Re: 1994 PCI Video Cards
Posted on 2016-12-14, 22:42
I believe the main IC and RAMDAC are also from the first week of 1994 on the Mach32 card. Everything points to early 94.
Re: 1994 PCI Video Cards
Posted on 2016-12-13, 13:58
As far as I know, the 968 was a drop in replacement for the 964. I think the Mach64 may have also been a drop in replacement for Mach32. What I know for certain is that Diamond makes a Stealth64 card that has either the 868 or 864, but exactly the same PCB.
Re: 386DX, 4C387 FPU and Win 9x
Posted on 2016-12-13, 00:08
I don't think you can really do any better for hard disk controller. In the past some people used caching controllers, but since modern hard drives have so much cache of them, and because CF is so fast is seems to make the caching controller unnecessary. What *may* help is a controller that can do …
Re: Packard Bell PB-0081-A PB IRISA, is it W. SCSI ISA card?
Posted on 2016-12-12, 01:55
Well, wide SCSI at least, which is what this card supposedly is (I disagree), can do 20MB/sec. 50 pin "narrow" Fast SCSI is up to 10MB/sec. Under normal conditions, I don't know that ISA can handle more than 5MB/sec.
Re: Packard Bell PB-0081-A PB IRISA, is it W. SCSI ISA card?
Posted on 2016-12-12, 00:15
The external port is male, whereas all SCSI cards I've ever seen have been female.
Re: Wide-SCSI ISA card Packard Bell PB-0081-A PB IRISA
Posted on 2016-12-11, 03:13
The cable is is used on SCSI controllers, but I don't know that is a SCSI card. It looks too simple.
Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?
Posted on 2016-12-07, 22:58
So speculation was that Tillamook was compatible with async cache. Does this disprove that theory?
Re: Math Coprocessor speed question....
Posted on 2016-12-06, 06:02
It's not a driver. It's probably just a diagnostic to determine if it's functioning properly.
Re: Math Coprocessor speed question....
Posted on 2016-12-06, 01:55
The frequency at which your computer and it's components in determined by a separate crystal, there is not one integrated into the CPU or FPU, and unlike modern CPUs there is no hardware governing the operating speed.
Re: Math Coprocessor speed question....
Posted on 2016-12-05, 23:44
You got a 33MHz part. I should work with any 386DX slower than 40MHz. The seller did you a favour.
Re: ET4000 Windows refresh rate
Posted on 2016-12-05, 13:38
At least with my dynamite power, I had to use a DOS utility to set the windows refresh rate.
Re: ET4000 Windows refresh rate
Posted on 2016-12-05, 09:05
I think you have to use a DOS utility to do it. It might be called something like setres, and it's not very user friendly.
Re: Benchmarks for high-end VLB graphic cards - ET4000W32P/ARK1000VL/Trio64/S3 Vision968/Mach64
Posted on 2016-12-04, 14:39
What you are proposing is technically possible, but probably very difficult to pull off. You need a 968 card that allows you to disable its vga core. That would allOw two graphics cards to coexist. The bigger problem is going to be the pass through cable. Most cards use the older feature connector …
Re: EISA Graphics card benchmark results
Posted on 2016-12-03, 08:38
I finally had time to take a closer look at this thread. I am very disappointed that the "enhanced" version of the Compaq card is slower in DOS than the original!
Re: 1994 build- Pentium, S3 Trio.
Posted on 2016-12-02, 23:19
Trio32 and Trio64 should have near identical performance in dos. Trio32 is I'll be a little slower in windows and support lower refresh rates, however.
Re: What is the latest motherboard chipset from UMC?
Posted on 2016-12-02, 21:56
You could always try a powerleap adapter. I tried something similar in my OPTi based EISA dual Pentium system, but the L2 cache could not be enabled.I think L1 was still working, but I can't remember. My system has an OEM motherboard though, so you might do better with your generic UMC motherboard. …
Re: How to run your FPU asynchronously on 386 motherboards
Posted on 2016-12-01, 22:55
C&T 38600DX is out there. Not impossible to find, but these days a little expensive due to collectors. Probably not worth the effort. There's also a version of that chip with 512 bytes of internal cache, but it uses a proprietary pin arrangement and motherboard. Never seen one before.
Re: "Bioteq" chipset
Posted on 2016-12-01, 13:01
According to the markings on your stickers, it should be the UMC chipset. I am pretty certain that two chip OPTi solution is either the 495SLC or the 495XLC, and the name on the sticker would reflect that. I haven't seen one yet, but I would guess something along the lines of "82C495"
Re: FPU 387 questions
Posted on 2016-12-01, 12:54
I am not aware of any incompatibilities between the Intel FPUs and the 486DLC, but what's funny is that certain versions of the DLC don't work with certain versions of Cyrix's own FPUs. No comment on IIT or ULSI. Sure, the x87DLC badged FPUs might have updates to make them more compatible with DLCs, …
Re: "Bioteq" chipset
Posted on 2016-12-01, 07:20
Sure, maybe it's not the ultimate 486 chipset. But it may be a pretty good 386 chipset.
Page 138 of 239