Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2013-06-09, 18:58
good point 😀 Thanks!
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2013-06-09, 14:20
Dear SquallStrife, since I came to possess a couple of Ultrasound Classic clones (Primax M16B & M16C) a VOGONS member advised me to upload the "Altra Sound Ultrasound Compatible" CD that came with these. this one. http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6991/11172309.jpg Mainly it contains GUS demos, …
Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here
Posted on 2013-03-26, 16:19
> haven't tested the IIT because the 25MHz bus pretty much kills the memory performance Good point... Thanks! memory @25Mhz bus should be the performance death indeed. I've located one SXL2 8KB cache cpu by TI and 2x25 IIT pair for some $70 and was contemplating... On the ~greatness~ of the results. …
Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here
Posted on 2013-03-26, 02:39
Well probably a tiny bit, but far from playable. There is some info on the performance difference when upgrading to a matched pair of Cyrix DLC (CPU+FPU) in the cyrix guide. I have a copy here on my ftp: ftp://78.46.141.148/docs/cyrix/cyrix.txt I ran the Quake also with an ULSI FPU which should be …
Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here
Posted on 2013-01-20, 01:18
This should use the FPU! unfortunately it's not too fast to shine... :happy: p.s. a beefed-up 486 +Voodoo2 does it much better. The Quake on 386 video is more or less a Tech-Demo since Quake was targeted for a Pentium CPU. It was never intended to run on a 386. The video was primarily related to …
Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here
Posted on 2013-01-19, 21:22
...And even if a board doesn't have native support for the cache, you can still enable it with a software utility. Yes, thanks, I'm just meditating over these pages of wisdom :) http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/8570_Tim_OConnor/cyrx.htm It's surely worth a try... Concerning FPU (being next to useless …
Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here
Posted on 2013-01-19, 19:25
Looks super-cool, very high memory scores, but somewhat low CPU ratings as it seems? I'm not sure what you mean... the CPU ratings are on par with (and in some cases, a bit better than) every other 386/40. Edit: Ah, wait, unless maybe you're talking about that quirk in Speedsys related to the …
Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here
Posted on 2013-01-19, 17:15
that's a phantastic thread! But might I ask what's so great abot SiS 'Rabbit' chipset? Looks super-cool, very high memory scores, but somewhat low CPU ratings as it seems? Can it hold against the later compact Cyrix DLC-compatibles... What are its possible strong features. Rarity? After reviewing …
Re: Rendition Verité Speedy3D/RRedline info and pics
Posted on 2013-01-07, 13:14
I went digging. Here's a particularily rare old version of VQuake the googles can't find. Thanks for the find! Might I ask what's special about it? Any speed or visual improvements? On my typical SiS 160MHz 486 VQuake is significantly less speedy than Voodoo1+GLQuake. Can't cope well with 640x480 …
Re: Identifying a rebranded Aztech
Posted on 2012-12-21, 01:21
the covox speech thing and disney sound source are interesting! the soundblaster cards don't have this feature, do they? indeed. Aztech is pretty exclusive about this "parallel port emulation" thing. And it really worked in some games, at least if one can set the port address for the game setup, …
Re: Identifying a rebranded Aztech
Posted on 2012-12-21, 01:05
i'll have a look, as i still have _another_ UNIDENTIFIED aztech around here! :) but this time with an ident-number: I38-MMSN850 Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova 16 Extra II-3D Chip: AZT2316-S, CS4231A, Yamaha OPL3 but didn't find a _correct_ type of it. some websites say washington, some say nova 16 extra …
Re: Identifying a rebranded Aztech
Posted on 2012-12-21, 00:11
Just noting AZTech are SO tricky for identification... Tend not to write the model number on board. The names are hard to ascertain too 😵 And on top of this they pretend to be something else like "Packard Bell" or "Reveal" ^__^
Re: Identifying a rebranded Aztech
Posted on 2012-12-21, 00:06
yeah, thx for feedback, Mithloraite. and for help to archsan! drivers would be nice to have, so i could check this thingie out... maybe it doesn't pop and click ;) Sure, please try these. The only quirk about these was it didn't work without being copied to ~real~ floppy disks. HDD copies were …
Re: Identifying a rebranded Aztech
Posted on 2012-12-20, 23:37
And... I've just found this page: http://www.tjeerd.net/2009/05/28/vintage-hardware-my-first-soundcard-sound-galaxy-nxii/ Check the pics. Looks mighty similar to OP's card (this thread). Except that maybe that only has one CDROM interface? But everything else looks identical. Uhuh. "Ya-ya, …
Re: Identifying a rebranded Aztech
Posted on 2012-12-20, 23:32
got the very same board here. now what is it exactly? and where did you get the drivers? any luck with NXPRO / NXPRO16 drivers? maybe it IS a NXPRO / NXPRO16? so it's not a SB2.0 clone, but a SBPRO, SB16 clone, last one with REAL OPL chip, so better than most SB16. oh no, it was just a Sound Galaxy …
486: The Mystery of Abysmal Performance - 2
Posted on 2012-12-20, 23:15
With all the fair warnings taken to heart, not to push the poor 486 boards all too far, I've continued exploring the 486 boards mentioned in my old posting. Interestingly I've found that attaining more than 12 fps in the Tough PCP Test on 486 is possible, without using any of the 486 'overburn' bus …
Re: Help with SiS 496/497 Tomato 4DPS 486 motherboard
Posted on 2012-11-23, 22:51
oops, just stumbled over this message only now, sorry. I had a plan of getting this very board and got it, but only the 133 CPU was working. Tomato itself was dead. Bad china +__+ Fortunately I didn't pay more than the CPU price can go... That topic of mine, on "Abysmal performance", http://www. …
Re: Any SiS-based 486 motherboards with 2/3 PCI multiplier?
Posted on 2012-08-15, 00:28
Well besides any grand plans like this... 😀 Rather it is (or could be?) a nice adding up to the number of good "flexible" boards... Good for lesser, but still glorious tasks. Ah, too bad that they don't exist as it seems 😵
Re: The "best" sound card for dos
Posted on 2012-08-15, 00:16
Duke Nukem II uses 8-bit to 3-bit or 8-bit to 2-bit ADPCM capabilities of the Sound Blaster cards for sound effects that the YMF cards do not emulate. That's interesting, I wasn't aware of that, will have to look into this. Can you give an example of particular sounds that are noticably affected? …
Re: Rendition Verité Speedy3D/RRedline info and pics
Posted on 2012-07-28, 20:53
That looks like a Hercules Thriller 3D 4MB PCI to me, which is V2200 yes. The only V2100 card is the Diamond Stealth II S220 (which turns into V2200 after a BIOS update anyway). Then the only question left is, was that special DMA support quite solid with these 2x00 cards. If that be the case, …
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