Re: 386 cpu and Doom

Posted on 2016-07-08, 11:50

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by dondiego

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On my 486 dx 33 with octek hippo vl+ and cirrus logic cl-gd5428 vlb Doom runs well, i get 16 fps with default screen size and 11 fps with an isa trident 9000i. However Doom 2 runs slower and i need to switch to low detail mode.

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Re: Anyone got nVidia TNT2 chipset drivers for Windows 98 for this motherboard ?

Posted on 2016-06-21, 12:15

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by dondiego

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You need to search for 'ali aladdin tnt2 driver' or 'ali m1631 driver'.

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Re: My NEW new build, more advice needed

Posted on 2016-06-09, 16:46

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by dondiego

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That trident of course was slower than a s3 trio64 since it was a 32 bit chip however is fine for a socket 5 build, i think the fastest cpu for that platform was a pentium 120.

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Re: Octek hippo vl+ and eeprom

Posted on 2016-05-18, 15:52

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by dondiego

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I can confirm it works fine, it's the classic ami bios. By the way the chipset setup menu option is missing, i'm almost sure it was the same with mr bios.

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Re: My "modded" Olivetti M4 454 S

Posted on 2016-05-12, 18:17

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by dondiego

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According to my research the machine has a 486 DX2-50 cpu on a vlb board, the integrated video is a vlb cirrus logic CL-GD5428 and is already pretty fast. An album from an italian guy: https://plus.google.com/photos/11658686072897 … 722708551580673

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Re: Octek hippo vl+ and eeprom

Posted on 2016-05-06, 10:41

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by dondiego

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I've adquired an eprom with the ami bios recorded, amd am27c512, but i haven't tried it yet.

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Re: Is there manual for Octek Hippo VL+

Posted on 2016-05-06, 10:35

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by dondiego

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I've got the same board, you can download the manual from mobokive, well actually you'll need to use the wayback machine due to a bad configuration of the server. By the way mine comes with mrbios and i want to change to ami bios, is the ami colorbios the one that comes with the board? http://www. …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT4750 sounds like garbage in DOS games...

Posted on 2016-05-03, 17:06

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by dondiego

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Choose the right port in game setup.

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Re: Sound Blaster CT4750 sounds like garbage in DOS games...

Posted on 2016-05-03, 12:45

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by dondiego

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You should select general midi for modern dos games like doom, for older games you could use dosbox.

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Re: Octek hippo vl+ and eeprom

Posted on 2016-04-14, 10:26

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by dondiego

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Could you please dump the MR-BIOS and post the image here? I'm afraid not, i've downloaded the ami bios from mobokive. I had to go to the waybackmachine due to a bad configuration of the server. The mrbios is there as well. http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/Octek/486/Hippo%20DCA1%20&%20VL+/ …

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Octek hippo vl+ and eeprom

Posted on 2016-04-14, 00:10

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by dondiego

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Is it safe to replace the eprom on a hippo vl+ with a winbond w27c512 eeprom? I don't want to remove the label on the rom chip. I'd like to change from 'mister bios' to ami bios.

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A couple of questions on throttle

Posted on 2016-03-24, 19:43

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by dondiego

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A new version of the throttle utility has been released recently http://www.oldskool.org/pc/throttle/DOS Now i've got some questions for you guys since it hasn't worked for me on a tx board, winthrottle doesn't work either on an ali aladdin V board, gives a runtime error. So does throttle need acpi …

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Re: Help identifying this POST error beep code

Posted on 2016-03-24, 11:09

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by dondiego

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1long, 3short: No video card or bad video RAM

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Re: Some 386 questions, FPU , and help identify board?

Posted on 2016-03-23, 18:43

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by dondiego

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There's no need to desolder the battery, just move it from side to side without applying too much force and faster as you go until it comes loose.

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Re: Doom95 under Windows 10

Posted on 2016-02-10, 10:07

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by dondiego

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iGREKKESS wrote: About Chocolate Doom, I could not get the same "enhanced resolution" render Try Crispy Doom.

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Re: New Retrorig advice

Posted on 2016-02-08, 17:30

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by dondiego

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Well actually i'm not selling anything in this thread and was kidding a little, we live in the same city and could talk and see what happens. 😎

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Re: New Retrorig advice

Posted on 2016-02-08, 12:29

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by dondiego

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dondiego wrote: 'Got a lot of good things on sale stranger'. 🤣 ^This. Email sent.

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Re: New Retrorig advice

Posted on 2016-02-08, 10:49

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by dondiego

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Don't buy any of them. 😉

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Re: New Retrorig advice

Posted on 2016-02-08, 00:36

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by dondiego

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this one in particular is 200MMX if you look carefully it is a different model from the one you posted. True, it's a pentium mmx, i've checked the specs list and it's machine type 6282. JidaGeki has been faster however. It's similar to this one: http://mastodonpc.tripod.com/personal/6282-830.html …

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Re: New Retrorig advice

Posted on 2016-02-07, 20:55

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by dondiego

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I still think that ibm is not a pentium, to be sure we'd need to know the model number(machine type). @Pingaloka I guess you mean you prefer clones... Do you also collect retro stuff? Sure, i've got several pentium, k6-2 and even a couple of 486s. I sold another one recently and two pentiums. Also …

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