Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-09, 22:25

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With the same lot , also got this SBC(??) sbc.jpg It has a TI 486 CPU - TX486SLC/E @33 MHz and an Intel I387SX coprocessor - N80387SX 16-25 MHz Unfortunately all the SIMM slot are damaged... the retention clips are all broken Anyway, is this an old SBC? Or some kind of industrial board or an upgrade …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-09, 22:18

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Got some mainboards for very cheap from a local recycler... abit_ab-pt5_rev_2.11.jpg Abit AB-PT5 rev 2.11 - looks good acorp_5ali61.jpg Acorp 5ALI61 - BIOS chip is missing and the coin cell battery holder is damaged luckytech_p5mvp3_rev-1.3.jpg LuckyTech P5MVP3 rev 1.3 - looks good, also lucky_star_ …

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Help identify this 286 mainboard

Posted on 2020-12-04, 09:39

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I'm asking for help, again, to identify this 286 mainboard. I've searched the TH99 and UH19 databases, but with no luck so far... Here is a picture of the board 286_mb.jpg Apart from the AT keyboard connector, it has one parallel, two serial and one 9 pin video(CGA, EGA,???) connector. So, any of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-03, 22:31

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Hi guys, Last month I swore I won't spend any money this year on old( shit/crap ) hardware, but I found these and I just couldn't resist... just couldn't... I know, I'm weak. But I guess I'm not the only one here... ram.jpg I've picked up these RAM modules for the 30 pin SIMMs(1Mb modules - Siemens …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-20, 19:30

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Just got a sweet deal on this thing (asked seller to lower the price very significantly, I didn't expected he will agree... but he did)... It seems fairly complete, but seller says it has some burnt electronic smell inside. Comes with SB Pro 2 and two ISA S3 801 cards. Seller's photos. More pics …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-18, 08:29

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-11-18, 03:29: Happy birthday! That's quite a nice haul if CPUs you got. Thanks!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-17, 22:34

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So far, november was "CPU month" for me, and I'm quite happy. Last week I turned 40, so I kind of gifted myself with these chips: 20201118_000028.jpg Intel DX4ODP75 overdrive SZ956 Intel DX4ODPR100 overdrive SZ959 Intel Pentium 66 SX950 Today a coworker of mine, knowing that I have this "crazy hobby …

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Re: Voodoo3 2000 with missing caps

Posted on 2020-11-07, 23:00

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I replaced the missing caps with two 10 uF 35V. Couldn't find any 16V caps. They are a little bit larger but it's not an issue. The card still runs the same, no change at all. I don't know for what are those caps... Thank you all for your replies. Here is the card with the new caps.

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Re: 8088/XT Clone Motherboard - Keyboard Not Working

Posted on 2020-11-06, 22:00

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Hey, nice work! I know how rewording is to get something that old back to life again.

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Voodoo3 2000 with missing caps

Posted on 2020-10-30, 18:32

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Hi guys, I recently bought this Voodoo3 2000 and realized that two capacitors are missing. C95 and C101 from the right side of the card. See the photo below. I think these are 10 microfarad, 16 volt capacitors, judging by the third one still present on the card. The card is working just fine. I have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-29, 18:57

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cyclone3d wrote on 2020-10-29, 17:06: Seller's pics 2x K6-2+ 570 CPUs - Seller will be selling these for a while... has 14,621 lots still available as of right now according to the listing. Hi, I found the listing. Just to be sure, the listing price is for 2 CPUs, right? Thanks a lot!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-27, 23:47

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This Voodoo3 2000 AGP just arrived today. Got it for a fair price. It's missing two of the three caps(C101 from the bottom and C98 from the top) from nearby the memory chips, but it's working just fine. Should I worry about the missing caps?

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

Posted on 2020-10-26, 22:57

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Hi guys, I'm pretty happy today! Why? TLDR: my " dead " ASUS P2B-LS is working just fine! The long story goes like this... After I built my socket 7 system based on the Gigabyte GA-586HX running a K6@233, I realized that I need a bit faster daily retro machine. The system is great , but some of the …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 4000

Posted on 2020-10-09, 19:39

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You should watch a few a Phil's (philscomputerlab on youtube) videos on how to install dos and win 95/98...

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Re: Your opinion on buying my first "Retro" PC

Posted on 2020-10-08, 19:54

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@RaverX, I am from Bucharest, Romania ( Eastern Europe). Old stuff is very rare here, and overpriced. That's why i went for this build, for 20$ even if it's junk i will not feel sorry. I know, I'm also from Romania, in the last years prices of old computer components have gone insane :( Almost …

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Re: Intel motherboard SE440BX-2 > Whats the best bios?

Posted on 2020-09-26, 14:14

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I don't know what is the best version, but you should take a look at this thread: Re: Intel SE440BX-2 / Issues Edit: and this one... Re: Intel SE440BX-2 Bios

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-21, 22:25

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I've got this nice kit today for a good price(23 euro incl. shipping) 20200921_235136.jpg Soyo 019R1 mobo with 128 kb cache + Cyrix Cx486DLC-40GP + Cyrix Cx87DLC-40QP + 4 Mb SIMM 30 RAM. And also this 8-bit multi-i/o card 20200922_002523.jpg Unfortunately, the board is playing dead with me; all the …

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Re: Fake 486 Processor?

Posted on 2020-09-09, 15:38

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Still don't get it... Why is this drama over one 10 USD second hand old cpu??? Really? I saw the ad on ebay, there is a picture of the thing and a price. If you want it, you get it, if no, you leave it...

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Re: Fake 486 Processor?

Posted on 2020-09-08, 19:15

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Here is the other topic about this cpu Intel DX4-100 write-back (&EW) won't post Edit: Probably a fake chip

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Re: Fake 486 Processor?

Posted on 2020-09-08, 18:42

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What is the big deal, even if it's a fake cpu? For a collector it should be a bonus! I would like to have one of these cpus... Not long ago another user asked the same question...

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