Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-04-04, 18:29

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by GigAHerZ

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Here it is. Getting the fsb as you suggested, did lock up the machine and the dump file is empty. Uploaded the dump of trying to set fsb to 75 with correct pll. Hope it helps, let me know, if i can add anything.

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-04-04, 17:48

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by GigAHerZ

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Released version 0.2.0 with initial support for PLLs W124, W83194BR-39B, W831915R-08. Also, made a minor fix for PLL ICS9148-37. Tried to use it on my Chaintech 6AIA2. Unfortunately it doesn't support it, as my PLL is something not supported yet. I think i have this: W124G - https://www. …

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-04-02, 16:34

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by GigAHerZ

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Tried to use it on my Chaintech 6AIA2. Unfortunately it doesn't support it, as my PLL is something not supported yet. I think i have this: W124G - https://www.datasheets360.com/pdf/-4213003440200208478 Maybe it would be easy to add support for this? 😀

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-04-02, 12:35

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by GigAHerZ

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Yesterday and today have been working on setting up my "overkill DOS testbench". I want that for mostly testing hardware and at one time i probably use it to start creating soundcard catalogue, that contains recordings of all kinds of soundcards and you can compare them side-by-side. But for now, i …

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Re: Pentium MMX 233 aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-04-01, 18:23

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by GigAHerZ

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Took a moment and ran a benchmark myself too. Specs: Pentium MMX 200MHz@3x83MHz /w 512kB L2 cache Tyan S1571 motherboard 2x128MB PC100 SD-RAM GeForce 2 MX-400 PCI (32MB) (Detonator 23.11 drivers) Sound Blaster AWE64 (CT4520) RTL8139C PCI NIC 8GB CF card as HDD That's pretty cool. You might be able …

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Re: Pentium MMX 233 aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-04-01, 17:17

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by GigAHerZ

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Took a moment and ran a benchmark myself too. Specs: Pentium MMX 200MHz@3x83MHz /w 512kB L2 cache Tyan S1571 motherboard 2x128MB PC100 SD-RAM GeForce 2 MX-400 PCI (32MB) (Detonator 23.11 drivers) Sound Blaster AWE64 (CT4520) RTL8139C PCI NIC 8GB CF card as HDD Same machine, but now used RivaTuner …

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Re: Pentium MMX 233 aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-04-01, 15:11

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by GigAHerZ

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Took a moment and ran a benchmark myself too. Specs: Pentium MMX 200MHz@3x83MHz /w 512kB L2 cache Tyan S1571 motherboard 2x128MB PC100 SD-RAM GeForce 2 MX-400 PCI (32MB) (Detonator 23.11 drivers) Sound Blaster AWE64 (CT4520) RTL8139C PCI NIC 8GB CF card as HDD

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Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

Posted on 2022-03-23, 11:49

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by GigAHerZ

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@JohnBourno, looking at the picture i got confused that there's only one level of cache. To my knowledge, every 486 type cpu has at least some tiny amount of on-chip cache. Good eyes! I'm not sure why the 1 KB cache doesn't show on speedsys, but it definitely on. When I test my SXL2 with 8 kb of L1 …

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Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

Posted on 2022-03-23, 11:44

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by GigAHerZ

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@JohnBourno, looking at the picture i got confused that there's only one level of cache. To my knowledge, every 486 type cpu has at least some tiny amount of on-chip cache. Started to google your cpu and found that you've already started a thread here in vogons on enabling the L1 cache somehow. Good …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-03-21, 13:10

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by GigAHerZ

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Turbo -> wrote on 2022-03-21, 12:58: Replaced a fan and 4 capacitors on a Celeron II motherboard. While I had it on a bench, I installed different size CF cards on it, just to write down head, cyls, sect, etc... in my notebook for further use. WhatIDE is an amazing quick tool: https://archive.org/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-16, 11:44

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by GigAHerZ

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I was trying to understand DOS support phases. When Windows 95/98 became a huge thing, I feel like there was a shift on basic DOS support instead of excellent; and a drop of support after XP. Not science, just a feeling. Could be very well wrong. Up to windows 98(se), the dos support was quite …

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Re: Windows 3.11 Ultimate Build

Posted on 2022-03-10, 14:48

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by GigAHerZ

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Btw, don't forget all the Microsoft Entertainment Packs!

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-03-10, 11:42

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by GigAHerZ

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For the first time in an about a year since i moved into new apartment, i had day to organize some stuff a little. I have one full room for all electronics related (Every Dexter must have their Laboratory at home, don't they?) and i have a full cellar box just for electronics as well. So i had now …

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Re: Windows 3.11 Ultimate Build

Posted on 2022-03-10, 09:20

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by GigAHerZ

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vkcpolice wrote on 2022-03-10, 09:01: awesome thanks i also have Calmira but i tend not to install it as it seems to corrupt a lot of windows components and dll files Yeah, calmira is so buggy that i have given up on it completely.

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Re: Windows 3.11 Ultimate Build

Posted on 2022-03-10, 08:58

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by GigAHerZ

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Don't forget the Total Commander - you may, if you wish, to replace the whole progman.exe with total commander as a shell. 😉 WinBar gives taskbar-like bar to the bottom of the screen to switch between applications.

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.77a

Posted on 2022-03-07, 21:16

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by GigAHerZ

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Tiido wrote on 2022-03-07, 20:38: AZT2316 is not PnP, only Aztech's own custom jumperless conf method. Yet there are other non-PnP cards that UNISOUND can help out. So if @JazeFox is willing, i'll test the sh*t out of my cards and give as much data as necessary to hack it in. 😀

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.77a

Posted on 2022-03-07, 16:14

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by GigAHerZ

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I was yesterday trying through quite a big pile of ISA sound cards, and i found one, that i was hoping it would work with UNISOUND: Aztech AZT2316-S. Unfortunately it isn't detected by UNISOUND and the original drivers are really-really clunky. (But i was able to confirm the cards are in working …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-01, 11:59

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by GigAHerZ

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Bit of a stretch to assume that any random seller of hardware in Russia supports Putiin. That's an assumption you made, not something that was implied by HanJammer. Maybe one does not want to send money into Russia, because then it could be used to buy bread inside Russia, which means through taxes …

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Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

Posted on 2022-02-19, 21:20

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by GigAHerZ

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That's a lovely M321. I have 3 of them, but none works. 2 have severe corrosion and the 3rd one is in mint condition, looks like new, but still won't post. Weird. Where did you get the MR-Bios? Yeah. That board has had quite a bit of work put into it. All cache jumpers were soldered with bridges, …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-02-19, 21:09

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by GigAHerZ

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At last, i received some crystal oscillators i had ordered, and did my first 386DX overclocking: Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here

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