Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-01-16, 15:55

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I confirm a Voodoo3 AGP card works fine. Performance is not what I'd call incredible (score of 701 in 3DMark 99), but comparing vs the megathread it seems roughly in line with what a Pentium 233 can do; so, as advertised.

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-01-14, 18:51

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I've used QEMM, which has its (pretty convoluted) ways of figuring out how best to layout the UMB/EMS/XMS. I think I got well above 600k conventional memory freed up with both EMS and XMS support. I'll take a look and see how exactly that layout was, and if we can replicate it using JemmEx or …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-01-14, 18:15

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Question: does anyone of you with the ITX-Llama in hand who's experiencing problems with the LED/clicker "hanging" have a ROM programmer (like the TL866II Plus)? I've updated the ATTiny84 code and now I can't reproduce the issue on my end, but I'd like more people to verify! I don't have a …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-01-14, 00:24

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This may be obvious to those with better recollection of how EMM386 works, but I had to pass FRAME=D000 to it in order to move things out of the way of, I assume, the NIC or another BIOS shadow range. I've got Descent running happily now with EMS+XMS enabled. I have not however been able to get the …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-01-13, 18:17

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Still doing a bit of setup on my Llama, and it’s still going well. Windows 98 is, well, Windows 98 and obviously comes with some stability caveats but I think we’re pretty close to as good as it gets. I swapped the microSD for a 240GB Crucial SSD, did my normal fdisk/format in FreeDOS trick, and I …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-01-12, 01:41

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Nice, waiting for my case, need to try to make a io plate also if no one has made one :) Would very much appreciate this, TinkerCAD is about as far as I can go.. Did someone say tinkercad? I just got my board mounted in a case today and made this real quick. I will share a link once I have it fine …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-01-11, 23:09

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tabm0de wrote on 2024-01-02, 14:19: Nice, waiting for my case, need to try to make a io plate also if no one has made one 😀 Would very much appreciate this, TinkerCAD is about as far as I can go..

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-01-11, 22:45

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This thing is SO AWESOME! I printed a case for the Pi Zero (https://www.printables.com/model/341183-pi-zero-case-reversed, if you are interested) alongside the SoC active cooler. Stuck a Voodoo3 2000 in the AGP slot and it worked straight away - BIOS updated, love the touches there, you've done a …

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Re: NAS for retro stuff

Posted on 2023-12-07, 01:31

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OK, but how much memory does that XFS occupy? My point is: I can load Microsoft Network Client and connect to modern Linux with Samba, copy files around, but... then I need to reboot to free the memory. The Client occupies so much RAM that's pretty much impossible to normally use the system. So I'm …

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Re: NAS for retro stuff

Posted on 2023-12-06, 17:07

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Hey this is great, nicely done (and documented!). I found retro tech to bring the same joy for sure, whether it be a reminder of my early career racking and stacking brand new Dell PowerEdge 1650's, or just simply more fun than fighting with SaaS solutions and arguing with cloud service providers …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2023-10-17, 15:06

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Hmm, when I press ctrl+B and get the pxe command prompt, I can't type anything. Either the pxe rom messes with something making the PS/2 drop out or the system hangs, hard to tell which. Would have to dive down a bit deeper here... Shoot. Don't spend a ton of time on it. I wager PXE will be a …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2023-10-17, 01:34

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@doogie: I compiled iPXE for the RDC 6040 and built a new BIOS with the romfile included, got this: IMG_0881.jpeg ...so I guess that's promising? :) I'm a total noob when it comes to PXE though, haven't touched that stuff in like 20 years. If you've got a (simple) way to test some more using a …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2023-10-16, 00:27

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Re: PXE, I think iPXE might be the easiest bootrom code to integrate? https://ipxe.org/appnote/hardware_drivers - the RDC R6040 (pci 17f3 6040) is listed as _expected_ to work, anyhow. If this is a giant hassle it's easy enough to boot iPXE from other media. Matter of fact I should be able to try …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2023-10-12, 16:01

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wow…..simply. wow. You’ve once again outdone yourself Eivind. I’m sitting here with a TinyLlama that, well, I’m super happy with, but this is on another level. A couple of curiosities: -Does PXE boot work from the inbuilt ethernet controller? For a number of years I’ve avoided using floppies/CDs/USB …

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Re: SFF Ultimate Windows XP Machine (<10 liters, 4790k, 980 Ti, X-Fi Titanium)

Posted on 2023-08-01, 04:11

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Beautiful. Absolutely well done.

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-05, 16:23

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Boohyaka wrote on 2023-05-05, 10:27: I guess a vast majority of us spend more time tinkering with their hardware than actually using the computers. wait, people use these computers? (kidding of course...kind of?) My Orpheus II continues to amaze. Crisp output over S/PDIF. Gosh, if we had this thing …

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Re: Modern Retro PC cases, whats your favourites?

Posted on 2023-05-03, 13:42

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The Fractal Pop Air still has room for 2 5.25 drive bays. It also scored very well on GN's reviews for basically everything else. I just put a Pentium 233MMX system in a Pop Air. The metal is thin, as you’d expect at the price point, but it looks great and I think the concealed 5.25” bays at the …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-04-25, 21:07

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If you're willing to experiment, the attached tool will make the changes necessary to enable the PC speaker functionality, so that you don't have to wait for the next release. Confirming this works, thank you. I look forward to the next ORPHINIT release (though no need to rush, take care of …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-04-25, 00:42

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One other observation as I get this thing going. On default initialization, I am getting a constant static noise. If I mute the Synth output on the Crystal chip, the static goes away. edit=SOLVED. Hardware problem. See below. resources: PCMIDI: 330h, IRQ 9 Crystal: 300h (MPU-401), 200h (Gameport), …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-04-24, 21:24

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Is it possible to enable S/PDIF output in Windows 9x? I can get ORPHINIT to do it of course, but I think I must be missing a setting in Windows.

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