Re: Searching for VGA BIOS image

Posted on 2023-11-25, 14:21

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https://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/companies/item/138-cirrus-logic-cl-gd5429 I used this rom on a VLB GD5429 card a few years ago and it worked OK. Supposedly the 1.30 BIOS for the GD5422 through GD5428 cards fixes a problem with Windows 95 and that all GD542x cards have the same VGA-registers so …

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Searching for VGA BIOS image

Posted on 2023-11-25, 04:00

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VGA BIOS ROM image needed for UTD-01C CL542X VLB. Video chip is CL-GD5429. I'm not sure if it has same VGA BIOS as CL-GD5428.

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Re: I'm going slightly mad: strange configs

Posted on 2023-07-02, 12:21

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Horun wrote on 2023-07-02, 01:10: 🤣 whay a bunch of 20MB parts unless there is some antique software that cannot write files to something bigger than (some ancient made for XT DOS 2.0 app ??) just a guess ;p It's the config for testing my own bootloader. So I needed lots of them to be shown at boot …

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Re: I'm going slightly mad: strange configs

Posted on 2023-07-01, 21:11

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Only sort of crazy configs I run now, are 4 Primary Dos partitions on one disk. Because Rloew TB Plus patch fixes 98 so it can have more than 1 primary partition on same disk. And I use Bootmgr to boot multiple 9x on same disk with partition hiding and share one partition between them. Point of …

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I'm going slightly mad: strange configs

Posted on 2023-07-01, 20:13

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Strange configs. How and why you made it?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-01, 18:20

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Anyway, if you want to go nuts, you can take 4 of those G200 MMS Quads and use 16 screens at the same time :-) And yes, that's officially supported, but I don't know if for all OS. May be I'm wrong 'bout G200 and the card is 4xG400 but it have 8xVGA outputs. I'd like to try it but my wife certainly …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-30, 21:43

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It's interesting that MATROX was able to put 4 x G200A with 8 MB SGRAM each and even an additional TV tuner on one card. They've gone even further. I read of a weird card with 4 x G200 and 8 monitor outputs. It was designed to create video walls like Hantarex. Cabling was really ugly but who cares …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-28, 23:11

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Daniël Oosterhuis wrote on 2023-06-28, 22:15: The AMD 5x86 chips are even still given Am486 model numbers, the 586/5x86 naming is pure marketing. Yes 'cause 586 core by AMD is called K5

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-28, 21:20

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AlessandroB wrote on 2023-06-28, 19:56: This one… is the fastest “genuine” 486 ever made? No. It's one step before AMD 5x86-133 which is. Cyrix have 586 core in 486 package. AMD doesn't despite the marking 5x86

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-28, 21:16

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Kinda curious why people collect old modems, I mean is there any practical use for them since most networks are now digital? does GSM even still exist out in the wild ? They are GSM so they still work even if 4G and 5G is all around. Quite slow though. You can run own SMS gateway or even become an …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-28, 00:24

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3 generations of PCMCIA GSM modems by Nokia. Filename 20230628_031849.jpg File size 1.73 MiB Views 1471 views Filename 20230628_031911.jpg File size 1.64 MiB Views 1471 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-28, 00:08

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Texas Instruments PCI1410PGE-based PCMCIA to PCI adapter. Filename 20230628_024050.jpg File size 1.98 MiB Views 1486 views Filename 20230628_024107.jpg File size 1.64 MiB Views 1486 views Despite 5V and 3.3V keys present this board is capable of 5V power only. 3.3V power circuit is unpopulated.

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Re: LuckyStar LS-486e Rev:D Hardware Upgrade Guide

Posted on 2023-04-08, 00:29

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I've disabled commenting on the document 'cause no more useful improvements were proposed last year. If someone still need to update the document feel free to ask me for access.

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Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2023-04-08, 00:24

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For CD audio usually you need the cable directly from DVD to sound card. At least is waht i use in older systems. It depends on CD player program. In late 90's I had used a player that works via IDE interface and doesn't requite analog cable between drive and sound card even under DOS. BTW it's a …

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Re: Su 25 : Soviet Attack Fighter steering

Posted on 2022-06-15, 00:22

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carlostex wrote on 2022-05-27, 17:28: You've flown a real Frogfoot? Nope. Just couple of piston experimental ones. But the principles are the same. As you stall the fighter jet (that is designed to withstand much harder manoeuvring than light sport aircraft) then you certainly make one of the …

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Re: Su 25 : Soviet Attack Fighter steering

Posted on 2022-05-27, 12:07

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has somebody any good advice for the best way to steer the plane? According to my experience (36 hours) of flying real airplane: 1. Keep an eye on airspeed. Don't let airspeed drop below stall speed +10 kts. 2. Too much bank. Try turning with not more than ±15° of bank. 3. Don't pull so hard on a …

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Re: LuckyStar LS-486e Rev:D Hardware Upgrade Guide

Posted on 2022-04-19, 15:16

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Latest revision is 5. I've fixed mistake in BOM and also added links to Mouser to help getting proper parts or finding analogs.

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Re: E-Wave : an ESS based waveblaster card

Posted on 2022-04-19, 14:57

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I've spent some time trying to figure out why it was silent. But finally I noticed it uses AUX1 channel on my ESS8139 and I managed to make it play. It sounds awesome! Thanks for the great product!

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Re: Do 40 Pin Compact Flash to IDE Adapters need power?

Posted on 2022-01-25, 18:12

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Disabling the swap file is one way to avoid that. Another way is to add this entry to your system.ini file under [386enh] : ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 ConservativeSwapfileUsage = 1 tells Win98se to only write pages to the swap file when they need to be swapped out. Oh jeez! Where were you in the …

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Re: LuckyStar LS-486e Rev:D Hardware Upgrade Guide

Posted on 2022-01-21, 11:56

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It's better to install a 40-pin socket instead of soldering a 80C42 compatible controller directly to the board. It isn't 'cause chip in socket is too high and prevents some ISA cards from being fully inserted in slots 1 and 2. Anyway there's no way back to VT83C41 that doesn't require soldering …

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