Re: 286 dead, long live the 286! Sourcing and building a fast 286 replacement
Posted on 2021-06-30, 11:40
Just for giggles see if it's stable at 25MHz 1-wait - might point to whether it's the memory controller in the chipset or something else
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2021-06-29, 14:28
megatron-uk wrote on 2021-06-27, 19:53: As far as I'm concerned they can retcon what the hell they like, but 1024 bytes will always be a kilobyte and 1024 kilobytes a megabyte to me. Agreed
Re: I was there, I saw the last AWE 64 Gold disappear and become an investment product...
Posted on 2021-06-28, 02:15
The AWE64 cards aren't even good. They don't have a real OPL3 for older games, require a TSR for the synth and use crappy soundfonts. For $300 you can get a good yamaha soundblaster clone and multiple external midi modules. And if you really want to play around with soundfonts you can also get a SB …
Re: Windows 98SE Update Recommendations
Posted on 2021-06-28, 01:12
Justin1091 wrote on 2021-06-26, 22:43: Also why not install the IDE shutdown fix? If you don't you get the scandisk every time you reboot. It's the first update I install. Can you give a KB number or explain more about this update please?
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2021-06-27, 18:43
pshipkov wrote on 2021-06-27, 17:41: @maxtherabbit These are some fat numbers for 486 class rust. […] Show full quote @maxtherabbit These are some fat numbers for 486 class rust. Thanks for the slow drivers. 😉 PS2 mouse + Promise ultra133 or fasttrak controllers + Biostart UUD = works here, but i …
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2021-06-27, 15:42
Nonetheless, Win95c doesn't boot from my CF card when attached to the MB's IDE port. W95 boots when connected to the Promise Ultra100 controller. I'm having a bizarre issue where the PS/2 mouse doesn't work in DOS when booting from the Promise card. When booting from the onboard IDE (with the …
Re: About removing and replacing barrel batteries..
Posted on 2021-06-27, 15:07
Chrismeyer6, I posted a diagram in this thread https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=29878&start=20 It should be the case for many motherboards as I was able to validate. Maxtherabbit, I have a few motherboards that are not OEM that have headers for external batteries. I have attached CR2032 …
Re: Original Hardware: PCI / ISA / AT Clock measuring device.
Posted on 2021-06-27, 15:06
bro did you really put the clock on the "solder side"?
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2021-06-27, 14:48
Finally getting somewhere with I/O speed on this thing! I was able to install a Promise SATA-150 PCI adapter and hook up a old 120GB SSD. Filename 20210626_234213.jpg File size 1.69 MiB Views 341 views
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2021-06-27, 14:42
The SiS 496 IDE driver did the same, however they work on Windows 95 and 98. Obviously not NT compatible I never had to do SIS 96# drivers so far. Do you see any advantage there ? No, in fact they were slower than the default Windows 95 IDE driver lol They were intended for use with Windows 3.1. …
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2021-06-26, 15:02
The DOS driver also inserts some lines to system.ini Are you commenting these out? Booting Windows with them present will yield an error and you won't be able to boot into Windows. 32BitDiskAccess=on device=c:\windows\system\int13.386 device=c:\windows\system\um8673.386 The SiS 496 IDE driver did …
Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?
Posted on 2021-06-25, 21:06
zapbuzz wrote on 2021-06-25, 17:44: How about we do a stock benchmark on our own dual pentium III setups just to give ideas to each other what we can do to improve our rigs? Usually I am the little one 😀 Ok name the benchmark
Re: Where to start diagnosing a dead 3dfx monster
Posted on 2021-06-25, 02:37
I see, I do remember now reading that at the very start but got excited and jumped the gun. Its not straight pin to pin connection from input to output? (where chip was) That would be too easy? Bro I don't think you're picking up what I'm putting down. You might be better off just getting a new …
Re: Where to start diagnosing a dead 3dfx monster
Posted on 2021-06-25, 01:34
Again, it's not going to work with the switching chip simply removed. You have to manually solder wires from the DAC input side of the switch ship's footprint to the connector output side
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2021-06-24, 15:17
I ran NT 3.51 on a 486DX2 66 back in the day, and it's slower than NT4
Re: Where to start diagnosing a dead 3dfx monster
Posted on 2021-06-24, 15:15
If I had that hardware would be a good test to see if it works with the chip off. I have ordered the chip from ali express for about 3usd so now it will take a few weeks you don't need a switch to test it, just manually move the monitor cable after the game switches to glide mode it certainly won't …
Re: Diamond Monster 3D + Pentium MMX 223 Staticky Sound Issue
Posted on 2021-06-23, 21:47
you just have to buy the right cable and you will get no degradation. I equipped all my voodoos with passive heatsinks. if you are using a tft that can run up to 75hz I recommend 60hz for 2D and 75hz for the voodoo. on my L367 these settings provide a nearly exact picture if you switch to 3D. The …
Re: Improving Quake performance on POD83.
Posted on 2021-06-22, 01:25
Chadti99 wrote on 2021-06-21, 22:43: Best score I could get on a LuckyStar LS486e C2 revision socket 3 board. Interesting how this board and the Biostar board perfor […] Show full quote Best score I could get on a LuckyStar LS486e C2 revision socket 3 board. Interesting how this board and the …
Re: Where to start diagnosing a dead 3dfx monster
Posted on 2021-06-21, 14:26
strictly speaking you don't have to have the switch - you could bridge the Voodoo's DAC directly to the output DE-15 and just not use the passthrough then handle switching externally with an Extron VSW 2VGA A
Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations
Posted on 2021-06-21, 04:48
BTW in Speedsys I get about 8-9MB/sec 'eh? So you get about 4.5 MB/s in Win9x and 8.5 MB/s in DOS ? What's going on here? I retested in Win98SE. On roadkill I'm seeing a peak of 6.77MB/s at 50MHz FSB So not as bad as I was remembering, but indeed less than speedsys. I also found there is in fact a …
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