Any ISA Mach64 Information?

CU_AMiGA · 21 August 2007, 18:38

Hi

Received my Mach64 card this morning, looks nice!

Does anyone have any information on this card or know any links. I have looked, but found hardly any at all. I see empty chip sockets that look like for the vid mem so i guess i can upgrade the vid ram to whatever using certai memory chips. I know this Mach64 ISA has 1mb RAM by default.

Regards

keropi · 21 August 2007, 18:42

post a pic!

CU_AMiGA · 21 August 2007, 18:46

no camera

alexh · 21 August 2007, 18:47

What's this card for? An Amiga x86 bridgeboard?

CU_AMiGA · 21 August 2007, 18:56

no i use it with my penitum 233mmx sbc with soundblaster16. all 3 work on the amiga 4000 3 isa slots!!!

keropi · 21 August 2007, 19:24

what is the chip on this card? ati 28800? s3?

CU_AMiGA · 21 August 2007, 19:38

not exactly sure lol it has written on chip:

ATI TECHNOLOGIES MACH64

210888GX00
SGW*BNUAH01
A22DA9635
J551PZR

Hopefully this'll make more sense to you!

keropi · 21 August 2007, 20:12

bah ati chip....
lol
it is fast, but has some scrolling probs in some games, most notably Apogee ones... try Commander Keen 3 and above, and tell us if the scrolling is jerky...

keropi · 21 August 2007, 20:22

it looks like THIS right?

CU_AMiGA · 21 August 2007, 20:34

hi no mine doesn't look like that. i think mine maybe an updated one/newer revision. the 2 bottom chips with the white labels on in your pic has 1995 written onit, whereas mine has 1996 written - sounds like a revision to me. plus my chips are laid out different and i have empty sockets and additional chips (probs mem) at the left hand side instead of the mibble lot of chips between those 2 sockets (which mine dont have). i may get a mates camera and take some pics. regards

keropi · 21 August 2007, 20:45

no sweat about the pics, go test a Keen game!

CU_AMiGA · 21 August 2007, 21:05

i cant. i still need to buy firther parts for my pc side!

hard disk, scsi cable, os, etc lol

keropi · 21 August 2007, 21:44

oh...

Download FreeDOS

CU_AMiGA · 21 August 2007, 23:49

oh yeah forgot about that lol cheers keropi that will come in use no doubt

CU_AMiGA · 25 August 2007, 20:10

anyone know what type of memory chips this card takes?

CU_AMiGA · 09 September 2007, 12:37

hi

ok i done a little research yesterday. haven't found much, but this appears to be the manual:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu.3tye...rsn_mach64.pdf

i also found a pic of it, mine looks almost exactly like this apart from mine has got the extra vram chips installed yet (mine is 1mb instead of 2mb).

http://i19.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/a7/04/8dd0_1.JPG

anyway, i got hold of some vram chips from old isa gfx cards. they are 20 pin. i asked some questions to the seller and he gave me some info on these chips "one is a V53C104AP80 (MOSEL, low power 256K X 4 bit fast page mode CMOS dynamic RAM, 80ns) and the other is a 44C256-80N (which, from memory, is the direct TI equivalent). In each case, there are 8 socketed chips.". I am guessing i can use these chips on my mach64 card. can anyone confirm this and which one to use?

Zetr0 · 09 September 2007, 12:58

4x 256k = 1MB but 8 sockets of 256k would be 2MB, how much can the video card reference (upto 4MB?)

anyway my friend, check your PM

CU_AMiGA · 09 September 2007, 13:06

dunno! i think it could be 2mb!!! lol ooops!

CU_AMiGA · 09 September 2007, 22:03

me and Zetr0 have come to an agreement that the vram chips in question are not compatible with the Mach64 ISA card! But i may have some others for you to check out later Zetr0 so be prepared!!!

Zetr0 · 09 September 2007, 22:09

no worries

gives me something to do while i am hagining out arround here

21 August 2007, 18:38	#1
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	Any ISA Mach64 Information? Hi Received my Mach64 card this morning, looks nice! Does anyone have any information on this card or know any links. I have looked, but found hardly any at all. I see empty chip sockets that look like for the vid mem so i guess i can upgrade the vid ram to whatever using certai memory chips. I know this Mach64 ISA has 1mb RAM by default. Regards

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21 August 2007, 18:42	#2
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	post a pic!

21 August 2007, 18:46	#3
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	no camera

21 August 2007, 18:47	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	What's this card for? An Amiga x86 bridgeboard?

21 August 2007, 18:56	#5
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	no i use it with my penitum 233mmx sbc with soundblaster16. all 3 work on the amiga 4000 3 isa slots!!!

21 August 2007, 19:24	#6
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	what is the chip on this card? ati 28800? s3?

21 August 2007, 19:38	#7
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	not exactly sure lol it has written on chip: ATI TECHNOLOGIES MACH64 210888GX00 SGW*BNUAH01 A22DA9635 J551PZR Hopefully this'll make more sense to you!

21 August 2007, 20:12	#8
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	bah ati chip.... lol it is fast, but has some scrolling probs in some games, most notably Apogee ones... try Commander Keen 3 and above, and tell us if the scrolling is jerky...

21 August 2007, 20:22	#9
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	it looks like THIS right?

21 August 2007, 20:34	#10
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	hi no mine doesn't look like that. i think mine maybe an updated one/newer revision. the 2 bottom chips with the white labels on in your pic has 1995 written onit, whereas mine has 1996 written - sounds like a revision to me. plus my chips are laid out different and i have empty sockets and additional chips (probs mem) at the left hand side instead of the mibble lot of chips between those 2 sockets (which mine dont have). i may get a mates camera and take some pics. regards

21 August 2007, 20:45	#11
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	no sweat about the pics, go test a Keen game!

21 August 2007, 21:05	#12
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	i cant. i still need to buy firther parts for my pc side! hard disk, scsi cable, os, etc lol

21 August 2007, 21:44	#13
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	oh... Download FreeDOS

21 August 2007, 23:49	#14
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	oh yeah forgot about that lol cheers keropi that will come in use no doubt

25 August 2007, 20:10	#15
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	anyone know what type of memory chips this card takes?

09 September 2007, 12:37	#16
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	hi ok i done a little research yesterday. haven't found much, but this appears to be the manual: http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu.3tye...rsn_mach64.pdf i also found a pic of it, mine looks almost exactly like this apart from mine has got the extra vram chips installed yet (mine is 1mb instead of 2mb). http://i19.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/a7/04/8dd0_1.JPG anyway, i got hold of some vram chips from old isa gfx cards. they are 20 pin. i asked some questions to the seller and he gave me some info on these chips "one is a V53C104AP80 (MOSEL, low power 256K X 4 bit fast page mode CMOS dynamic RAM, 80ns) and the other is a 44C256-80N (which, from memory, is the direct TI equivalent). In each case, there are 8 socketed chips.". I am guessing i can use these chips on my mach64 card. can anyone confirm this and which one to use?

09 September 2007, 12:58	#17
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	4x 256k = 1MB but 8 sockets of 256k would be 2MB, how much can the video card reference (upto 4MB?) anyway my friend, check your PM

09 September 2007, 13:06	#18
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	dunno! i think it could be 2mb!!! lol ooops!

09 September 2007, 22:03	#19
CU_AMiGA Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Exeter Age: 38 Posts: 970	me and Zetr0 have come to an agreement that the vram chips in question are not compatible with the Mach64 ISA card! But i may have some others for you to check out later Zetr0 so be prepared!!!

09 September 2007, 22:09	#20
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	no worries gives me something to do while i am hagining out arround here

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