Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-12, 19:40

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Sound Blaster 16 for 10 euro. Could someone explain to me what the CT number for cards like this is? The PCB says CT2290 and the sticker on the back says CT2291? Voodoo 2 for a 10 euro:

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Re: Any idea what this is?

Posted on 2016-04-12, 09:54

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The company is still around: http://www.mer-group.com/ They do telecom/security... My guess would be some kind of security system, hence the independent power supply?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-12, 05:55

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I love those Nakamichi CD changers!

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-11, 09:44

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Dallas RTC battery mod: success! BIOS settings are remembered again and the magic smoke did not leave the hardware!

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-10, 20:34

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I finally put my gear to work and tried to fix a soldered-on Dallas RTC with a dead battery. Solder off the RTC: http://i.imgur.com/ESIX96Ll.jpg Solder on a IC socket: http://i.imgur.com/qzFzM4el.jpg Hack open the Dallas RTC and connect wires to correct points (note: I cut way to deep on pin 16 and …

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Strange IDE cable, seen before?

Posted on 2016-04-10, 18:02

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I was cleaning up/sorting my cables (yes...I am one of those people who orders everything...) and I found this weird IDE (?) cable. The middle connector is smaller (floppy size) and 6 cables in the flat cable run past it: http://i.imgur.com/Wppkc13l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZSWSRYGl.jpg Any thoughts?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-09, 15:50

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Doing inventory on optical drives and floppy drives (sigh...)

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

Posted on 2016-04-09, 15:47

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I have 2 different version of that case! They look cool but really cut up my hands when working inside them. Really nice motherboard tray though. You're correct, I cut myself today while disassembling the system. The whole case was so dirty, scratched and also warped (I guess it fell down on a …

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

Posted on 2016-04-08, 14:46

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Instead of opening a new topic, I'll just dump the pictures here :-) Found this PC yesterday at the dump. Somebody opened it up and took the CPU but left the rest. There's a Diamond Multimedia S3 Trio64V+ with full 2MB of RAM and a Sound Blaster Vibra 16 also some RAM and a Seagate Medalist …

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Re: Artex's 3DFX Voodoo5 6000 Thread

Posted on 2016-04-08, 10:06

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Man, that is a cool piece of history!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-07, 18:57

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Ozzuneoj wrote: So, I got my $120 (shipped) Quantum 3D Graphite system in the mail yesterday and its actually smaller than I thought it'd be. Its very clean inside and out, though there are a lot of scratches on the casing and no side\top panel (which is probably common). ... Wow, that is nice …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-07, 14:59

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I got my large 'mystery' box today, and it was nice to unpack :) Since I had no real idea what I was buying except a few blurry pictures, I am not familiar with everything I got. I'll just post the pictures! The two AMD CPU's and the CT2910 are from another seller. Not included in the pictures: …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-06, 19:04

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Sounds like you're doing a thorough job (I did not expect otherwise). Frustrating but also a bit of fun to do I hope 😀

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-06, 18:40

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luckybob wrote: I'm willing to bet the entire board needs to be re-capped. The agp card might not be getting proper voltage. maybe try a pci card for giggles? A few posts up he wrote that a PCI video card is used for testing.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-06, 18:36

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I assume you have also tried changing the memory modules?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-06, 08:54

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I'm on a bit of a buying/finding spree lately. I won an interesting lot of old hardware, it is in the mail now and might arrive today (20 kg! of assorted stuff, some interesting ISA cards (hard to see on the pictures), cables, memory, hardrives and optical drives). I also just got a K6-III 400MHz …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-06, 04:53

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the previous owner was proud his system and wanted to tell a lot about it Yeah.... That's understandable with that load of dust inside. Must be really proud, yeah!!! :lol: Joking aside. Yeah. It is a nice system, and the case can hold a lot of stuff, wich is nice. Good catch. Just that it really …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-05, 19:51

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I took out an ad to look for Socket A hardware. Not much success with that, but somebody did offer an Socket A system with an Asus A7V motherboard. Which is also nice, that's a real classic! I got it today, it's in a nice bigtower, and also with an ATI Radeon 8500 :) That's a card I have owned …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-05, 19:35

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Guys, I'm so excited, again. As I said before, I found a nice Colani enclosure not so far from where I live. I talked with the owner and visited him this evening. When he opened the machine, my eyes just popped out. I bought the whole computer. And here it is: - AMD K5 PR 90; - 64 MB RAM - 3 HDD …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-04-05, 14:49

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Thanks. The MII is unstable though, it only posts intermittently on various boards. I need to check it one last time, and otherwise it's a write-off :( Which is sad, because those are my favourites. If it isn't stable at its rated speed it will probably work just fine at a slightly lower setting, I …

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