Socket A board w/ two ISA slots?
Posted on 2014-03-11, 23:12
I am looking for a Socket A motherboard that can drive a Thunderbird 1400C and has _two_ ISA slots and, ideally, also an AGP slot. Did such a beast exist? Thanks. bp
Re: Demoscene eras - how do they break down?
Posted on 2014-03-11, 18:12
Tetrium wrote: PC-133 SDRAM. What do you want to use with it instead? bp
Re: Demoscene eras - how do they break down?
Posted on 2014-03-11, 15:33
nforce4max wrote: ...but loathe the idea of using SDR with it. SDR? bp
Re: Demoscene eras - how do they break down?
Posted on 2014-03-11, 15:04
Been searching... Does there exist a Socket A motherboard that can take an Athlon Thunderbird 1400C that has _two_ ISA slots? I see a few with one. But, two? Thanks. bp
Re: Demoscene eras - how do they break down?
Posted on 2014-03-11, 10:51
Elianda, thanks for the further clarification. I understand what you are saying for DOS vs. Windows 3D. The former is my interest. Still, given that, an AGP card would be preferred, given the double clock upstream over PCI, correct? I am excited to get in position to be able to experience this era …
Re: Demoscene eras - how do they break down?
Posted on 2014-03-10, 23:14
For the graphics card I recommend a S3 Virge/DX or GX with S3VBE20.) I just discovered your YT channel. Very nice. I see you use an Intel i740 for a number of the videos. Looking into it, is this now a low-performance gfx card? It seems to have been outclassed quickly and saw a short production run …
Re: Demoscene eras - how do they break down?
Posted on 2014-03-10, 19:19
Sounds like the Thunderbird 1400 C is the sweet spot for the demo scene era I am targeting. Any recommended motherboards? I am using an ASUS PVI-486SP3 for my 5x86, not that it is of any related significance. I recommend a S3 Virge/DX or GX with S3VBE20. So this is one of the best solutions? Whas is …
Re: Demoscene eras - how do they break down?
Posted on 2014-03-09, 23:16
Thanks for the info. Very helpful. (amidst huge discussions whether accelerated demos should still be considered "true" scene demos, etc...). Indeed. I mentioned I was not interested in 3D accel demos. In my mind, these are less impressive than non-hw accel demos. When a demo goes 3D, it lands in …
Demoscene eras - how do they break down?
Posted on 2014-03-09, 14:17
I was a huge follower of the DOS demoscene on my 486 66 that turned into an AMD 5x86 160 (ET4000/W32p, GUS) between the years of 1994 and 1997. In 1997 I moved to an AMD K6 233 w/ Voodoo 2 and became more preoccupied with online 3D FPS than demos, and sort of stopped paying attention. Then I went …
Re: VESA demoscene prod sing 640x480 or higher?
Posted on 2014-03-04, 23:30
:-) Yea, half require a Pentium (citing MMX) and the Matrix demo is quite slow for most parts. I watched Event Horizon on YouTube. That little blue guy in the cave is somehow horrifying. Any other ideas for 486-class (5x86) machines that take advantage of VESA 2.0 high res? I have a number of demos …
Re: VESA demoscene prod sing 640x480 or higher?
Posted on 2014-03-04, 17:50
Thanks much! bp
VESA demoscene prod sing 640x480 or higher?
Posted on 2014-03-03, 19:36
I am trying to get UNIVBE sorted for VESA 2.0 on my 5x86 160 running a 2MB TSENG ET4000/W32p VLB gfx card. I can't recall any of the demo scene productions that supported a screen res notably higher than 320x240. Anyone know of any? I found some using 15-bit and 16-bit color at 320x240, just not …
Just what can the Adaptec 1542 SCSI controller boot?
Posted on 2014-02-24, 02:44
I have an Adaptec AHA-1542 ISA SCSI controller. It has 2.10 BIOS and has CD-ROM auto boot capability, apparently. It's an option in the BIOS settings for the card. With the option enabled on my 5x86, it has not booted any CD-ROM I've fed it: DamnSmallLinux, WinXP Sliptstream, Win 7 beta. It adheres …
Re: Setting up Adaptec AHA-1542 for CD-ROM in DOS...
Posted on 2014-02-17, 21:30
Yep, confirmed it has 2.10 BIOS with El Torito support. It sees the drive fine normally, and it spins during recognition at boot, but it does not boot from the CD. http://distro.ibiblio.org/damnsmall/release_candidate/ http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html Any other suggestions? Thanks. bp
Re: Setting up Adaptec AHA-1542 for CD-ROM in DOS...
Posted on 2014-02-16, 23:42
So I want to install DamnSmallLinux (DSL) on this system and it needs to boot from the CD-ROM drive. The Adaptec SCSISelect menu settings have an option to enable boot from CD-ROM. It's enabled, but I'm not seeing booting from the attached CD-ROM drive. HD is SCSID 1, CD-ROM is SCSIID 4. I am …
Re: DMA, IRQ finder prog?
Posted on 2014-02-14, 15:24
Hmm. Wanted it to help in getting the Gravis Ultrasound MEGAEM.EXE setup to do Roland emu for Monkey Island. The Monkey Island config is just an .ini and it's not particularly helpful as far as comments. Tnx. bp
DMA, IRQ finder prog?
Posted on 2014-02-14, 14:05
Is there a DOS program out there that shows what DMA channels and IRQ ports are currently taken? Thanks. bp
Is there a DOS TCP/IP stack w/ FTP?
Posted on 2014-02-01, 23:54
I really hate looking at Windows 95. I have a 3Com EtherLink III on this 5x86 160. Thanks. bp
Re: Do these SST results look slow for this 5x86 160?
Posted on 2014-02-01, 23:53
leileilol wrote: My AM5x86 @ 160mhz gets 59.79. Where? What metric is that? Tnx. bp
Re: Do these SST results look slow for this 5x86 160?
Posted on 2014-02-01, 23:06
Thanks, will do. Will check ver # also. So I went from 7.xMHz ISA to 1/4 bus (10MHz) and in Win95 the EtherLink III card was no longer working. So, I rolled back the ISA clock to 7.xMHz and still issues w/ the Ethernet card. Coincidental w/ something else? Can most cards handle 10MHz ISA? (40MHz bus …
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