re: Doom8088: Doom on a 286 / 8088

Posted on 2024-12-05, 21:36

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For example Mode Y 286 results in 10.845 frames per second and 8088 results in 10.549 fps. So on my overclocked-to-31.25MHz 286 I get: doom2y - 16.739 New record: 18.382, with more aggressive bus speed settings - SCLK/2 vs earlier ATCLK :D Hardware: PCT 286 motherboard (https://theretroweb.com/ …

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Re: Doom8088: Doom on a 286 / 8088

Posted on 2024-12-04, 00:32

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For example Mode Y 286 results in 10.845 frames per second and 8088 results in 10.549 fps. So on my overclocked-to-31.25MHz 286 I get: doom8y - 16.429 doom2y - 16.739 doom813h - 14.958 doom213h - 15.730 This is with the release from October 7. If I have a comment about playability it would be that …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.81b

Posted on 2024-11-30, 22:26

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by ltning

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Hola JazeFox! I'm one of those people who have to automate everything, so I have a bunch of BAT files that take care of sound, networking, mouse, and whichever other drivers I need on any given machine. I'm obviously using UNISOUND for much of this, but there's a tiny thing that is bugging me: There …

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Re: JCS286/SCAT (82C235) Motherboard

Posted on 2024-11-14, 23:43

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by ltning

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So for some reason, I cannot use my Promise DC200M on (at least one of) my JCS286/SCAT boards. I know I've tested this in the past, but for some reason on this one it fails in a weird fashion: I configure the board as I usually do; HDD type 1. This works in *every* other 2/3/486 board I have, a high …

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Re: CRT Terminator Digital VGA Feature Card ISA DV1000

Posted on 2024-10-28, 16:49

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by ltning

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Order placed. Thanks!

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Re: Doom8088: Doom on a 286 / 8088

Posted on 2024-10-27, 19:06

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by ltning

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For now I make releases for the 8088 and 80286. And separate builds for Mode Y and Mode 13h. What kind of performance can I expect on a 24mhz/0ws 286 with an et4k/w32i? Is there a measurable or even noticeable difference between the 808x and 80286 builds (both running on a 286)? I need to give this …

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Re: JCS286/SCAT (82C235) Motherboard

Posted on 2024-08-16, 10:27

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by ltning

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Now I'm curious what the C&T BIOS would look like at 0WS .. Also I wonder what the AMI BIOS does differently. I may have to test that at some point..

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Re: JCS286/SCAT (82C235) Motherboard

Posted on 2024-08-16, 08:58

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by ltning

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It's actually pretty snappy for a 286 even at 16MHz You don't say.. I have a pair that came as 16Mhz, they run DesqView with httpserv, ftpsrv, ircd and sbbs (synchronet bbs node). And a novell client (for the bbs). Apart from the BBS - which is kinda sluggish because SBBS really isn't for a 286 …

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Re: CRT Terminator Digital VGA Feature Card ISA DV1000

Posted on 2024-08-11, 12:40

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by ltning

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Well I'm certainly interested *and* want to order. :D This is excellent news, thank you!

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Re: mTCP NetDrive: network attached storage for DOS 2.0 or better

Posted on 2024-06-14, 15:18

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One thing I noticed ( and sorry if I missed this if mentioned else where as I didn't see it mentioned in netdrive.txt ) If I have NetDrive actively connected to a drive letter and working, I can't seem to use any of the mTCP tools... FTP / Telnet / Ping / HTTPServ / ect. If I disconnect from the …

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Re: Looking for LBA-BIOS of Promise SuperIDE DriveCache DC-200 ISA Cache Controller

Posted on 2024-05-08, 09:15

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by ltning

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Little update: I tried with different IRQ(12) and now the card can see my CF cards. Now fdisk is unable to detect fixed disks XD That would suggest that you have another IDE controller on IRQ 14.. Any sound cards or whatnot that has been configured to use IRQ14? I know at least a couple of my "no- …

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Re: Looking for LBA-BIOS of Promise SuperIDE DriveCache DC-200 ISA Cache Controller

Posted on 2024-04-15, 23:41

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by ltning

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Here you go. It should be uploaded to vogonsdrivers but I need to dig out my FTP credentials again.. This ZIP contains three dumps, all of them look like version 2.20: - From a Longshine LCS-6941 with 64k chips, M27C512 - From a Promise DC4030VL-1 with 64k chips, M27C512 - From a Promise DC4030VL-1 …

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Re: Looking for LBA-BIOS of Promise SuperIDE DriveCache DC-200 ISA Cache Controller

Posted on 2024-04-08, 16:43

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by ltning

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I just bought a DC-4030VL-1 in physically good shape, but without ROM chips. Have you managed to find any working BIOS/ROM for the -1 version? Hey, welcome :) I can get you ROM dumps, but not with LBA support, sadly. So it won't be useful unless <500-ish MB is enough .. "Someone" should try to add …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2024-01-27, 19:10

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by ltning

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Just want to say that this card, with PCmidi add-on and McCake WB module, is absolutely effin' brilliant. My 486slc2 has this combo and a GUS PnP and it's just .. a dream. Thank you! (Had to attach some pics.. the mt32 gets a bit hot so I added the tiniest fan I've ever seen ;) )

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Re: Showing some love for Adaptec's ugly ducklings: Adding big drive support to EISA and VL controllers

Posted on 2024-01-14, 23:14

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by ltning

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So I gave up on the AIR 486ES board, and tested with an ECS mainboard .. And now things work as expected, across the board. I repaired the DS1225 on the AIR board (used for EISA config storage), but despite being able to survive longer power outages, it changed nothing. Using a much older - 2.01 - …

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