Re: What Pentium III motherboards support NMI

Posted on 2012-06-19, 03:34

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by NJRoadfan

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During the time Tabor 3 was in use (440BX in general), the common audio cards were the AudioPCI and Live!. It's unlikely that they would have broken the DOS SB emulation support of those cards. Heh, I remember my AOpen AX6B+ having that SB-Link connector for the AWE64 PCI. The Live! DOS emulation …

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Re: My gaming laptops

Posted on 2012-06-18, 00:22

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by NJRoadfan

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The "yo-yo" power supply from the clamshell iBooks will work with all the Powerbook G3s, they just fashionably clash. I actually have a bog standard Powerbook AC adapter for my Lombard, they seem rare compared to the yo-yos!

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Re: What Pentium III motherboards support NMI

Posted on 2012-06-16, 04:25

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by NJRoadfan

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I seem to remember getting MPU-401 emulation working by jumping the "MFBEN" jumper. Whats weird is that I don't ever recall loading AWEUTIL under DOS to have it work, but its been a LONG time since I used a AWE32/64 card under DOS without either native support or my MT-32 on the MIDI port. The 440BX …

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Re: Ark Logic PCI, an interesting VGA card.

Posted on 2012-06-13, 22:07

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by NJRoadfan

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I had an ARK2000PV based card in my old PC Chips M919 rig. I bought it at the long defunct Computer City chain for like $20 back in 1997. It was sold under their "Precision Components" house brand. I really didn't use it in DOS/Windows all that much as the machine was mostly a firewall/router box. …

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Re: Jumper settings for the AMD 5x86 not on th99

Posted on 2012-06-12, 16:12

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by NJRoadfan

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Strange, my Chaintech 486SLB also has a BIOS chip with a 1998 sticker on it, but the BIOS is from 1994 and doesn't have LBA support! That board despite not having a ZIF socket or 3.3v support, seems to support WB L1 cache.

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Re: Jumper settings for the AMD 5x86 not on th99

Posted on 2012-06-11, 01:52

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by NJRoadfan

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Manual for the Asus 486SP3: ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/sock5/486sp3/pvi_486sp3.zip (BIOS is in that FTP directory) Chaintech 4SPM: http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/Chaintech/manuals/4spm/index.html BIOS for Chaintech if you need it: http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/Chaintech/bios/ …

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Re: Power Supplies And Age?

Posted on 2012-06-07, 21:12

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by NJRoadfan

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One brand comes to mind thats total crap.... Sparkle. Its like they knew what the power supply would do when it decided to call it quits. Plus they used crap fans. OEMs love them, and its likely because they are cheap.

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Re: My gaming laptops

Posted on 2012-06-07, 19:43

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by NJRoadfan

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The Wallstreet/Mainstreet series were great in that they blended the features of a NewWorld machine, but still had the OldWorld ROM and ports. That being said, they had quite a few weak points. 1. The PMU likes to go bad and cause all kinds of no boot/power problems 2. The AC Adapter jack is …

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Re: My gaming laptops

Posted on 2012-06-05, 15:51

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by NJRoadfan

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This is a much more capable machine than the Gateway Nomad: http://i.imgur.com/3ilgT.jpg This is a Compaq LTE 5280, circa 1996. Great machine. I have owned a LTE5400 (P150, maxed out to 80MB RAM) for many years. I also have the optional docking station. The dock has built in 10BaseT Ethernet, and a …

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Re: OPL3 implementations (ESFM, Crystal FM, dual OPL3 etc)

Posted on 2012-06-05, 15:31

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by NJRoadfan

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I can vouch for this. I have an Aztech Sound Galaxy Washington 16, and it is by far my favorite DOS-era sound card. Not only is the OPL near-perfect, but the PCM is good, and it also has a wavetable header that is properly placed and appears to be immune to Creative's infamous hanging notes bug! It …

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2012-06-05, 14:39

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by NJRoadfan

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The CD I have here only has SP3, a good thing I suppose. I can give Winamp a try, but will be doing so under Windows 98SE.

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2012-06-05, 13:32

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by NJRoadfan

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Since I can't well leave enough alone. I subjected this machine to some cruel and unusual punishment last night. I installed Windows 2000 on it, and surprisingly it works decently fast. No support for the Adaptec AHA-2740W though, although I hear the NT 4.0 driver will work. Also despite what the …

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Re: W95se and USB 2 cards

Posted on 2012-06-03, 05:40

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by NJRoadfan

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As someone who owned a VA6, do what you can and burn that board. The VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset is horrible and slow! The revised 133A fixed a lot of problems.

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Re: OPL3 implementations (ESFM, Crystal FM, dual OPL3 etc)

Posted on 2012-06-02, 17:24

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by NJRoadfan

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-SoundBlaster Live! software-emulated OPL3: Ranges from tolerable to absolute crap. When it's tolerable, it does a worse job than CQM, but it's listenable. When it's absolute crap... well, I'll let this video speak for itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYsQbD33vtg Keep in mind that was version …

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2012-05-31, 22:40

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by NJRoadfan

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The board has the Intel 82357 and 82358DT chips controlling the EISA bus for those who are curious. Details here: http://www.geekdot.com/index.php?page=eisa-indepth

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2012-05-31, 22:38

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by NJRoadfan

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I guess its fuzzy memory. I had a 486DX4/100 machine back in the day with WB caches enabled on a proper socket 3 platform (screen shots of that machine landed up on Nathan's Toasty Technology GUI site). That machine seemed to fly compared to this one. Enough that I called it the "Worlds Fastest 486 …

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2012-05-31, 21:16

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by NJRoadfan

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TH99 is actually a pirate eBook of sorts... it was ripped off and condensed from the 'MicroHouse Technical Library,' which was a big 3rd-party reference compilation intended for computer support companies and such, kinda like a computer equivalent of what the Rider's and Beitman's manuals are to TV …

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Re: W95se and USB 2 cards

Posted on 2012-05-31, 18:57

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by NJRoadfan

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I didn't have any problems getting a generic ALi chipset USB 2.0/firewire card working under 98SE. I also have a Radio Shack USB 2.0/firewire combo card with the VIA chips. I haven't tried it under 98SE though. Are the drivers installing, or are USB devices just not being detected?

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2012-05-31, 18:53

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by NJRoadfan

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A 486 motherboard produced in a shady Taiwan alley? That can't possibly be true ;) I'd like to know where the heck the data thats in TH99 came from anyway. Most of the 386/486 era stuff on there is VERY obscure and there is no way someone managed to collect all those manuals/boards to verify that …

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Re: Another 486 build.... with EISA!

Posted on 2012-05-31, 16:59

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by NJRoadfan

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The board I had in 1993 was a "Typhoon 486" based on what the manual said. TH99 says a "Target Micro" made it, but the board layout doesn't look like I remember. The board was from late 92-early 93 if I recall, the AMIBIOS was dated 06/06/92 and it lacked a ZIF socket. I do have an old VHS video of …

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