Unknown 16-Bit Memory and Multi I/O Card ... need some help identifying it

Posted on 2021-09-27, 18:55

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by Peter z80.eu

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I need some advice/help... does anybody know the manufacturer/vendor of this 16-Bit Memory and Multi I/O Card ? It looks similar (but far from being identical) to an AST Memory Card, but I fear it's a 1985 Taiwan less known production. There is no FCC ID (even not on the back side). Inserted are a …

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Re: DosBox Distro - A LiveUSB made simple

Posted on 2021-02-12, 08:35

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If I know what in VMWare listed Linux distro fits with the here choosen TinyCoreLinux (is it debian based?), I would try again. I've tested it with Ubuntu (as the preselection for the OS). Also, I am not sure I would be able to install the VMware additions if there is no OS access (instead, just …

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Re: DosBox Distro - A LiveUSB made simple

Posted on 2021-02-11, 13:46

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A short question, I visted github, followed the dropbox link, and downloaded DBD_BETA.iso . Then I tried to boot within VMware Workstation Player 16, and was surprised that the DOSBOX window at the end is soooo small. Using the "fullscreen" option in VMware WP did not resized the DOSBOX window, …

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-11, 08:10

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No power plan, DOSBOX is running with Windows 10 Pro on a Desktop PC (always max. CPU performance). Although I appreciate Linux too, I didn't tried it here (but I will try it with a Life CD for sure).

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-10, 21:38

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opengl looks a bit more blurry/blurred but shows the same effect. The only parameter which influences it drastically is "cycles", as mentioned before. Setting it below 4000-5000 will stop the slowdown, if set to max it has also the most slowing down effect. I will try to accept it, also because if I …

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-10, 07:18

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I see no relationship between the Windows monitor refresh rate and the emulated screen, because even the captured screen (with only 30 frames/sec) shows the effect. But anyway, my monitor is set to 75Hz. I can try OpenGL instead of DDraw, but I choosed DDraw, because in the past, I was not able to …

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-09, 22:05

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That was correct, I looked into the .conf file, and there was indeed max, but set to 5000 shows still the mentioned slowing down effect. Set to 4000 makes it less visible, using 3000 it is almost invisible. So what is the exact explanation if cycles > 4000 are used ? Why is this so "parameter cycle" …

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-09, 11:36

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I've tried to capture it, see https://youtu.be/hsuNpOgipDg - in reality (without capture, without youtube), the slowing effect and the end can be recognized a bit better.

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-08, 15:50

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I hope someone else can also reproduce the strange behaviour, but yes, I can try to capture it (hopefully capturing will not influence it) and publish it on Youtube.

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-08, 14:39

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May be it's related with the sizing / the size of the DOSBOX Window - I'm using one almost twice sized (compared to the unscaled size). Or in other words, my DOSBOX window is resized to a bigger size than the default offers. I guess these parameters may influence it, too (settings come from dosbox …

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-08, 12:58

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What cycles setting are you using? If you are using max cycles, that is not a specific amount; rather, DOSBox tries to guess the amount needed. Also keep in mind that DOSBox uses internal callback code for BIOS functions, not code that executes on the emulated CPU as on a real system, and that …

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DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-08, 10:25

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See also http://www.z80.eu/blog/index.php?entry=entry210208-095857 I was wondering what happened because the tested DOSBOX 0.74-3 (not tested older versions) shows a strange behaviour while executing a small benchmarking program. This small benchmarking program was a part of a MASM 5.10 sample …

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Re: LS-120 driver urgently needed for Windows XP 64bit or higher

Posted on 2019-01-06, 09:55

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But in my PC a Matsushia LS-120 drive connected to an ATAPI Controller (ITE8211 based PCI card) is shown *only* as a floppy drive with 1.44MB capacity. The drive is working fine with 1.44MB disks, but I don't have PC formatted LS-120 media to test them, too. But for sure I can't format Macintosh …

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Re: LS-120 driver urgently needed for Windows XP 64bit or higher

Posted on 2019-01-05, 21:29

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It does not work even with Windows 7 32-Bit, tested a few minutes ago. It must be Windows XP or older 🙁

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LS-120 driver urgently needed for Windows XP 64bit or higher

Posted on 2019-01-05, 19:53

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It's so difficult to find *any* driver for a Windows version newer than Windows 98 (means XP, Vista, Windows 7 etc.). I've seen there was a Driver for Windows NT 4.0 (see attached file sd_nt4e.zip), but naturally the setup.exe does NOT run on Windows 7 x64 for example. And unfortunately there is no …

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Re: Requesting BIOS files for ITE IT8212F ATAPI/RAID Controller

Posted on 2019-01-01, 16:22

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by Peter z80.eu

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!WE means Write Enable (you should not use abbreviations without a first explanation), ok. Anyway, as you also stated, it will not work with an EPROM. I have bought online another ITE8212 based controller with the "right" PROM content (*not* a RAID BIOS). Next time this should be mentioned before …

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Re: Requesting BIOS files for ITE IT8212F ATAPI/RAID Controller

Posted on 2019-01-01, 01:40

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What does that mean ? Isolated means desoldering ? Plug in a Eprom burner (which is able to program flash chips) ? Sounds difficult and it means too much effort (card will be thrown into trash can, as already said). And there is no "!WE line", the chip is a Holtek HT27C512-70B, which sounds like an …

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Re: Requesting BIOS files for ITE IT8212F ATAPI/RAID Controller

Posted on 2018-12-31, 15:37

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Because I saw this thread, I bought an ITE8212F (IT8212) PCI ATA-133 Controller, because my new motherboard do not offer any PATA connector anymore. It was a Lindy 51112 PCI Ultra ATA-133 Controller, which offers RAID functionality also. Unfortunately this controller does not recognize any removable …

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Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy NX 16 PRO manual

Posted on 2015-05-25, 18:11

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[...] According to my manual, the Disney Sound Source & Covox Speech Thing modules are enabled by default on the sound card but, you can disable/enable it via the SGCOX.exe program. The jumpers that "shock__" referred are J4 & J5. If you do not have an available parallel port at address 3BCH, 378H …

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