Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-11-07, 09:21

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No idea if this will sell for 1800 USD but I'm going to keep an eye on it just out of sheer curiosity. Not this item in particular but the fact that people are willing to pay this much for an item that could be faked quite easily. We've all seen gold-tops with the paint scraped off by the heatsink …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-11-07, 09:06

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I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of fakes started appearing in the near future.

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

Posted on 2022-11-03, 20:15

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RaiderOfLostVoodoo wrote on 2022-11-03, 16:44: ~250€ Ebay value and people throw it away. Unbelievable. Or it was a pissed off parent trying to chase the child out of the room. 😁

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Re: Some questions about a Hercules card

Posted on 2022-11-02, 08:59

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This card - http://vgamuseum.info/images/palcal/yamaha/407_yamaha_v6363-f_top_hq.jpg - has the same sticker, and the FCC ID points to "Tiva Microcomputer Corporation (TMC)". The EPROM is most likely the character generator. Thank you so much for your help! I peeled the WI sticker from the other …

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Re: Some questions about a Hercules card

Posted on 2022-11-01, 18:54

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darry wrote on 2022-11-01, 18:36: Dumping that EPROM and looking for text strings might provide a hint . Good idea, did just that. No idea how to read that .bin file though.

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Re: Some questions about a Hercules card

Posted on 2022-11-01, 18:20

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Another one on a generic hercules card:

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Re: Some questions about a Hercules card

Posted on 2022-11-01, 18:00

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Hi, could you identify this logo? It's on a generic-looking hercules card. No FCC, nothing on the back. Thanks.

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Re: Some recyclers are penny wise and pound foolish

Posted on 2022-10-25, 07:55

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My biggest problem with this is that I can't block sellers on my main local auction site so I have to look at the same overpriced items over and over again for months-years. We have like 40 pages of retro and literally 20 of those are from the same guy. He has good stuff but his prices are insane so …

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Need help finding photos of an undamaged ALR Powerflex-Plus motherboard

Posted on 2022-09-27, 18:03

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I found this board in the trash and it was brutalized by a Varta so I need to patch it up. somehow. Does anybody have "healthy" photos of this board? It would help a lot as some of the traces are barely recognizable anymore and I haven't even washed it yet.

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

Posted on 2022-07-31, 18:57

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Got a few PCs with these videocards and a boatload of 478&775 boards from community e-waste. I just couldn't leave them there. Nothing special, most of them had the usual Celeron 2.4 - Celeron D 336 inside with the generic Codegen 350 W PSU.

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Re: [Advice needed] I'm reaching my collection goal and currently considering stopping. What is your goal ?

Posted on 2022-07-19, 15:41

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My goal is simple: I want to collect CPUs. All of them.

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Re: When PC became soulless for you?

Posted on 2022-07-10, 18:36

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As soon as I stopped gaming seriously. From that point I refused to spend money on new rigs every time some hotshot game came out. I got so disinterested that I got my current PC from e-waste. I'd rather spend my money on retro stuff than another office junk.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-06, 19:25

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cyclone3d wrote on 2022-06-06, 17:40: I am more of a builder, but I do grabbed boxes items when they show up for cheap-ish. One of those Gallatin I have is installed in a PIAGP setup. Same here. I grab whatever I can from recycling piles and pray that it's something exciting and not another C 336.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-05, 21:29

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For the most part, the EE CPUs are just slightly higher clocked than the model right below it as far as the Pentium 4 CPUs go. There isn't really any reason to hunt for them... There is one: to complete a collection and that's as good a reason as any. I know this site is divided between collectors …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-05, 15:56

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-06-05, 11:47: eBay .. if you want to pay 600 USD for them. Crazy, but it still doesn't explain the absence of these models on the retro market, especially in s478 packages.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-05, 10:28

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were they crazy rare? no but they were not that common either and so they still fetch a nice price when they do show up on eBay and such. If I can't get my hands on one locally and can't even find one on international sites then I consider it rare. Not super386-level rare but the outcome is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-05, 09:58

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So in case of some EE CPUs - yeah, while I'm a bit surprised as they were not that rare - maybe lazy collectors are already willing to pay high sums on eBay... but other than that - regular CPUs will never have much value. How come the market isn't flooded with EE CPUs that are only 20 years old at …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-04, 16:32

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so I don't think they will ever become as desirable as 486 or even early Pentium CPUs... hence I was surprised OP mentioned it would be worth a lot of money if somebody noticed it's EE O_o That's exactly why I started collecting them in the first place. Cheap, readily available, easy to find in e- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-04, 06:07

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HanJammer wrote on 2022-06-03, 23:35: I'm pulling them from machines I'm scrapping at work all the time... 😮 Keep them all (EE editions) because they are insanely expensive as a collector's item.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-04, 06:02

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debs3759 wrote on 2022-06-03, 22:39: Nice find! Have you tested it yet? Yes, I tested it immediately with an Abit Fatality board. These e-waste 775s are usually a gamble because they are tossed around for a long time before I get to them but this was in good condition (no broken off caps). It works …

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