Re: Anyone got the XT-CF card working on an XT 8086?
Posted on 2014-09-17, 22:20
If I had to guess I'd say it has something to do with the CF card you're using. Can you try a different one?
Re: Anyone got the XT-CF card working on an XT 8086?
Posted on 2014-09-17, 08:03
I built the original XT-IDE controller and use it in a real IBM 5150. No problems at all. I think I tested it in my 10MHz V30 as well.
Re: Magazine download sites
Posted on 2014-09-13, 08:33
Anyone know if old copies of PCWorld have been archived yet?
Re: Let's tune my two 486s !
Posted on 2014-09-13, 07:41
My suggestion is to put the Cyrix 5x86 100 in the PCI board and overclock it to 120MHz using 2x60. Use faster cache if needed.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-09-12, 01:33
It's an updated version of the VGA feature connector (kind of like AMC) that allows you to pass higher resolutions and colour depths.
Re: Via Apollo 133A hard drive question
Posted on 2014-09-11, 09:16
The bigger question is "Will it bus master?"
Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online
Posted on 2014-09-11, 02:40
I have four of those floppy to SCSI converters. Are they worth anything? As far as I can remember they can be configured to work with just about any kind of floppy drive.
Re: Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build
Posted on 2014-09-09, 12:34
Neither of those boards seem to have the buffers for the DIMM slots. As I recall buffers were necessary if you wanted reliable operation out of the 4th DIMM slot. I also remember high point controllers being not all that great and having compatibility issues under certain situations. At this point …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-09-09, 06:14
It looks like it could be one of those Gateway "Animga" boards. http://webpages.charter.net/dperr/micronics/anigma.htm
Re: 486 VLB UMC-Chipset, what is it?
Posted on 2014-09-08, 11:52
Gerwin, what software did you use to create your motherboard layout?
Re: TNT-2 Vanta 128-bit?
Posted on 2014-09-08, 11:13
TNT2 128-bit must be pretty rare, because I usually just see the 4 chip variety.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-09-08, 00:51
Here's what I've been up to: -Tried to recap a bad ATX power supply: failed. Bought new one with -5V line instead. -Bought a memory tester/eeprom programmer. -Tested all of my obsolete SRAMs -Updated ROMs on a few old motherboards. -Dumped ROMs for almost all my old hardware -Reworked 486 VL/EISA …
Re: TNT-2 Vanta 128-bit?
Posted on 2014-09-08, 00:32
Is there a way to easily tell if a card is a regular TNT2 or Vanta if the heatsink is installed and there is no silkscreen. I presume the memory chips give them away, but I haven't figured out a pattern yet.
Re: Seeking information on a Tyan 486VL/EISA Motherboard
Posted on 2014-09-07, 01:30
Since everything works fine with the original AMI BIOS, I am more inclined to blame it on the AWARD SV1 BIOS. That board physically can't accept more than 512kb cache. The BIOS cache detection routine doesn't recognise 1024kb as a valid configuration and the cache is automatically disabled at boot. …
Re: Seeking information on a Tyan 486VL/EISA Motherboard
Posted on 2014-09-06, 16:23
Okay. I believe I have gotten to the bottom of this problem. The jumper settings on TH99 are actually correct. The problem is mostly hardware related. First of all, in order to use the single bank cache configurations (like 128kb and 512kb) you have to make sure there are only chips installed in …
Re: Seeking information on a Tyan 486VL/EISA Motherboard
Posted on 2014-09-06, 03:32
The result was "Sorry, We don’t have the manual for this product."
Re: Seeking information on a Tyan 486VL/EISA Motherboard
Posted on 2014-09-05, 06:48
I don't believe the information on TH99 for configuring the L2 cache is correct. I can only get the 64k and 256k settings going. The 128k, 512k and 1024k settings all crash the system. My chips are good. I ran them through a tester. Does anyone have a copy of the original manual or anything else …
Re: Aztech 16 bit ISA Soundcard and Modem. Help needed.
Posted on 2014-09-03, 13:13
the PB Aztech card with the YMF-262 on it. Its Crystal based not Analog Devices \ Realtek. Aren't the Analog Devices and Crystal audio chips almost totally the same? Even to the point where the same drivers can work on both chips? I have never owned a card with these ICs, but at least that is my …
Re: IBM PCjr Joystick hack
Posted on 2014-08-31, 13:14
The Tandy was more or less a copy of the PCjr, so I would guess the PCjr joysticks came first. At least I am pretty sure the joysticks were available upon release.
Re: Help on 2d only graphics cards
Posted on 2014-08-31, 11:58
I never owned a Matrox card, but I recall reading that the original Millenium also had horrendous DOS performance, but it was fixed with the Millenium II and Mystique. For ISA I recommend: -S3 805i, 864 or 868 (if you can find them) -Tseng ET4000W32i (graphics acceleration and interleaving) -ATi …
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