Some questions about a Hercules card

Posted on 2020-10-24, 14:52

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Hi! Recently I get a Hercules card. This is a picture of card: There are two empty socket. The card works properly. What are they for? https://i.ibb.co/WvnrsY2/IMG-20201024-160416.jpg https://i.ibb.co/6ZmtqPK/IMG-20201024-160504.jpg Other question: the block of jumpers. Someone know the meaning of …

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Re: M219 V 1.1 and Copro (287XL) problem

Posted on 2020-08-05, 16:19

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Has anyone else had a similar problem?

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M219 V 1.1 and Copro (287XL) problem

Posted on 2020-08-04, 16:39

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I have a problem with this board and the copro (287XL): it isn't working. The board works properly without copro. The copro is ok too ( I have another 286 board to test). When I plug, the copro is detected for the mainboard, but If I run the different tests I havr ( Checkit, mcpdiag) the copro fails …

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Re: Help configuring this EGA card

Posted on 2020-07-24, 16:20

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-07-24, 15:56: Shagittarius wrote on 2020-07-24, 15:54: I do, I will try to scan the whole manual cover to cover this weekend and post it here. that's amazing thank you +1 Thanks a lot, Shagittarius

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Re: Help configuring this EGA card

Posted on 2020-07-23, 19:25

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In the picture , ¿4, is it close or open? Best regard, muon

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Re: Help configuring this EGA card

Posted on 2020-07-23, 19:01

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It appears the jumper is configured for autoswitching in your photo, so according to my manual all the switches should be set to on. The only thing those switches control is manual settings for the monitor used for multiple monitor setups. You should just close all the Dip switches and keep the …

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Help configuring this EGA card

Posted on 2020-07-23, 17:38

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I've recently came into possession of an old EGA card which appears to be a Paradise EGA card (PEGA2 chipset) or clone. https://i.ibb.co/FkQ1pd4/IMG-20200723-184058.jpg https://i.ibb.co/pxXzxZ2/IMG-20200723-183854.jpg I was looking for information about card to set properly (jumper P1 and 5-levers) …

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Re: Help to identify a CGA card

Posted on 2020-07-05, 16:51

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Finally I got then name: Precise CGA.... http://www2.vgamuseum.info/index.php/componen … 469-umc-um6845r http://21stdigitalhome.blogspot.com/2019/01/t … tery-video.html but no info available for the card.

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Re: Help to identify a CGA card

Posted on 2020-07-05, 16:11

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Grzyb wrote on 2020-07-05, 15:41: muon wrote on 2020-07-05, 14:59: But what about the "jumper" on the left side? Probably selects the font - thick or thin. Thanks Grzyb I'm going to test that

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Re: Help to identify a CGA card

Posted on 2020-07-05, 14:59

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Ok. But what about the "jumper" on the left side?

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Help to identify a CGA card

Posted on 2020-07-05, 12:37

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Recently I've acquired a CGA card, but I don't know what model and manufacture is. The card has some jumpers and I would like to know what they are for . Any idea?

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Re: EGA card -> MDA Monitor

Posted on 2020-07-02, 16:40

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Thank you for the info

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EGA card -> MDA Monitor

Posted on 2020-07-01, 06:24

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Hi! Recently I acquired a EGA card (picture below) https://i.ibb.co/Z1kP5fZ/IMG-7586.jpg The manual is this : http://www.mediafire.com/file/u3x65l14pj1jvsq/TEVA-2_EGA_card_manual.pdf In that manual I read that if the j4 (jumper) is 3-2 and switchers 1 in OFF, 2 in OFF, 3 in ON, 4 in OFF monitor is …

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Re: Testing upper 256 KB video memory in ISA VGA card

Posted on 2020-06-25, 08:35

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Grzyb wrote on 2020-06-24, 18:50: muon wrote on 2020-06-24, 17:41: Where I can get X-VESA? ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/utildiag/xvesa102.zip Thanks a lot

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Re: Testing upper 256 KB video memory in ISA VGA card

Posted on 2020-06-24, 17:41

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Grzyb wrote on 2020-06-23, 22:05: Re: Testing VRAM on older cards under DOS? My choice for testing RAM on ISA SVGA cards is X-VESA. It requires VESA BIOS Extensions, which some early SVGAs lack in their ROM BIOS, so an additional utility is necessary - eg. UniVBE. Where I can get X-VESA?

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Re: Testing upper 256 KB video memory in ISA VGA card

Posted on 2020-06-24, 17:40

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Thanks for the info

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Testing upper 256 KB video memory in ISA VGA card

Posted on 2020-06-23, 14:41

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I have a ISA Paradise vga with 512 kb video memory. How I can test the 256-512kb memory range? The checkit and other testing utilities test 0-256kb video memory range but not 256-512kb memory range. How I can test that range?

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Re: Silent cooler for 370 socket

Posted on 2020-06-21, 16:11

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Get one of those Startech S370 coolers and stick a Noctua on it? That's what I've done and I can barely hear the small fan from inside the case Startech S370 with Copper Heatsink https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/N38AAOSwL-9cki3I/s-l1600.jpg with NF-A6x25 FLX https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/ …

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Silent cooler for 370 socket

Posted on 2020-06-21, 13:54

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Any suggestions?

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Re: MS OS/2 1.3 and CDROM Support problem

Posted on 2020-06-19, 15:21

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OK thanks for the info

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