Re: Datacare DI610, Tekram DC-680T Cached VLB IDE controller

Posted on 2023-05-03, 10:34

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by Jackhead

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Got the controller. First at all i remove that Sticker on the board DC 680T 😀. I backuped the 1.40 Bios. The U20 was a 512 rom. The other two are 256. Hope the Dumps are good. Please let me know. Enjoy .. Filename Tekram DC680T Bios 1.40.rar File size 23.32 KiB Downloads 20 downloads Filename IMG_ …

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Re: Datacare DI610, Tekram DC-680T Cached VLB IDE controller

Posted on 2023-05-02, 20:56

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by Jackhead

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Disruptor wrote on 2023-05-02, 19:08: Please post all 3 ROMs, as we do not have the 1.40 firmware yet. Sure thing. Question about the cache. Did someone here test how the speed scale with different cache setups? more cache - faster transfers? Since you can upgrade up to 16MB i wonder if its worth

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Re: Datacare DI610, Tekram DC-680T Cached VLB IDE controller

Posted on 2023-05-02, 17:54

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by Jackhead

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks alot for the informations! Yes im able to write/read the roms. Can i delete/write the ROMS or do i need a uv eraser? And yes i will dump you the roms and upload it here, np. I think i get the board in the next 2days..

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Re: Voodoo 5500 System - P4 Northwood 3,06GHz - Windows 2000 - Onkyo SE200 Ltd -Promise Sata

Posted on 2023-05-02, 17:06

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by Jackhead

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I got a new CPU that i want to test against the northwood. Its a prescott socket 478 2,8GHz FSB533 (last one before switch to fsb800) 1MB Cache. It has no HT, but what i read scale the voodoo with the 1mb cache more. Will see if this is the fastest Pentium for a AGP voodoo. Also got another …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-02, 14:58

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i started playing Lands of Lore again. Love the sprites and the music. Filename 0F955C36-8910-4275-8725-9156F00491D0.jpeg File size 1.84 MiB Views 1064 views

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Datacare DI610, Tekram DC-680T Cached VLB IDE controller

Posted on 2023-05-02, 09:38

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by Jackhead

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was looking for some cached controller for my 486 and most of us know the promise or tekram models. But now i found this one here: s-l1600.jpg Its from the company Datacare marked as Di610. But when you look closer it has near the same chips and layout as the tekram DC-680T. And when you look …

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Re: ASUS VL/I-486SV2GX4 - 5x86 X5 160MHz - OPL3 CT1600 - ET4000W32P - Midi Love

Posted on 2023-05-02, 05:58

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by Jackhead

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I checked it, but i see not really a benefit for me. I just run dos 320x200 with this setup. When the cards able me playing also games with 640x480 than i would say its worth. But i rare use windows. And i think with higher resolutions my cpu is than the problem too(with games).Correct me when im …

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Re: ASUS VL/I-486SV2GX4 - 5x86 X5 160MHz - OPL3 CT1600 - ET4000W32P - Midi Love

Posted on 2023-05-01, 07:45

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by Jackhead

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in Marvin \ System Specs

What about a S3 924? I dont find much info about it. It has also up to 4MB with 24/32bit true color mode.

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Re: ASUS VL/I-486SV2GX4 - 5x86 X5 160MHz - OPL3 CT1600 - ET4000W32P - Midi Love

Posted on 2023-04-30, 12:12

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by Jackhead

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

The ET4000W32 from 1993 doesn't quite fit into the high-end feeling for me either. What do you think of a S3 Vision? The 864/868 cards offer almost the same performance as the ET4000W32 under DOS with even better compatibility, but have the more modern functionality in Windows and offer better …

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Re: Voodoo 5500 System - P4 Northwood 3,06GHz - Windows 2000 - Onkyo SE200 Ltd -Promise Sata

Posted on 2023-04-30, 12:01

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How good is the Onkyo SE200 Ltd, as it appears to be a pretty well thought out design! How does it compare to a Creative, as far as the noise floor and sound quality's concerned? Far as i tested the sound board is has a huge + when it comes to voices. It sounds fantastic. I had a Sb Audigy 2 ZS …

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Re: ASUS VL/I-486SV2GX4 - 5x86 X5 160MHz - OPL3 CT1600 - ET4000W32P - Midi Love

Posted on 2023-04-29, 11:19

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Some updates on the unit. I upgraded the system to 64MB RAM with 1MB L2 Cache. Also add a hdd clicker and the CT1600 got a Ultrasound ACE as partner. The Ace is upgraded to 1MB and installed with pro patches 1.61 lite. Filename IMG_4300.JPG File size 924.75 KiB Views 1369 views Filename …

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Re: What Voodoo 5 to buy?

