Re: Best Windows 95 Version For 486 66MHz

Posted on 2019-03-06, 20:19

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by Jo22

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We all ran Win95 first release on 486's, back in 1995. DX, DX2 and so on. In retrospekt, it was a really slow experience. We did it because that was what type of hardware we had at that time. Same here. In my country or place, Win95 was hyped a lot even before it materialized. Unfortunately, the …

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Re: compiler for 486+win98 machine

Posted on 2019-03-06, 19:58

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noshutdown wrote: but the manual demands a pentium. and if its intel who says so, its quite likely to fail on 486. Hi, you could use one of these Pentium Overdrive or Am586 chips for the 486 platform. That way, you could keep you beloved 486 hardware and as a bonus, gain some performance, too. 😀

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Re: 89/90 best sound card

Posted on 2019-03-06, 15:08

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^The EMU-8000 wasn't even their own creation, afaik, but that of E-MU Systems.. 😀

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Re: Development on a 286, for a 286

Posted on 2019-03-05, 18:34

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C (or C++) language (probably with support for inline assembly) Good documentation Compiles for real mode 16 bit DOS without adding bloat, produces fast, efficient, and compatible executables Doesn't take more than several seconds to compile on an 8088/286/386 (is this realistic?) . Well, not …

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Re: FDISK doesn't see SCSI hard drive's entire size

Posted on 2019-03-02, 17:10

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by Jo22

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I think the same. The rarely used DOS 4.x also already supported 2GB though.. 😉 Same goes for more advanced DOSes of that time, such as PC-MOS and DR-DOS. https://dos.fandom.com/wiki/MS-DOS_Version_History

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Re: Windows NT not detecting ATA(PI) HDD and CD-ROM?

Posted on 2019-03-02, 09:01

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I never got NT 3.1 to see any ATAPI CD-ROM drives. Back then, SCSI CD-ROM drives and proprietary interface were much more common. If my memory serves me well, the Trantor SCSI interface of my PAS16 and the controller card of the Mitsumi LU005 were supported, among others..

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Re: Essential Windows 98SE software and tweaks?

Posted on 2019-03-01, 20:06

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by Jo22

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Windows 3.1, to run in a window. :)

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Re: 286 board only recognizes 512kb RAM

Posted on 2019-03-01, 19:49

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by Jo22

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I second that. Once the PC can boot, try to run the usual mainboard tests of CheckIt!, NSSI, Dr.Hardware, SI and how they are all called. Perhaps it's nothing, but maybe the Keyboard Controller has some issues, too. If you can, remove it gently from the mainbaord and check if the socket has good …

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Re: Mouse causes audio stuttering in DOS 6.22

Posted on 2019-03-01, 19:21

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by Jo22

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Yep, having a mouse controller instead of interrupting the CPU every time the mouse send back a bit of data can do that ;) This makes me wonder, could we/someone make a new type of mouse controller card ? One that's more intelligent (with it's own processor), causing interrupts fewer time or uses …

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Re: Best Windows 95 Version For 486 66MHz

Posted on 2019-02-28, 17:00

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My father once ran Win 95 RTM on a 386DX40 with 16MiB of RAM.. Performance was "okay" for business and a few desktop games. So I see no reason why it shouldn't run fine on a 486 (any model), too. On a 486DX2-66, even Windows 98SE can run. Or crawl, to be honest. :( CF card are also nice for any DOS/ …

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Re: 286 16MHz, 4MB RAM

Posted on 2019-02-28, 10:49

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DESQView and PC-MOS could have had also benefited from extra memory. I heard that for PC-MOS (or was it PC-MOS/386 ?), there was an extra CPU module which added another MMU to 286 machines. Such an upgraded 286 could have used 4MB very well for multi-tasking purposes. was there any software able to …

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Re: SCSI2SD - Comparison of SCSI SD, CF, and HDD performance

Posted on 2019-02-25, 21:15

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Hi, you can try Win32DiskImager. For testing acces speeds on CF cards, I used to use HD Tune. In either case, I recommend using a modern card reader (USB 3.x) if possible. They can handle modern SDHC/SDXC cards and give more preicse results in benchmarks (generally speaking). As a backup device, it …

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Re: 286 16MHz, 4MB RAM

Posted on 2019-02-25, 16:40

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was there any software able to utilize all 4MB of ram on 286? other than maybe Win3.1? OS/2 1.3 ? I don't know for sure, but some 16-Bit Protected Mode games (Wing Commander ?) or disk cache software might have used it. From what i remember, lots of programs that used EMS also were happy with …

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Re: DOS Cartridge Port

Posted on 2019-02-24, 13:39

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Hi, I think that's generally possible. Though I have little experience with the Jr., sorry. :sweatdrop: However, if I think about it, there were other things like that. PCMCIA was intended as an 16-Bit ISA card replacement. In the early 90s, the PC market hoped these cards would catch on, even on …

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Re: Will Cisco router CF cards boot a DOS machine?

Posted on 2019-02-24, 02:38

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by Jo22

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That's a good idea. Note that DOS 6.x and DOS 7.x behave different with that command. See "Notes on FDISK": https://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/FDISK.htm I once had a similar looking issue with Linux. After I finished testing a flavour of it, I deleted the drive and did a reformat, but DOS/ …

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Re: Recommend me a CHS backup/imaging program.

Posted on 2019-02-23, 23:47

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by Jo22

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I do this monthly with modern OS'es and tools from Acronis & Macrium. But what's the 1993 486-compatible equivalent? Until I read this line I would have said Acronis True Image 7. It was 98/XP compatible and came with a rescue media that ran on DOS/Linux (req. 32-64 MiB RAM). Hm.. Back in 1980s my …

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Re: Old PC tool tip

Posted on 2019-02-23, 11:33

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by Jo22

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All these "tools" remind me of an episode of Star Trek TNG.. 😉

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Re: What will we do when IPv6 is fully adopted?

Posted on 2019-02-23, 03:05

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We're already running dual stacks. Oh that reminds me of something. Not quite on-topic, but worth mentioning: Under certain situations, in a LAN, were only one of both of the protocols is configured properly, a so-called "shadow netwok" can erroneously appear. See Wikipedia for more information. …

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Re: Does anybody use nail polish to seal/decorate trace repair on motherboards?

Posted on 2019-02-23, 02:55

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by Jo22

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Hm.. I think: Why not ? :) My father used to use nail polish to "fix" little screws (so they wouldn't turn by themselves). It was much cheaper than that overpriced, red paint on the electronics market.. Personally, I also saw such red paint on trimming screws of electro-mechanical relays, coils and …

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Re: SATA HARD Disk in 286/386 Mobo: Is it possible?

Posted on 2019-02-23, 02:27

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by Jo22

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I would like to use a mechanical Hard disk (no SSD) with my older motherboards (286, 386). As you know actually there is not available mechanical IDE Hard disk. I thought in SATA HD with SATA to IDE adapter. It works properly in my Pentium / 486 motherboards with integrated IDE controllers, but if …

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