Re: Ensoniq Soundscape Elite is broken. Can it be fixed?
Posted on 2011-06-18, 10:52
Have you tried setting up the card in a completely different rig? (no idea if you happen to have more then 1).
Re: (Solved) What is this ISA card - it looks like a network card.
Posted on 2011-06-18, 10:49
Networking is heaps of fun. With Windows 7 it's sooo easy. Create a home group on one machine, it gives you a password, type it into the other ones to join, and then start sharing resources. Awesome when you have a lot of machines and want access to your TV shows from all of them LOL Weird...I …
Re: Which Intel DX-50 CPU to get?
Posted on 2011-06-18, 10:46
Ah, I see where you're coming from RG100 😉 It's the board that's the bottleneck, not the CPU 😉 Btw, TH99 is completely lacking when it comes to undocumented 486 FSB jumpers and RG100 is right about TH99 mentioning the internal speed.
Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison
Posted on 2011-06-18, 10:41
If you have a Pentium non-MMX chip, theres no way you can overvolt those, as those are supposed to be run at 3.3v. Underclocking them to, say, 75Mhz (1.5 x 50Mhz) will make a later non-MMX chip probably boot at much lower voltages (the non-MMX chip came in different manufacturing processes, the …
Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison
Posted on 2011-06-18, 05:40
About locked Multipliers, how about this information given here? http://www.netreach.net/~wieland7/Hardware/IntelMultipliers.html Hehe, it was exactly -that- website that sparked a testing marathon, me testing all of my 166 and 200 MMX chips to see what multipliers worked and which ones wouldn't! …
Re: Super I/O winbond ISA card model PTI-227B, quick test
Posted on 2011-06-18, 05:27
Hey RG100, think that when testing, you could check if these controllers have support for the 2.88MB floppy drive? Thinking...do these cards actually have a BIOS that you can enter or something?? Oh wait, that's the motherboard BIOS. Edit:Just ftr, I once tested a couple drives (1.44 ones) and set …
Re: ever seen hyperram - 72 pin with dip switches??
Posted on 2011-06-18, 05:26
Waiting for the pic 🤣! I got a small box with the label "weird RAM"...it's got some really weird stuff in it, like SIMM's with 68 or so pins instead of 72 😜
Re: (Solved) What is this ISA card - it looks like a network card.
Posted on 2011-06-18, 05:19
Used 10/100Mbit network switches are very cheap these days... Yup. And maulwurf is right about the WLAN port being the router part and the other 4 being the switch part, at least with the routers I have laying around. One tip to get the cheap, I've also used old modems a couple times, the ones that …
Re: Which Intel DX-50 CPU to get?
Posted on 2011-06-18, 05:11
Be sure you try it at 60/60 and 66/66. Completely impossible! :happy: Well, my AMD DX-40 did manage to boot at 60Mhz and 66 Mhz, so the newer DX-50 might be perfectly capable of that. Btw, some Intel DX4's have a 2x multi also (making it a DX2-100 ;) ). The ones which have the 2x multi are listed …
Re: Awe32 ram. What kind, and where to get it?
Posted on 2011-06-18, 05:06
You mean that beautiful piece of retro computing is no more? Oh that's sad :( Yeah, unfortunately so. I broke down and boxed up that PC late last year. It was suffering from too many issues (almost *ALL* related to bad connections; I'm sure due to the topic at hand), and I was running out of elbow …
Re: DOS in yellowish tint with GTX 460
Posted on 2011-06-18, 04:58
Re: (Solved) What is this ISA card - it looks like a network card.
Posted on 2011-06-17, 12:13
I found it easier to just use a switch or a router and use only 1 kind of cable 😉
Re: (Solved) What is this ISA card - it looks like a network card.
Posted on 2011-06-17, 10:43
Don't get a cable that's too short 🤣, found out the hard way 😜 Cat5e is for 100mbit/second while cat5(no-"e") is for 10mbit/second 😉
Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison
Posted on 2011-06-17, 07:55
I know many Intel CPU's of the P1 and P2 kind were often unlocked and sometimes partially locked. Some Pentium and many Pentium MMX chips are locked upward, so that shouldn't be of any concern when it comes to underclocking. I'd say use a single motherboard if you can, I think a Super 7 board would …
Re: Socket 3 486 VLB Freetech mobo, quick test
Posted on 2011-06-17, 07:52
Chewhacca wrote: Would've been right over a mounting screw hole. I've got a mobo that covers it up completely. Good observation there Chewhacca 😉 Kinda remembers me of the ASUS P5A-B, which had a mounting hole right in the middle of the CPU socket!! 😜
Re: TURBO BUTTON JUMPER 3 to 2 PINS
Posted on 2011-06-17, 07:49
oh I suppose it, thats ok ,,, however i can use my display of "133 mhz" for something or just turn it on... just to use it without specific use Yes, you can. The display is basically that, just a display. It's not magically hooked to the computer, the display can be jumpered to display anything you …
Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison
Posted on 2011-06-16, 22:52
The MMX chip will have a minimum multiplier of 2x as this multi is remapped to 3.5x. I'm not sure but there may be some early MMX chips that hadn't been remapped yet (The MMX 233 chip was released somewhat later then the 166 and 200 ones). Also, it may prove a problem to run the Tillamook with the …
Re: What is this ISA card (it looks like a network card)
Posted on 2011-06-16, 21:50
This network card doesn't have jumpers, so it is configured by a setup utility that was provided by the manufacturer. Without that it is difficult to find the actual settings. Once you know the settings you can try to use it as NE2000 compatible, but you'll probably find the original driver. Maybe …
Re: Socket 3 486 VLB Freetech mobo, quick test
Posted on 2011-06-16, 19:56
Weird, looking at that offset 1st memory slot 😜
Re: DOS in yellowish tint with GTX 460
Posted on 2011-06-16, 19:53
hwh wrote: I've got a new GTX 460 and what do you know, DOS graphics (that is, NTVDM) all have this terrible tint to them. There's no white anywhere. So not only plastics yellow over time. sorry 🤣, had to mention that 😜 Good luck 😉
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