Compex ReadyLINK RL2000A-PnP on Windows 98SE

Posted on 2024-04-06, 20:21

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Hey, I have two such cards: https://i.ibb.co/FX8Wm6d/IMG-20240406-163301-HDR.jpg BIOS of mainboard discovers both of them and lists under PnP devices: https://i.ibb.co/QXHrksc/IMG-20240406-162934-HDR-2.jpg Windows 98SE on first boot after card installation in slot discovers them as well, installs …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2023-12-30, 22:58

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I have few cmi8738 based cards. Three models of the chip CMI8738-SX, CMI8738-LX and CMI8738-MX. Used them under modern Linux so far (Fedora 38). CMI8738SX advertises itself as: $ cat /proc/asound/card0/cmipci C-Media CMI8738 (model 37) at 0xd000, irq 17 and does not list OPL3: $ aplaymidi -l Port …

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Re: Opti 82C929A - DOS driver anyone please?

Posted on 2023-12-25, 11:43

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The card shown on OP photos looks identical to Shuttle Sound System 48 sound card. I bought one in 1994. DOS drivers were named MAD16 with quite rich GUI for its configuration. Card was jumperless but not PnP. SBPro and WSS compatible but not SB16. Installing it in Win9x was little tricky because it …

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Re: jumper settings / manual for atc1000 socket 7

Posted on 2023-02-26, 22:15

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https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/a-tren … -1000#downloads

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Re: Strange high CPU load when playing mp3 on ISA sound card

Posted on 2023-02-18, 21:12

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I did additional tests. Switched to i430VX system with AMD K5 PR100. Then changed sound card to Aztech MM Pro 16III. No success. Next used drivers from vogonsdrivers.com for the Aztech card and CPU utilization dropped from 100% to about 50% for 192kbps/48kHz and to about 38% for 22kHz. FInally I …

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Re: Strange high CPU load when playing mp3 on ISA sound card

Posted on 2023-02-13, 11:29

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I would say the 17% CPU load is strangely low... K5 PR90 is at par with Pentium 90 in fixed-point code, but in floating-point is worse, and MP3 decoding uses floating-point heavily... so, it's normal for that poor excuse for a CPU to be on the border, isn't it? Well, yeah - K5 family wasn't any …

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Strange high CPU load when playing mp3 on ISA sound card

Posted on 2023-02-13, 01:34

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I have problems with playing mp3 with WinAmp 2.61 on AMD K5 PR90 i430FX Win98SE. When I use ISA sound card ESS AudioDrive ES1869F (OS drivers) it overloads the system with 100% CPU utilization. But when I replace the sound card with Ensoniq AudiPCI CT4810 on exactly same system I see 17% of CPU load …

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Re: Last Linux version possible for legacy hardware

Posted on 2022-10-30, 17:42

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This is true that some 486 based devices can be still found in the industry as control boards for some kind of machinery. But I do not expect them to get regular OS updates. IMO those boards sit in well protected LAN isolated from any external access and stuck with one kernel version, usually the …

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Re: Last Linux version possible for legacy hardware

Posted on 2022-10-29, 14:33

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We need a vogons linux distro Works on minimum 386 and 32mb of ram, comes with lots of benchmarks and emulators and can browse the web, etc I'm afraid that it is not possible anymore. i386 is dropped from Linux kernel for about 10 years? What is more, they are going to drop i486 as well: https:// …

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Re: Last Linux version possible for legacy hardware

Posted on 2022-10-28, 21:06

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AOSC OS Retro This, tbh. More info if you’re interested.. https://wiki.aosc.io/aosc-os/retro/intro/ From the site: Extra packages, such as Firefox and more feature-complete desktop environments will be available from the community repository, however, hardware requirement checks will be enforced …

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Re: Last Linux version possible for legacy hardware

Posted on 2022-10-27, 21:06

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Yeah, you have right K6-2 is edge of i586. They were used simultaneously with PIII at the time and I always mixed them together. I'm going to try Slackware 15 and Alpine but I'm sure that SSE2 will be an issue with those, not only because of the browser. My question is also what is last known …

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Last Linux version possible for legacy hardware

Posted on 2022-10-27, 17:32

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Could you advise me what is the last working Linux distro and version that is usable on below hardware? I thought that just current 32bit Alpine will fit it easily but it is not possible because of hell of SSE2 requirement. Then I wish to ask you when you have much more experience than I have. 1. …

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Re: OPTi 82c931 ISA in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2022-10-15, 23:22

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Finally I run the card but with use of 'BTC 1817D (OPTi 931) Win9x drivers 082797' driver from vogonsdrivers.com.

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Re: Windows 98SE driver for SMC UltraChip 83C790QF ISA NIC?

Posted on 2022-10-15, 23:20

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Yeah, this is about IRQs. Looks like ATC-1000 BIOS is unable to handle those SMC cards properly. I had to turn off 'PnP BIOS Auto-Config' in BIOS 'PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP' and remove IRQ10 from available list. But even then the only success I got was that the card was able to get config from DHCP …

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Re: Windows 98SE driver for SMC UltraChip 83C790QF ISA NIC?

Posted on 2022-10-15, 20:29

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Thanks, finally when I run Install new hardware with auto scan it detected the NIC by itself. But what is extremely strange when the NIC was detected on ATC-1000 i430FX board and Windows 98SE reports that device is working properly the NIC was unable to communicate over the network. DHCP failed, …

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Windows 98SE driver for SMC UltraChip 83C790QF ISA NIC?

Posted on 2022-10-14, 22:03

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I have problem to run the card. Do not know which dirver to use. My item has fixed configuration for jumper setting 3 (I/O 300, IRQ 10, RAM CC00, Boot NONE).

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OPTi 82c931 ISA in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2022-10-14, 21:57

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I have problem to run the card under Windows 98 with use of drivers provided in vogonsdrivers.org under 'OPTi 82C931 DOS/Win3.1/Win9x Drivers and User's Manual'. I did installation using setup.exe under Windows then DOS related drivers were installed together with autoexec.bat modifications. In DOS …

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Re: Problems with cloning operating system from hard drive to CompactFlash card

Posted on 2022-10-14, 21:42

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What I did now is just dd'ed only partition not the entire device. This got me into unbootable drive in legacy machine. Next I booted with win98 floppy boot disk and still being on A: drive did: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\sys.com C: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\fdisk /mbr Now CF boots to fully functional Windows 98SE …

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Re: PCCHIPS/AMPTRON PM-0599LMR (M599LMR) Motherboard Pin Identification?

Posted on 2022-09-26, 11:53

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Thanks. So bad that they limited it to only 768MB. With 1,5GB it would be really nice piece of hardware! As I see he has (had?) pretty same versions, when both says 'v1.4' under ISA slot corner. This is mine: 52-0702-001437-00101111-071595-000000-001_V90_8670-H https://i.ibb.co/Z664ckk/IMG-20220926- …

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Re: Experience with "3DS801A" FM801 clone in DOS

Posted on 2022-09-25, 23:29

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I was able to confirm that the card works at all. I run it on legacy P55 Pentium MMX 166MHz with MS5146 and Windows 98SE. Anyway the sound quality is really bad as it plays snatchy sound. I used drivers from Vogons downloads.

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