Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-15, 17:44

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I do not believe anything is rare. It is all a matter of being willing to pay for it. In case you want everything for <$10 locally: yes: then everything is pretty much rare. You are probably right and with more newbies such as me are sweeping up leftovers the situation isn getting any better for …

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-15, 14:31

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I actually posted a WTB advertisement which said that I was willing to pay 10-15€ for ANY 386/486 machine, regardles of condition. I got 0 (zero) replies in 3 months. So far I have managed to get one Pentium and one 286 this year. Last year I got 486 and a Pentium MMX. I doubt next year is going to …

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-15, 04:49

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Like i mentioned earlier it seems like most people here use FB now for sell, buy, giveaways etc for everything as their primary source. If no response or success the more traditional online marketplaces are used. Maybe its only here folks do this? I see why FB have become popular for this, because " …

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Re: Tyan Tiger MPX S2466. Any had experience with it?

Posted on 2015-07-14, 16:44

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Ryan Shrout in 2002. http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Motherboards/Tya … herboard-Review A dual Athlon board i would love to have myself.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-14, 16:33

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Not in the least bit retro (But a required tool for researching, disc burning and other stuff for retros) I got one of these; http://media.engadget.com/img/product/26/kcl/elitebook-8540w-2b02.jpg Has an i7 620M, 8GB RAM, 1GB Quadro FX 880M and generally kicks ass... Certainly will when I do a few …

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Re: Looking for a specific style of case...again...

Posted on 2015-07-14, 16:23

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The case badge looks almost like the old MSI logo. Could it be that?

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-14, 15:50

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XD Damned, if the shipping cost wasnt so high, ive ask you to send your overstock here ... with the retro gaming trend ... the price have increased radically ... and everyone try to make money of their old stuff. Have read many posts here about problems getting stuff, so i wanted to share my …

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-13, 21:51

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Quality 286 and 386 hardware is starting to become scarce, IMO. Those are once every 6 months at my local thrift store. I grab them immediately. On ebay, not so scarce. I have only one 286 and one 386 in working condition and to be honest im not so interested in them or getting more. Our first PC …

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-13, 21:23

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Very nice finds, and very interesting approach to getting hardware. I would not have expected such a robust turn-out, honestly. Do you have any plans for this stuff currently? E.g. are you going to grab hardware from multiple boxes to build a single machine, or are you restoring these for friends, …

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-13, 15:43

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Facebook _pickup130715-1.jpg Todays first Facebook pickup. This lot is drifting away from my 15+ year scope, but cant be picky? All this came from one person and i just took all he offered me for free. He asked how much i took if i could get out pictures for him. I said i do it for free since i …

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Re: HD 2900XT

Posted on 2015-07-13, 05:31

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Time is a funny thing. You guys here are discussing DirectX12, while my best modern videocard only supports DirectX10 :) Hehe :blush: The last game i played on my PC was Half Life 2 after its release and i didnt finish it. My rig was even outdated at that time so i guess i have to update my …

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-13, 04:59

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Part of it is them treating it like an appliance, but at least in my area, I think there's a much bigger reason. The price of computers are dirt cheap, yet the cost of labour is expensive. 15-30 years ago computers could easily cost $1500-2500, or often many times that. It makes sense to fix …

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Re: Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-12, 23:03

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Really nice finds - especially that 486 with the Tseng ET4000! That right there makes your whole journey worth it! The E6400 is still usuable today - faster than any of my laptops! Many people treat their PCs as an appliance. If the OS gets screwed or just some other minor failure they think its …

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Still much old hardware available?

Posted on 2015-07-12, 22:11

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It looks like sources for old hardware is becoming scarce, or is it so? For a long time i have suspected there is still a lot of treasures around in homes and companies. Yes much are recycled in an alarming rate, but people often keeps thing for decades before they throw anything. Here in Norway …

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Re: ATX to AT psu converter diagram?

Posted on 2015-07-06, 04:48

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I kept the old 300W early ATX supplies around just for the early motherboards. New supplies are mostly built for 12v video cards. At work we have kept atleast a dozen 250w ATX suplies from the badcaps plagued Dell Optiplex GX270 and retired GX260s. We only use SFF desktops today and no need for …

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Re: Nokia Data (Alfaskop) servercase

Posted on 2015-07-05, 21:12

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Man that case would suit my Duel Slot 1 M/B so well! I wouldn't recycle it. Put it on ebay or a more local version. The shipping will mean it will only sell locally but wouldn't be surprised if 1 or 2 people are interested Sadly shipping rates in Norway is crazy even domestic. Have so many things i …

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Re: Nokia Data (Alfaskop) servercase

Posted on 2015-07-05, 16:21

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Never knew Nokia did server stuff. I think it was probably meant to to be used internally only, not sold. Alfaskop was on a label on top front thats long gone. Alfaskop was originally a Swedish company that looks like Nokia took over. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfaskop In the Wikipedia article …

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Nokia Data (Alfaskop) servercase

Posted on 2015-07-05, 12:38

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Hi Today i hauled up from my basement two old heavy servercases i take for recycling. First one was a Compaq Proliant 2000 rackshassis and the last one was a Nokia Data / Alfaskop tower. I bought this server used almost twenty years ago and it had then a properitary big 486 EISA board inside that i …

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

Posted on 2015-06-30, 15:10

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Today i tried to do some CPU Inventory. Last weekend i cleaned, stacked and packed all my Socket 478 and 775 CPUs. Had about 70+ of them with almost 50 beeing the bastard stepchild named Northwood :blush: Anyway todays inventory check and count was a diverse bunch of socket reps. Many 486sx20,25,33 …

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Re: Pentium 4 rebuild

Posted on 2015-06-29, 18:35

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Any particular reason to have 4 optical drives? Nothing wrong about that. Just curious..

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