Re: Suntac 286P

Posted on 2015-08-27, 11:18

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1. basic (old) games would work 2. FPU is only used is some applications (Autocad, Quattro Pro...) and even less games (Falcon 3.0). FPU runs 1/3 of the CPU speed (or 1/2 with pin hack). So 10MHz FPU is good for up to 16-20MHz CPU. 6. only the last of 286 chipsets make it really breathe (Headland …

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Re: Will this PC speaker work or is it a buzzer?

Posted on 2015-08-26, 09:36

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by kixs

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I use it for quick test motherboards. Newer motherboards had them on-board. I can test it in Pinball Fantasy or F1GP as those, I remember, had "nice" PC Speaker sound.

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Re: Suntac 286 saved from the dump (now with pictures!)

Posted on 2015-08-26, 04:41

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Half-Saint wrote: kixs wrote: Nice rescue 😀 Teac 5.25" seems to be 1.2MB drive. The manual states "double sided 48 tpi" so that's 360 KB. My mistake 😉

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Re: Suntac 286 saved from the dump (now with pictures!)

Posted on 2015-08-25, 13:45

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Nice rescue 😀 Teac 5.25" seems to be 1.2MB drive.

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Re: Gigabyte 486 board BIOS and settings for amd 586

Posted on 2015-08-24, 09:07

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by kixs

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Are you are running the system with 512K single-banked (4 chips) or 512K double-banked (8 chips)? 512K double-banked is more tolerant of faster cache timings compared to single-banked 512K when your FSB is 40 MHz or higher. There were two types of errors I noticed with the SRAM. My SRAM tester …

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Re: Does anyone have any idea what the spec of quantum fireball is

Posted on 2015-08-22, 12:17

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There were several models. Quantum Fireball ST: http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgar … h/4000/3546.htm I can't find for EX and CX models, but they could use the same as ST.

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2015-08-22, 09:09

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Finally got my GA486AM/S working with AMD 5x86-P75 in WB mode. Config: GA486AM/S v2.21, 256KB 15ns cache AMD 5x86-P75 133MHz 2x4MB FPM RAM Tseng ET6000 2MB PCI BIOS set to fastest settings http://i.imgur.com/j910DYs.png With 512KB cache (AMD@160MHz-WB/133MHz-WB): 3DBench...98.8/84.7 PCPlayer...25. …

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Re: Super Socket 7 cooling

Posted on 2015-08-20, 09:47

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by kixs

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What CPU are you running and what OS? For old cpus temperatures around 60degC aren't something to worry about. If running DOS/Win9X the CPU is always running at full speed - you have to run DOSIDLE program to make use of HALT instructions. I usually use standard s370/socket A coolers.

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Re: Booting DOS from Compact Flash

Posted on 2015-08-19, 18:47

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You can also use bigger CF cards - I use 8GB one, but only created 500MB partition. I use generic BIOS settings: C:1024, H:16, S:63 and it always works - from 286 to Pentiums.

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Re: Booting DOS from Compact Flash

Posted on 2015-08-19, 16:51

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by kixs

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For CF card - you have to make 1st partition active - use FDISK utility.

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Re: Message Stays in Outbox

Posted on 2015-08-18, 18:33

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Everything is OK. I have one message in outbox too, but the receiver hasn't logged in since - like half a year 😕

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Re: Games you can play with a Riva 128?

Posted on 2015-08-18, 14:11

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by kixs

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Trevize wrote: Did anybody play Ignition (Wikipedia) back then? 😀 Yep... used to play it a lot with my brother on a split screen 🤣

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Re: A Good Place To Trade Big Box PC Games?

Posted on 2015-08-18, 13:02

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by kixs

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You should indicate your location in the profile, it's useful when giving advice. I bought most of the games/apps in my small collection for 1€ and don't even think on reselling. I'm not really prepared to pay more then 10€ for anything. Darn I did pay 20€ for boxed Windows 95 🤣

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Re: A Good Place To Trade Big Box PC Games?

Posted on 2015-08-17, 13:56

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by kixs

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You can always use Amibay forum.

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Re: Building a 386: some questions

Posted on 2015-08-07, 21:38

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by kixs

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Good job fixing the board :D If the board has fixed oscillator at 80MHz then cpu runs at 40MHz (if it's socketed you can switch for slower one - oscillator is always twice as fast as CPUs clock). So you're trying to run DX-20 at 40? Good luck :) Try with turbo disabled, it will run at about 10Mhz. …

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Re: Building a 386: some questions

Posted on 2015-08-07, 13:37

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by kixs

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I guess the old battery leaked and damaged the surrounding area. You'll have to find the broken traces and retrace or rewire them - usually it's painfull work :( If you're lucky... there might be some problem with the Keyboard BIOS chip. If it's socketed, remove it, clean the contacts and insert it …

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Re: Ebay fees

Posted on 2015-08-07, 08:54

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by kixs

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Contact PayPal or eBay.

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Re: Building a 386: some questions

Posted on 2015-08-06, 19:49

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by kixs

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Any ISA I/O controller with floppy and IDE ports will do. You just enter the BIOS and set parameters for HDD (newer 386 had Auto-detect HDD). Also set FDD to 3.5" 1.44MB. Select boot from A or C and you're ready to boot the system.

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Re: There is no successor to Warcraft II

Posted on 2015-08-06, 11:38

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I played a lot of RTS.. begun with Dune 2 then Warcraft 2, C&C... the last of RTS, that I like, is/was Warhammer 40K series, beginning with Dawn of War. Now a days I only (re)play Dune2, WC2 and Warhammer 40K.

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Re: Retro PC Audit! Summer of 2015!

Posted on 2015-07-31, 11:16

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by kixs

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CPU: Intel Pentium MMX 133MHz MB: Intel 82430VX RAM: 16MB RAM GPU: ATI Mach64 GPU: Voodoo2 8MB (120-0782-006) AUDIO: Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600) OS: DOS 6.22 / Windows 3.11 Did you clocked it down? As Pentium MMX was only from 166MHz. On this system you could easily install Windows 95 (or 98 with …

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