Re: Anyone tried most powerful/upgraded 80386 system?
Posted on 2015-06-06, 04:38
Anyone who doesn't like SCSI can send all their stuff to me.
Re: Can I put a 33MHz on a 486DX2 system?
Posted on 2015-06-06, 01:07
If your board only supports 3.3V CPUs (which is rare, but possible), then a 5V DX-33 will not work. There is no chance your DX-33 will accidentally run at 66MHz in your system which is set for a 33MHz bus. I wouldn't even worry.
Re: Anyone tried most powerful/upgraded 80386 system?
Posted on 2015-06-05, 06:36
VLB does work on a pure 386 CPU. I had a board based on OPTI495SX that did it. However, it wasn't a whole lot faster than ISA, and only certain cards would function with it (ATi Mach64 was one of them). I have also seen Trident, Cirrus Logic and Tseng cards that have jumpers for 386/486 mode. Hell, …
Re: 30-pin to 72-pin SIMM adapter: what type of 30pin SIMMs do I need?
Posted on 2015-06-05, 06:25
I think 2MB and 8MB 30 pin SIMMs did exist, but I have never seen them. I have also never seen baby-AT motherboard that claimed to support them. I think they may have been for Apples and PS/2s.
Re: 16MB 72pin SIMMs, 2x8 vs 4x4 performance on 486DX4-100
Posted on 2015-06-05, 00:31
I don't believe the OPTi 895 chipset on your motherboard supports bank interleave, so there should be no difference between 4x4, 2x8 or 1x16.
Re: Woman Drops Off Her Deceased Husband's Computer at Recycling Center (must read)
Posted on 2015-06-03, 01:58
Otoh at times it seems that Wozniak is a so called media whore offering his opinion all kinds of things. When I read this I often think, who cares... I can't take anything the Woz says seriously after reading his auto-bio. He may (have) been a technical wiz but he came across as a boring simpleton. …
Re: Early games w/higher resolution than normal for era
Posted on 2015-05-31, 04:17
Is there anyone in here with a multisync EGA setup that has run Legend Entertainment games? I seem to recall at least some of those supported "Super" EGA graphics if you had the appropriate monitor and card. Most likely VGA mode 12 graphics.
Re: Help with an old 80386 motherboard (ATI-386/B2 rev. C00)
Posted on 2015-05-29, 13:12
If you're getting GPFs trying to install 95, then something is screwed up. Probably Win 3.x won't be a whole lot better. If you have 32MB, try going down to 8mb or 16mb. Many older 386 boards don't properly support more than 16mb of RAM, apparently. BTW, where are our pictures!?
Re: Early games w/higher resolution than normal for era
Posted on 2015-05-29, 00:45
I had a friend back in the early 90s with an EGA setup. He played almost the entire sierra VGA library using the 640x200 dithered EGA mode. Some of it actually looked pretty decent considering there were only 16 colours with no palette.
Re: IBM PS/1000 486DLC2-66
Posted on 2015-05-27, 07:35
Have you tried going into the windows setup program to ensure that the correct mouse and keyboard type are selected?
Re: IBM PS/1000 486DLC2-66
Posted on 2015-05-25, 23:45
All versions of Windows 3.x work on blue lightning CPUs. I've ran these CPUs since the mid 90s. Did you try running Windows with just the basic VGA driver? Maybe there is something wrong with the hard drive? Try a low level format.
Re: IBM PS/1000 486DLC2-66
Posted on 2015-05-24, 22:24
I would run memtest86 and cachechk. If WFW311 is not installing, then something is seriously wrong.
Re: IBM PS/1000 486DLC2-66
Posted on 2015-05-22, 10:14
I think with a large enough heatsink or active cooling, 100MHz should not be a problem. This is based on my own experience with a BL-75.
Re: IBM PS/1000 486DLC2-66
Posted on 2015-05-22, 00:31
I don't think that is the correct service manual for this system.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-05-21, 08:59
I've seen your card. I always liked Gainward cards :D And now... 286-20 is in the mail... eta 2 weeks :D I hope it works like it was advertised... don't ask me about the price :blush: Does someone recognize this board? I've already searched stason, but nothing :( This is a pretty interesting 286 …
Re: Soldering a 386 PGA socket onto a motherboard
Posted on 2015-05-19, 06:06
You don't even need a solder sucker to open the holes. Just use a pin and a low wattage soldering iron. It's a bit tedious, but it works. I've added sockets to boards several times this way before.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-05-16, 14:01
I had a similar View Sonic but it was a mere 19". I remember that thing was huge and weighed a tonne. I can only image what 22 inches feels like.
Re: Intel memory expansion 8 bit ISA Above Board?
Posted on 2015-05-16, 02:41
Yes, this is a 2MB Aboveboard. In order to function in your XT, you need to load a driver. I can't remember the name of the intel version. It might be MM.SYS. *edit* Your board appears to be missing memory. Since there are still two chips present in one of the empty banks, I would guess it …
Re: Sound Blaster LIVE! Versions
Posted on 2015-05-13, 10:13
I seem to recall the first version of the SB Live! had some kind of design flaw related to it hogging the PCI bus and possibly causing problems with other PCI cards that do bus mastering (SCSI?). I stuck with an AWE64G, so I'm not intimate with this card. Does anyone know of the problems I am …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-05-12, 08:09
I think 1994 was really the year of the mini tower.
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