Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-07-03, 13:35

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Second was a spare Aureal Vortex 2 card, this time more obvious. It even says 2. My previous card will be going to a friend of mine to throw in his first vintage machine. IMG_3604.jpg TBS400, actually a Turtle Beach Montego 2, it's a very nice PCI sound card, for windows 98 , try to get all the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-08, 11:03

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Internal SC-55 + intelligent mode MPU401... and it's worth a lot of money these days. Same thought when I saw it, that, the PAS16 and the ESS with wavetable already worth whatever you have paid for the lot, imho. dt.jpg Dang it! you scored 2 Venturis !! it took me ages to score a single one and not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-07, 13:37

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The roland card appears to be an SCC-1. I don't know much about it, apart from it's supposed to be sort of an internal version of the SC-55. Internal SC-55 + intelligent mode MPU401... and it's worth a lot of money these days. Same thought when I saw it, that, the PAS16 and the ESS with wavetable …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-01, 21:48

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These were the first laptops I worked with in around 1999 if I remember correctly, they worked very well and were reliable :) We had 3Com 589 PCMCIA NICs on them. Absolutely, same 3Com pcmcia almost the same laptop, mine was a Tillamook 266Mhz, it was very rugged. This was around year 2000, didn´t …

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Re: AMD 486 DX4-90?

Posted on 2024-02-04, 12:20

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WTF this thread

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Re: Digital Venturis FX5150s

Posted on 2024-01-13, 22:48

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For some bizarre reason in October 1997 Digital re-branded their entire PC line to the more generic and un-googleable/altavistaable "Digital PC" and "Digital Server" names. The Venturis series became the "Digital PC 3000" series while the Celebris series became "Digital PC 5000" series. As part of …

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Re: Digital Venturis FX5150s

Posted on 2024-01-13, 10:34

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The machine, if it was sold with a monitor, probably would have been sold with a DEC PCXBV-xx CRT Display, such as this PCXBV-FZ 17": https://www.ebay.com/itm/134594856909 or this PCXBV-YA 15": https://sites.unoeste.br/museu/monitor-digital-pcxbv-ya/ They're pretty nice looking CRTs. I've got a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-20, 09:10

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theiceman085 wrote on 2023-05-20, 07:49: Just ordered the first part of my upcoming window 98 system. Got a Intel D865GBF motherboard . Hope it arrives in a good condition. grüss dich Lansdmann, a bit overkill a P4 478 but it's ok, as long as it's cheap. Remember the maximum memory size for Win98 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-17, 09:31

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I managed to grab a goldie IBM 6x86L. Might never put it in to something, but it’s nice to have regardless. IMG_1806.jpeg I also have one, I know the problem, it needs a board that is gonna be capable of taking MUCH better processors, so it just kinda sits there. Even my 2 best cyrix are kinda …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-05-17, 09:25

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It has a quite rare CPU CS80C286R1787 that from the search it looks a custom 20 mhz harris CPU. It has 7 ISA slots and SIPP ram sockets. I don't have any SIPP ram though. it was a "common" 20mhz cpu back in the day, I had exactly that one with a slightly more modern motherboard. By now I'm sure you …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-05, 07:05

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Right, picked up an interesting one today... I saw a local ad for 'old computer for parts'. Potatocam pics were intriguing, with an AT case falling apart, but with a massive pile of RCA connectors on the back and XLR on the front - and every available space inside crammed with coils and capacitors …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-04, 17:18

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What is the deal with all that Socket 478 and Socket-A lately? Are this becomming the "new black"? When it comes to retro gaming/PC building, nostalgia is the driving factor. People who grew up with such systems (like me) are now in their 30's. And since they are still cheap and plentiful, they …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-03, 09:53

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What is the deal with all that Socket 478 and Socket-A lately? Are this becomming the "new black"? Don´t know, but eventually having 32bit PCI and sometimes even ISA slots might be desirable for retro-computing, without falling into virtualization. With the prices of good Socket 7 boards, this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-03, 09:17

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Rescued an old computer from e-waste that looked somewhat uncommon. It's a Digital Prioris XL Server 5133DP. I haven't found much info on the web about exactly this model, but back then (around 1996) it must have cost a fortune. It has VGA and SCSI onboard, 5 EISA slots, 3 PCI, two CPUs on a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-02, 13:27

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Minutemanqvs wrote on 2023-05-02, 13:18: vmunix wrote on 2023-05-02, 13:17: Minutemanqvs wrote on 2023-05-02, 12:00: Ah this is at work, stacking expert level (some Cisco/Ciena network equipment) ;) […] Show full quote Ah this is at work, stacking expert level (some Cisco/Ciena network equipment) 😉 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-02, 13:17

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Some new XPs, MPs and Phenoms. There is a Barton 3200+ with 400MHz FSB and a Thunderbird 1.4GHz in the lot, and fast Durons too. https://i.ibb.co/bRfC7tF/IMG-0388.jpg Amazing! But them being stacked like that is giving me anxiety! :D Ah this is at work, stacking expert level (some Cisco/Ciena …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-02, 13:15

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Not really interesting, but helpfull for me, in particular working PATA drives. A cool, because it's passively cooled :lol: R9250 I need to check if this is the 64 or 128 bit memory. And a QDI KT333 chipset socket A, not that I need it but I think eventually these will be interesting to build …

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Re: DLS-2 sound cards

Posted on 2023-03-28, 20:32

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ed. No clue what you mean by software that can 'mess' with Vortex 2 or Emu 10k synths, is best to keep them running Have you ever had a Synthesizer in your hands ? like Roland XP10, yamaha dx7 (FM synth) , Korg m1 (sample based) these are fairly cheap and old synths and you can edit, alter and add …

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Re: DLS-2 sound cards

Posted on 2023-03-28, 09:21

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I was always interested in finding a software capable of assembling complete, or partial DLS banks (whichever version), Drumkits and GM instruments by converting regular .WAV files or other Soundfont banks, and if ever existed a SF to DLS converter. Also software able to tinker and fool around with …

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Re: Turtle Beach Montego II Unboxing

Posted on 2023-03-28, 08:06

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I was able to pickup a single Montego II card for $5 yesterday and it works. Not sure if it was the real one or one that came with a Dell but it matches the pictures. What's the difference between the real and the Dell one? Is the one from Dell worse in some ways? Any way to tell them apart? it's …

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