The oldest drivers I can find are from 09/97, see here: http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/rush.htm

pyrogx wrote on 2024-04-09, 15:39:

The oldest drivers I can find are from 09/97, see here: http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/rush.htm

Thanks but unfortunately they are still too modern. I'm looking for the very early ones probably using the early dual planar versions and if they'd be some reference card version it'd be great. While I found the 101 version of the Hercules dual planar board which are older, I'm really looking for the first ones released to public for other cards too and basically the older the better.

Maybe try WaybackMachine on the old websites of the card vendors. Most of their downloads, however, are probably lost forever.

pyrogx wrote on 2024-04-09, 15:56:

Maybe try WaybackMachine on the old websites of the card vendors. Most of their downloads, however, are probably lost forever.

Yes, some company webpages are archived but not the drivers unfortunately cause really old.

It's possible that cover discs of PC magazines from that time may have even older drivers. Finding those might be a challenge though.

Also, check this if you haven't already: 3dfx Archives - The Collection & Discussions Thread

Hercules v1.00 drivers are on this archived CDROM: https://archive.org/details/herccd154

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-04-09, 16:07:

It's possible that cover discs of PC magazines from that time may have even older drivers. Finding those might be a challenge though.

That's a good tip, and quite a lot of those cover discs are on archive.org too.

pyrogx wrote on 2024-04-09, 18:28:

Hercules v1.00 drivers

That and later Hercules driver versions would be great and the perfect ones but unfortunately already tried didn't work into an Alliance card alone. I probably need more understanding anyway to install this without breaking the vga installation into a not-Voodoo Rush card. That's why I hope to find 3dfx very early reference drivers that should at least keep out the OEM customizations.

I could give you a copy of my Intergraph INTENSE 3D Voodoo drivers but they have a date of 9/7/1997 and thats later then the 5/9/1997 of the Hercules disk listed above.
There was other drivers listed 9/7/1997 and you said they were too modern.

Actually there is already a copy of it on Archive.org anyway.

Grem Five wrote on 2024-04-12, 22:07:

I could give you a copy of my Intergraph INTENSE 3D Voodoo drivers but they have a date of 9/7/1997 and thats later then the 5/9 […]
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I could give you a copy of my Intergraph INTENSE 3D Voodoo drivers but they have a date of 9/7/1997 and thats later then the 5/9/1997 of the Hercules disk listed above.
There was other drivers listed 9/7/1997 and you said they were too modern.

Actually there is already a copy of it on Archive.org anyway.

Unfortunately I need early drivers because may be less customized and maybe more oriented at the single aT3D chip instead of the AT25 while both compatible. Do you know if there were older CD released with that card? Hercules card seems still having old drivers around and with interesting versions but not easy to work into a single Alliance card/installation. Tonight I'm going to test again different packages.

Question... any existing Hercules Driver and Utility CDs from version >154 to version <159? Thanks!