Posted on 2023-04-29, 11:03

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by Jackhead

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Congratz! Here some usefull links if you not still known. https://www.voodooalert.de/board/forum/index.php?thread/24558-backfire-s-v4-v5-5500-und-v5-6000-reparaturen-und-deren-ursachen/ And here more about running a 5500 on a Pentium4 system. https://www.voodooalert.de/board/forum/index.php?thread/ …

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Re: Voodoo 5500 System - P4 Northwood 3,06GHz - Windows 2000 - Onkyo SE200 LE- Promise Sata

Posted on 2023-04-28, 07:15

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Doornkaat wrote on 2023-04-27, 11:05: Does the Onkyo SE200 LE have any 3D sound features? it has some 3d options called "Immezio 3d Effects". Looks like it work with A3d but not with EAX.

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Voodoo 5500 System - P4 Northwood 3,06GHz - Windows 98SE

Posted on 2023-04-26, 17:08

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Like to show of my daily 3dfx Gaming system. Its a 478 socket with a Pentium 4 northwood 533FSB. I choose win2000 because driver support for the Onkyo Sound board and promise controller. Maybe switch to a prescott if my board take it. Need to test. Otherwise anything working perfect. The Voodoo …

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2023-04-24, 23:26

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by Jackhead

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in Marvin \ Sound

I got a picogus today and installed it with my ct1600. My SB is set to 220-1-5 and the gus 240-3-3. But i only got SFX no music. Tested with doom1, 2, duke3d. Any idea why i dont have music? FW is 0.6.1 .

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NEC PC-9821 XT13 - P133 - Windows98/DOS - Voodoo Banshee - YM2608 - Roland MPU

Posted on 2023-04-24, 21:29

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by Jackhead

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Another Exotic build that i finished. This one is kind of special because it was a hybrid system with PCI and C-Bus. It was one of the last systems from NEC before the leave the pc-9821. It runs a japanese windows98 SE . I managed to disable the onboard sound to get the PC9801-86 to work. On the IDE …

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Re: WinXP Pro 32bit - Asus P6T WS Pro - i7 990x - GTX Titan black - 3GB DDR1600 - SB0550 - Voodoo 5 6000 PCI ?..

Posted on 2023-04-24, 21:09

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by Jackhead

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Needs another socket. Apart from that you've built what's pretty close to my wish list of parts for "ultimate XP build" Still jealous though It was the best i can found with PCI-X. This slots are rare. If you get one then you're my new hero. I can't wait to see this happen! We will see.. 737540_ …

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Re: WinXP Pro 32bit - Asus P6T WS Pro - i7 990x - GTX Titan black - 3GB DDR1600 - SB0550 - Voodoo 5 6000 PCI ?..

Posted on 2023-04-24, 06:24

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by Jackhead

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Yes there normal kryonaut and the exterme. Thanks for the tip with thermal putty. Will have a look on it. About the voodoo, i talk about the rebuild from Anthony. I not that creazy buy a original one. And even than i would not build it in a system for daily use.

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Re: WinXP Pro 32bit - Asus P6T WS Pro - i7 990x - GTX Titan black - 3GB DDR1600 - SB0550 - Voodoo 5 6000 PCI ?..

Posted on 2023-04-23, 00:39

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in Marvin \ System Specs

you are kidding me? Thats grizzly Kryonaut extreme..

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Voodoo 5 6000 PCI 66MHz- Win98SE - Asus P5K WS - E6800 - 2GB RAM

Posted on 2023-04-22, 10:55

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by Jackhead

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I build another Windows XP system for me based on the X58 chipset. My goal is running a Voodoo 5 6000 PCI (rebuild of corse..) on a PCI-X Slot with 66MHz as i can get same speed as AGP with the option using "newer" hardware. I still dont have the voodoo, and i dont even know if this work out at the …

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