Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine
Posted on 2013-12-21, 23:40
Ultima 7 on a 386DX 40 MHz with Sound Blaster Pro 2 and Roland MT-32
Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine
Posted on 2013-12-21, 14:12
Badmojo, found something interesting about your motherboard! http://support.microsoft.com/KB/138741
Re: MS-DOS Time-Machine Gaming - Mau1wurf1977's YT Videos
Posted on 2013-12-21, 10:57
MS-DOS 7.1 installation In this video I will show you the steps for installing MS-DOS 7.1. IMPORTANT: You WILL need access to an existing Windows 98SE installation to grab a few extra files. The video features: - Creating a MS-DOS 7.1 boot disk - Partitioning and formatting the hard drive - Copying …
Re: SBPRO2 Golden Axe no sound effects problem.
Posted on 2013-12-21, 06:00
That's the problem, I'm not getting the sound effects through the PC speaker in a cold boot, just the music on the SBPRO2 :-/ . Ah ok I see... Well IRQ 5 or 7 made no difference to my machine. So not sure if that could be the issue. However I have no parallel ports enabled in my 386 (disabled …
Re: SBPRO2 Golden Axe no sound effects problem.
Posted on 2013-12-21, 02:45
I tried the game on a 386 with Sound Blaster Pro 2. I get FM music through the Sound Blaster and sound effects through the PC speaker? Is this what is should do or not? Or is the problem that the sound effects should come from the Sound Blaster? The SB Pro is jumpered to 220/7/1 and on the storage …
Re: Which OS on a faster 486 system.
Posted on 2013-12-21, 02:02
Yes that works. The video I'm working on assumes that the user has access to an existing W98SE installation to get the files. There are others missing as well. Shouldn't be too hard to get. One benefit of doing it via bootdisk is that the Creative installers will work and not complain about the …
Re: Engineering a DOS PC
Posted on 2013-12-21, 02:00
For me it's all about getting ISA sound cards to work. Had Wing Commander running on my Atom netbook. Boot from USB, throttle disabled cache and off it went 😀 But the missing sound is the big problem. I still think that all we need is a "replacement" vintage motherboard.
Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue
Posted on 2013-12-20, 16:12
Nice 😀 I leave the FSB at 66, but with your BIOS and a 550 K6, wow you can cover a wide range benchmark values! I really "specialise" on the 386 era. The SS7 platform is basically a 386 with PS/2 mouse for me. Plus the option to play newer games like Doom and Descent.
Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue
Posted on 2013-12-20, 16:03
I knew the Iwill has this, but not the DFI. Will check it out tomorrow. Ran into an issue with the floppy controller. ! floppy works, but not two. Which is weird. But otherwise it's working great. Gateway works without any issues and it has DRAM timing settings (Slow, Medium, Fast and Turbo) and CL …
Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.
Posted on 2013-12-20, 14:45
Yea that's more like it :) Without cache, faster memory makes a difference. 4-6 is really a 386SX at around 16 MHz. It's ok to play some of the older games, but even Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade feels sluggish. Might want to keep an eye out for another Super Socket 7 board? It's THE platform …
Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue
Posted on 2013-12-20, 12:08
Oh I see. My lack of Windows knowledge shows here 😁 Funny enough I have Slot 1 motherboards from AOpen and they allow disabling ACPI. Shame that Gigabyte forces you to use it.
Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.
Posted on 2013-12-20, 11:44
Hmmmm that is unusually high for a Slot 1 machine. Might test a few of my PII chips now. EDIT: I get 6 fps with my P II chips. Are you sure you tested with 3dbench 1.0 and not 1.0c?
Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue
Posted on 2013-12-20, 09:51
5u3 wrote: What a shame, it would have been a nice board otherwise. When using a CF card through the onboard IDE ports it is still a good board.
Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue
Posted on 2013-12-20, 08:59
We tried this a few pages ago 😀 It ignored the settings of the "unhidden" option 🙁 Out of the boards I think I will go with the DFI. Firstly I have two of them and secondly it's got a really nice layout and seems to be very late (coloured PS/2 ports, IDE 66 connectors).
Re: Help me decide Pentium Overdrive 83@100mhz vs Pentium 90
Posted on 2013-12-20, 08:57
As requested, here the results on the ASUS SP97-XV http://i.imgur.com/kEMxRCP.png http://i.imgur.com/qdhxcnA.png http://i.imgur.com/puKDhPk.png http://i.imgur.com/x3tY0xe.png http://i.imgur.com/eIIsFnn.png http://i.imgur.com/gmJKKhW.png http://i.imgur.com/ZQgEZYp.png http://i.imgur.com/TKvzyfk.png …
Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue
Posted on 2013-12-20, 08:21
Would you be willing to put this board up for benchmark testing in my Socket 5/7 chipset comparison with P90 and P100? I can use a P200 and set it to 66 x 1.5 = 100 MHz? GPU would be a PCI S3 and some SDRAM. BIOS defaults? Or anything particular? What benchmarks? EDIT: Found the link: https://dl. …
Re: MS-DOS PCI SATA Controller - Weird issue
Posted on 2013-12-20, 08:09
Just an update on this issue! For those new to the thread, the issue is than when you use a PCI SATA controller, games that probe IRQ2 for a MPU401 interface, like Gateway, will crash. I'm re-visiting this project and currently out of all my SS7 boards, ONLY Gigbayte boards have ACPI hard-wired to …
Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.
Posted on 2013-12-20, 02:28
wocko1 wrote: DOS games run extremely well with the cache disabled. Now only thing left is tho throw in SLI Voodoo 2s (waiting for a good price on Fleabay) and waiting for the SIMMConn adapter to arrive What performance do you get in 3dbench 1.0 which cache disabled?
Re: Old Mobo Recap: 440BX Tekram P6BX-An
Posted on 2013-12-19, 17:25
Awesome work!
Re: Setting up KVM switch. Help me decide which systems to use!
Posted on 2013-12-19, 16:07
Agree, but when you sum it up - socket 7 is a way trickier to set up for use, than slot 1 (Asus P3B-F, in my case). The main platform I would consider "tricky" is the 486. The late ATX Super Socket 7 boards are very similar to Slot 1 boards. Most have a set of dip switches for voltage, FSB and …
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