Re: Maximum PC Back Issues on Google Books

Posted on 2014-05-30, 20:15

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For sure! I agree on the adverts - love seeing the old hardware and the crazy advertising. Too bad they don't have the older BOOT mags - would love to see some of those scanned up and put on there.

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2014-05-30, 01:08

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That one's been out there forever. Actually not THAT far-fetched for that Roland gear.

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Re: Has anyone seen a Voodoo 5 6000 for sale in the last 3 years?

Posted on 2014-05-29, 18:37

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by Artex

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Here in the netherlands the 4500 is just as hard to find. I search daily (but i am not an ebay user) and they just never come up. I guess the v4 just wasn`t popular and to be honest i never even considered one myself back in the day, the geforce2 mx was MUCH more attractive for the gaming i did. …

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Re: 3dfx Oral History Panel [ 2013 ]

Posted on 2014-05-29, 12:27

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by Artex

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Awesome! Lots of brain power there.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-05-27, 16:01

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by Artex

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cdoublejj wrote: Very nice setup Artex. i too have a kexacore gaming machine and quad core workstation. Thanks!!

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Re: 486 and CF/IDE cant boot

Posted on 2014-05-24, 18:52

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by Artex

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viktorcech wrote: that speed up my boot? No.. sorry, I was referring to the post about creating images of your CF cards.

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Re: 486 and CF/IDE cant boot

Posted on 2014-05-24, 18:30

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by Artex

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I use the free version of Paragon Backup and Recovery 2014. Does the job nicely for my CF cards.

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-23, 20:16

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by Artex

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vetz wrote: It is a quirky board/chipset, and I guess that is why we know so little about it. I like that! For sure.. I like a challenge!

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-23, 20:06

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Found this info today on the SP3G: Q04) What is the better cache sheme: write-through or write-back ? How can I upgrade my SP3g with a dirty Tag RAM ? Does it increase the performance ? The ASUS SP3G can drive write-through or write-back cache. You can use both modes with and without dirty tag RAM …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-23, 20:06

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by Artex

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Found this info today on the SP3G: Q04) What is the better cache sheme: write-through or write-back ? How can I upgrade my SP3g with a dirty Tag RAM ? Does it increase the performance ? The ASUS SP3G can drive write-through or write-back cache. You can use both modes with and without dirty tag RAM …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-23, 11:44

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by Artex

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Yeah, definitely shows it at 100Mhz at post. Odd eh?

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 19:40

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So from that post, it looks like the AMD-X5-133 and Intel DX4-100(&EW) won't work with L1 WB, but the AMD486DX4-100SV8B (8KB WB) will? Hmm.. looks like it. This page does not mention the SV8B when talking about WT mode being required (only the EW and P24T). The SV8B uses jumper J36 differently than …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 19:00

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I wonder how much of performance hit that will be. According to an article in C'to they confirm the 486SP3G does not support L1 WB. Performance benchmark indicates a 8-10% performance loss. Read the whole bench here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus/kpGwigD8uUc/_ …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 18:49

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Interesting findings today Vetz... I appreciate all of your help (again!). I did see the article about the jumper config for the AMD-X5-133 and I think I'll end up using this processor to max out the board. Throws a little wrench into the benchmarks when comparing the Asus PCI/I-486SP3G against the …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 18:07

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by Artex

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Ok, I will start scanning both manuals. A shame that the board can't do L1 WB - I wonder how much of performance hit that will be.

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 16:55

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by Artex

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Success!! BIOS has been updated successfully after moving that jumper to 12V and using the Flash utility. Still not running the Intel DX4 (&EW) or the AMD 100Mhz processor in Write-back mode though - even though the BIOS is properly configured for L1 Write-back.

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 16:38

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by Artex

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Totally forgot I had the manual (I received this board last year). It's a pretty large manual so it will take some time, but I agree its probably worth it. I also have the manual for the ASUS VL/I-486SV2GX4. I'll try the Flash utility (why are there so many of these?!!) and let you know the result. …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 15:02

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by Artex

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Prime example of... "I should have RTFM." 😀 Gonna try this shortly with your version of AFlash. There IS a jumper.

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 14:12

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by Artex

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So... After trying PFlash, AWDFlash and UniFlash, none of these utilities recognize the flash type of the existing chip so the PCI/I-486SP3G cannot be updated this way. Thus, a third chip is being burned for me with the latest BIOS. When these chips roll in I should have everything sorted out ( …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-05-22, 13:47

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by Artex

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So... After trying PFlash, AWDFlash and UniFlash, none of these utilities recognize the flash type of the existing chip so the PCI/I-486SP3G cannot be updated this way. Thus, a third chip is being burned for me with the latest BIOS. When these chips roll in I should have everything sorted out ( …

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