Re: Working ISA diagnostic card

Posted on 2025-04-22, 15:11

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by weedeewee

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Hi, i need to open this thread again. I just received another Analyzer card, and i'm having the same problem. It works normally on PCI slots, and it won't show anything on led screen on ISA slots! Only voltage leds are working when inserted in any ISA slot (tried on 4 different motherboards)! Can …

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Re: animated movie from 80s or older with giant golem/robot and canary in a cage

Posted on 2025-04-21, 20:22

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by weedeewee

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I googled the exact phrase you mentioned and it gave me this https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129167/ The Iron Giant(1999) I guess that ain't it.

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Re: Win10 recovery help reqd plz, mangled SATA driver? No startup.

Posted on 2025-04-21, 18:30

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by weedeewee

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I don't see it mentioned so I'm askin'. booting in safe mode isn't working either ?

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2025-04-21, 18:16

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by weedeewee

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Hope it works ! Are you sure it is a M423 ? Thought they were mostly ISA only. Is it like this: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m4xx-486-vesa-chip8 ? Can you post a good picture ? Image #3 https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m423 is how it looks. Notice the clearly …

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Re: Matrox G450 PCI any good use?

Posted on 2025-04-21, 12:16

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by weedeewee

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perphaps the bios isn't initializing the card due to it being behind an agp-pci bridge.

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Re: Confirmation of identification of a 386 motherboard

Posted on 2025-04-21, 11:05

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by weedeewee

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It could be. most of the time the RTC chip isn't displayed on any of those line layouts. Here's the TRW page for it https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/joinda … systems-g386sym

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Re: dISAppointment - LPC to ISA adapter - ISA on modern motherboards

Posted on 2025-04-21, 10:59

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Hmm. A20m no longer exists cpurst probably comes from the KB controller or similar (eg alt ctrl del, power management) ferr and ignne iirc weren't even used by most bx boards slp, stopclk meh sleep. intr, nmi, smi are question marks Anyone bored enough and capable of jerry-rigging the setup ( …

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Re: dISAppointment - LPC to ISA adapter - ISA on modern motherboards

Posted on 2025-04-21, 10:29

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I haven't looked deeply at it in a while, but I'm pretty sure this is accurate It is possible that none of the 'CPU Interface signals' page 26 & 27 are actually required. Someone with more knowledge about the matter might know. If that is the case then usage of a VIA 82C686A/B could also be …

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Re: dISAppointment - LPC to ISA adapter - ISA on modern motherboards

Posted on 2025-04-21, 07:34

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myne, dartfrog, I doubt using a piix4 will work based on me looking into using a VIA 686 a while ago. While it seems to be perfect to use at first glance, a deeper look showed that some signals needed to come from the northbridge, AFAICR.

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Re: Prosignia 5/60 3081 Won't Save Config To HDD

Posted on 2025-04-21, 07:21

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by weedeewee

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The only catch I see is that you've already installed windows on the hard drive and now there's no room for a system partition. The easy fix is, clear the hard drive of all the partitions, and create the system partition. If you find the correct information, you could also use something like …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2025-04-21, 07:13

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by weedeewee

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a PC-CHIPS M423 ver 1.1.1 Now I finally have a mainboard (if it works) to test the opti vlb et4000 card on ! Hope it works ! Are you sure it is a M423 ? Thought they were mostly ISA only. Is it like this: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m4xx-486-vesa-chip8 ? Can you post a good …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2025-04-20, 18:18

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by weedeewee

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a PC-CHIPS M423 ver 1.1.1 Now I finally have a mainboard (if it works) to test the opti vlb et4000 card on !

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Re: Prosignia 5/60 3081 Won't Save Config To HDD

Posted on 2025-04-20, 17:47

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by weedeewee

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FWIW, I think you need to remove all partitions on the disk, and then use the appropriate software to create the System configuration partition. When this is done, you can enter the configuration software by pressing F10 on bootup.

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Re: Getting a 486 DOS machine to come back to life

Posted on 2025-04-19, 22:16

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by weedeewee

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My BIOS doesn't have nearly the options I've seen on the videos I've watched. Mine is AMERIBIOS. I can gladly share the DOM. I don't know how to share as an image file. Now, I need to get these DOM files onto this SD card. I bought a W98 working computer. It has USB ports. I was hoping to plug my …

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Re: DTC 2290 EISA IDE controller help

Posted on 2025-04-19, 21:33

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by weedeewee

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If you can boot in dos you can check if the bios is actually present at the location you specified using DEBUG. run DEBUG type d c800:0 or d d400:0

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Re: Getting a 486 DOS machine to come back to life

Posted on 2025-04-19, 21:18

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by weedeewee

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Welp, I understand now why A: and B: look the same. You can access A: by typing B:. A or B go to the same directory. I took off XTIDE. It won't read C:. Still says invalid drive specification, even though BIOS knows it's there. I see that I can format it in BIOS. I'm scared I'll mess things up. …

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Re: How do I know if it's SCSI?

Posted on 2025-04-18, 20:38

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by weedeewee

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For something like a zip or jazz drive it should be fine. There's no way to use wide scsi on that cable, but slow narrow should work fine. Yes, i like to connect an external scsi ZIP drive to an Commodore A590 scsi controller OR to an Blizzard SCSI KIT used in a Blizzard 1230IV and Blizzard 1260 …

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2025-04-15, 17:19

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by weedeewee

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OK, I understand. My CPUID utility use similar approach. http://rayer.g6.cz/programm/programe.htm#CPUID Windows 10 is none to keen on your program and considers it a virus, please remove the link from this thread. FYI : https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/ …

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Re: Help configuring an XT motherboard

Posted on 2025-04-12, 10:06

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by weedeewee

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Just an FYI. The turbo switch on your mainboard is only read upon cold boot or reset. Changing the turbo mode using the switch while running is not implemented in the m1101 chipset. Dependent on the BIOS & keyboard driver, a hotkey like ctrl-alt-numpad-minus or plus can be used and a software option …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-04-06, 19:48

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by weedeewee

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Can you guys help identify this mysterious ISA card ? Made in 1992 Made by Dassault (the French electronics/aerospace company) Optional ram upgrade installed (blue sockets)? Might be another printer rasteriser, but potentially more interesting than that. Perhaps to connect to a Mirage 2000? OMG a …

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