It's not aways about speed and performance.
This is one awesome build!
Katmai500 wrote on 2023-11-07, 04:26:Fortunately, wcpuid works very well and reports lots of useful information:
I am the author of a system information tool called ASTRA32.
I've added initial support for Intel Timna.
Can you run this beta and send a text report?
The report contains CPUID/MSR dumps and will be very useful for development.
ASTRA32 works on any version of Windows, including Windows 95/98/Me/NT. A DOS version is also available.
Free beta download links:
chinny22 wrote on 2023-11-09, 01:18:It's not aways about speed and performance.
This is one awesome build!
Yeah but if there was a Timna shooting for the stars he'd be winning 🤣
Though really on a retro forum all "performance" builds should be tongue in cheek knowing it can have it's butt whipped by something very middling from the following generation.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
a2kkv wrote on 2023-11-11, 13:01:I am the author of a system information tool called ASTRA32. I've added initial support for Intel Timna. […]
Katmai500 wrote on 2023-11-07, 04:26:Fortunately, wcpuid works very well and reports lots of useful information:
I am the author of a system information tool called ASTRA32.
I've added initial support for Intel Timna.Can you run this beta and send a text report?
The report contains CPUID/MSR dumps and will be very useful for development.ASTRA32 works on any version of Windows, including Windows 95/98/Me/NT. A DOS version is also available.
Free beta download links:
I ran the portable version under Windows 98 SE and got a BSOD with the following: A fatal exception 0D has occurred at 0028:C14FD7C5 in VXD ASTRA32(01) + 000027C5
Then I tried it under Windows XP SP2. When ASTRA32 tried to read the MSR registers the system immediately rebooted without even showing an error message.
Last I tried the DOS version under Windows 98 SE in DOS mode. The program froze at the Reading MSR Registers step.
Katmai500 wrote on 2023-11-26, 05:12:The program froze at the Reading MSR Registers step.
Thank you.
This means that some expected MSR registers do not exist in Intel Timna.
Please run this debug version of ASTRA:
In this version, the MSR number being tested is displayed on the screen. What will be the last MSR number?
It printed the following and stopped:
TRY MSR #: 00000017h - PASSED
TRY MSR #: 0000008Bh - PASSED
TRY MSR #: 00000011Eh - PASSED
TRY MSR #: 00000198h
Katmai500 wrote on 2024-01-04, 07:06:It printed the following and stopped:
TRY MSR #: 00000198h
Thank you for your help.
I fixed this bug.
Try to run ASTRA32 for Windows beta:
http://www.astra32.com/files/beta/astra32beta.zip
ASTRA for DOS beta:
http://www.sysinfolab.com/files/beta/astrabet.zip
In this beta (DOS version only) I added the MSR Walker tool (Menu Tools/MSR Walker).
It scans all valid MSR registers.
Please send the cpuid.txt file.
Question:
I compare the CPU photo you posted with Pentium 3 coppermine-256 photo from wikipedia, their silicon dies' surface area are almost identical.
As we all know, coppermine celerons have 128k L2, half of pentium 3.
So, Intel cutted 128k L2 from coppermine-256, then integrate the i752 graphic / sdram mc, taped out, and they got a silicon with a surface area almost identical to coppermine-256? I don't think it is possible.
Get your eyes checked, coppermine cellys have a 1:1 ratio square core, that's more like 3:2
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
BitWrangler wrote on Today, 03:07:Get your eyes checked, coppermine cellys have a 1:1 ratio square core, that's more like 3:2
I've compare the photo op send and coppermine 256 from Wikipedia with Photoshop, silicon die looks almost identical.
