Re: Odd little project: Socket1 P24T conversion
Posted on 2014-05-30, 06:54
Where did you find the 237 pin socket? I've looked in the past, but always came up empty handed.
Re: Let's get to know eachother a little better :)
Posted on 2014-05-29, 13:43
You don't want to know me better, because I've become a very bitter person. Let's just say I would never recommend an EE degree to anyone who intends to maintain a decent standard of living. Electronics is still a great hobby though.
Re: 286 Build
Posted on 2014-05-23, 02:04
I have ran an "overdrive" chip in a 20MHz 286 before. It ended up becoming a clock doubled Cyrix 486SLC with 1kb cache. I later got an IBM 486SLC-66 with 16kb cache, but unfortunately that was after I sold the 20MHz 286. To be honest I didn't like the feel of the upgraded 20MHz 286, because it felt …
Re: building a non PCI high end 486
Posted on 2014-05-22, 04:48
Yeah, VLB and Writeback cache is generally a no no. Unless the motherboard chipset specifically supports it, it will crash the system. I think there may be a few very late VLB boards out there that can handle it.
Re: building a non PCI high end 486
Posted on 2014-05-21, 00:22
If you want to know what a high-end 486 looks like without PCI, you should have a look at my VL/EISA 486. If you want to build a "high end" system around a VL-ISA board you should probably avoid PC Chips. Go with something based on the SiS471 chipset with good quality PCB. These boards are not that …
Re: 430NX CPU support
Posted on 2014-05-20, 00:06
Are there any 430NX boards out there that support socket4?
Re: Bad news: Adblockers in Firefox & Chrome may gobble system resources
Posted on 2014-05-17, 23:34
I think the better question is: Why do I need 8GB of memory and a 3GHz multicore CPU just to get on the web?
Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?
Posted on 2014-05-17, 13:31
TheMAN wrote: if you think it's not rare, find me one and I'll buy it That's true of just about every old PC component though.
Re: Waveblaster 1 soundfont?
Posted on 2014-05-17, 02:58
Wave Blaster 1 is rare?
Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison
Posted on 2014-05-17, 02:57
sliderider wrote: Does anyone know if the 5x86 made by SGS-Thomson supports a 1x multipler? Which multipliers are supported? All Cyrix based 5x86 chips can do 1X as far as I know, it it needs to be done in software. I can switch my IBM 5x86C into 1X mode with CTCHIP.
Re: Finally scored a 25 mhz Harris 286
Posted on 2014-05-16, 13:37
The system in this thread has what appears to be an Intel 287XL running at 25MHz. Can it handle that speed? Though it is based on 386SX core, Intel never rated it higher than 12.5MHz.
ATi VGA1024 "VLB"
Posted on 2014-05-14, 13:53
As some of you may know, the ATi VGA1024 was kind of an OEM stripped down version of the VGAWonder. Well, I had always heard that a VLB version existed, but I was never able to find any photos or literature other than a mention of being supported under Linux. Well, one finally popped up on ebay, and …
Re: Optivision OPV9100 MPEG2 decoder for EISA bus
Posted on 2014-05-12, 00:06
File names are pretty generic sounding, so it's not really of much help. https://web.archive.org/web/19990423180522/ht … oads/index.html
Re: Optivision OPV9100 MPEG2 decoder for EISA bus
Posted on 2014-05-11, 22:33
The filenames are all available on the archived optivision websites from around 1997. The problem is all the files were on FTP. I didn't have any luck finding the files on other servers.
Re: Stuff you did with the PC's at school
Posted on 2014-05-10, 13:38
I exploited that bug in microsoft word (a win31 version) that lets you embed programs in your documents. I used it to circumvent my primary school's network security and gain access to all the goodies I wasn't supposed to use. In highschool a friend of mine used quick basic to make a fake login …
Re: Optivision OPV9100 MPEG2 decoder for EISA bus
Posted on 2014-05-10, 05:03
Hmm...the back of the board says "OPTIVIDEO" OVP9100 MPEG2 DECODER (C) 1996 The chips dates are all 1994, 1995, 1996. A little later than I expected. The EISA config file for this card is called !OVP0105.CFG. There is no trace of it anywhere on the web. archive.org shows that the EISA config and …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-05-09, 12:53
The second megabyte DOES matter in VGA benchmarks, because when it is installed memory interleaving is enabled (simulates 64-bit datapath).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-05-09, 09:44
Video Logic Graphixstars are good stuff. I remember them getting good reviews in magazines. From the picture, the build quality looks pretty good. It would be nice to get the VRAM version with the S3 968....
Re: rom / bios needed for ati mach64 vlb
Posted on 2014-05-08, 22:14
I used to have a GXE 64 Pro, but I sold it (because I got a 9FX Motion 771)
Re: rom / bios needed for ati mach64 vlb
Posted on 2014-05-07, 22:23
Mine are also dumped by utility. I use PCjrCart
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