Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2019-04-24, 07:04

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At some point I'll do a comparison of this, along side its ISA sister Orchid card (I think I have an Orchid et4000ax isa...maybe its a Diamond). I also have a 2MB version of the Compaq Qvision EISA card. 1280/E I think its called. :edit I also have TWO Mach32 EISA cards as well. Forgot about those …

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Re: Hunting elusive EISA Video cards

Posted on 2019-04-24, 06:55

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Was looking for an old EISA thread and yours came up again. If it is of interest, I started these threads a while ago: - EISA Graphics / Video Cards https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=44977 EISA Graphics card benchmark results https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=50370 One was to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-23, 18:15

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A new addition to the family... Filename SLT.jpg File size 1.92 MiB Views 1073 views File comment Compaq SLT 386

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2019-04-22, 22:57

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ET4000AX EISA alive and well! This is good news... and should hopefully be a fairly easy comparison with a Tseng ET4000 ISA equivalent... if you plan on doing. Thanks for posting all the pictures... great to see! Weird, I didn't know this existed... Indeed. When I initially started this thread I …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2019-04-20, 08:04

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And yes, its an Orchid ProDesigner IIs EISA ET4000AX card. EISA in the name, and EISA on the BIOS chip. I've never seen one before. Can't remember exactly where I got it, but when I saw it, I had to have it for my EISA builds. Oh really!?... there is a proper EISA card with the Tseng ET4000AX chip …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2019-04-19, 22:33

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There's not much to know really. It has 3MB of VRAM, and it can display up to 1024x768 in true colour. There is another mode that is slightly higher resolution, but it is kind of weird. It's something like 1152x910. As far as I know, this card only supports 24 bit modes...not 15 or 16-bit, at least …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2019-04-19, 22:24

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Hey guys....long time no chat. I bought a lot that included a DEC EISA pentium 60 system part out (cards, EISA motherboard w/ Pentium 60 cpu Card, proprietary PSU) and of the the cards is that SuperMac 24 EISA card. I also found an ET4000AX EISA version too, so probably going to pair those together …

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Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question

Posted on 2019-04-18, 21:54

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Be sure first which memory you need... VRAM or DRAM. Using the incorrect RAM type can damage the card and memory.

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Re: 386 Mainboard and Number Nine GXiTC

Posted on 2019-04-17, 21:51

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Wieso einfach wenn's auch schwer geht ;) Certainly an interesting way of switching the clock speed. If you still need spare SRAMs let me know ... I have 3 sets of 8 chips each sitting here unused (256k). Excuse the thread revival.... 2011! The SRAM for the card... I presume with there 8 chips of …

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Re: Can anybody identify that TMS34020 Number Nine card?

Posted on 2019-04-17, 21:45

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@386_junkie Which chips do you refer to? Maybe just say which of the sockets you mean? And, could you maybe check whether the CD you have contains other, possibly newer drivers than those on @eliandas site? I was referring to the 28-pin DIL sockets beside the co-processor socket. I previously …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-11, 19:45

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Todays haul… All but the first Octek Fox M works fine (even HDDs). But this motherboard is not beyond repair - boots but reports CMOS error... And that EISA like S3 VGA works in that OPTi Local bus motherboard? So it is an OPTi Local Bus card? Can you please upload a bigger photo of this card? Yes, …

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Re: Compaq LTE/286 - capacitor plague?

Posted on 2019-04-11, 04:19

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This is great to see folk reviving these little old LTE's/SLT's with the various issues they are having with age. Just recently I refurbished an old PSU module as the LTE wasn't powering on with the transformer / charger. It turned out it was one of the diodes in the power transistor! Though still, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-10, 21:42

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dkarguth wrote: Not necessarily 'bought', but I got this off the craigslist 'free stuff' section. […] Show full quote Not necessarily 'bought', but I got this off the craigslist 'free stuff' section. Digital VaxStation II/GPX Dual 5.25 floppy drives 310 MB MFM HDD Wow... now that is a computer! …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-10, 21:38

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HanJammer wrote: Todays haul… All but the first Octek Fox M works fine (even HDDs). But this motherboard is not beyond repair - boots but reports CMOS error... Thanks for this post! I now finally know what this CPU board is for... many many moons after finding. I can now sleep better tonight! 😁

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Re: Is this EuroPC salvageable?

Posted on 2019-04-09, 19:47

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i-Wood

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-04-07, 23:59

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Whats an "Ultrabook"? A lightweight laptop, usually lacking in features, expandability, ease of repair, and common sense. An example is a device soldered together at every possible opportunity, lacking a socketed CPU, using RAM integrated onto the mobo, no optical drive, some form of limited …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-04-07, 12:59

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Whats an "Ultrabook"?

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Re: Hunting elusive EISA Video cards

Posted on 2019-03-30, 20:04

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I did come across this rather expensive (beyond my budget) Truevision board that has the EISA bus adaptor, though it does not seem to have a VGA core / DB9 connection so it could just be a framegrabber: - https://www.ebay.com/itm/300159848195 Failing this, and what other posters have contributed... …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2019-03-29, 22:44

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I haven't had a chance to open the box as yet... plan to do this soon, over the weekend if I can. I do know that the chipsets are custom / proprietary... to Supermac, with no VGA core, similar to the earlier 3D graphics cards like 3Dfx if I remember correctly. I only know of one other person to have …

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Re: A brief comparison of 386 FPUs

Posted on 2019-03-26, 17:15

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This is the site I was talking about... a Rapidcad used with a Weitek... at the same time! http://www.cpu-museo.it/fpu/rapidcad_3167/rapidcad_3167.html

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