SiS 85C496/497 (486-VIP 486 Green PC VESA/ISA/PCI Chipset)
Chipset parts
Release date
1995
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Name
Version
OS support
Size
Filename
Name
Version
BC318
OS support
MS-DOS
OS/2 Warp 3.x
Windows 3.1x
Windows NT 3.1
Windows NT 3.5x
Windows NT 4.0
Size
Empty
Filename
Name
Version
BC310
OS support
MS-DOS
NetWare Server 3
OS/2 1.x
Windows 3.0
Windows NT 3.1
Size
97.9KB
Filename
2 chipset documents available
Release date
File
Logs
Notes
The A4 chipset supports IDE up to PIO mode 2. All later chipsets support PIO mode 3 and (in later revisions) above, though not always very well. The various chipset revisions can be identified by their labels:
- A4 Version chipset: SIS 496 MU, SIS 497 MW
- B2 Version chipset: SIS 496 NU, SIS 497 NS
- B3 Version chipset: SIS 496 NV, SIS 497 NS
- B4 Version chipset: SIS 496 NV, SIS 497 NU
- B4 Version chipset: SIS 496 OR, SIS 497 OT
- ?? Version chipset: SIS 496 PR, SIS 497 PT
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