Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-09, 21:17

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seanix1.jpg seanix2.jpg someone ewasted this entire seanix pentium 133 system in the original box. they'd used it, but put it back in the box with the original keyboard, mouse, speakers, even wrapped it in the original plastic and kept the box inserts. I found it particularly funny that the 40x CD- …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-04-09, 21:08

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my current approach from a reseller perspective has been "acquire everything out of ewaste and estate sales that's possible" because inflation is hovering around 5-7% annual here if not more, and is probably going to be that way through next year too. pricing for premium boxed/sealed items like …

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Re: My Very Long Bus Adventure.

Posted on 2022-03-25, 03:55

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Filename vlb3.png File size 675.13 KiB Views 1158 views got a bunch more new VLB cards to sift through. there's an ARK and a ET4000W32 in there anyway. the tseng cards are getting ridiculously rare to find.

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-03-23, 22:12

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Some price trends may have peaked. I am not sure, but have been seeing several small signs in recent weeks. Mirroring sentiments which, after some consideration, also apply to myself and my current relationship with retro. It's getting more common to hear people talk about retro saturation, e.g. "I …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-02-05, 00:36

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Here's an adapter I haven't seen in quite awhile, boxed Powerleap P3/SMP Server pair. They were one of the better dual slot1-to-Tualatin upgrade adapters. I owned this kit in 2001, however my system would hang up every few days. Turns out the issue was that one of the fans would stop spinning, but …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-17, 03:07

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BitWrangler wrote on 2022-01-16, 21:46: I was hoping it was at least the other half of a serial over ethernet setup or like I wanted a really real RS232 to Ethernet NIC. I have one of these things, which emulate a modem and function as you desire. You can find them relatively commonly online. …

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Re: S3 ViRGE VLB project (or " Making a Concurrent for Creative 3D Blaster VLB" )

Posted on 2022-01-16, 21:36

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Madao wrote on 2022-01-11, 18:38: feartures connector? i make thought about it. […] Show full quote feartures connector? i make thought about it. Next Message: Have all people got their PCB "765VL000" ? Finished ? regards matt I have mine. excellent board quality, greatly appreciated. Mind sending …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-16, 21:26

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Grabbed this beautiful Proliant 1500 off eBay for $135 after finally saying heck with it and plunking down the coin. s-l1600.jpg s-l1600-2.jpg s-l1600-3.jpg even comes with the keys. has a few 4GB SCSI drives, 192MB RAM and a single pentium 166MHz CPU, dual capable. hopefully it won't get destroyed …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2021-12-19, 19:05

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Honestly, seeing how this thread started off asking a dangerous question, the roasting of Libby, and now i guess us all coming to terms with this just being how the hobby works.... That ain't a roast. I've had people call me all sorts of names and even actively yell at me for flipping things they …

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Re: Asus PVI-486SP3 known revisions

Posted on 2021-12-17, 10:07

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I operate under the assumption that 1.21 and 1.22 are dramatic updates of the board over a 1.8. I can't begin to fathom ASUS's janky numbering system back then, but the 1.21 and 1.22 boards seem to have the later more desirable chipsets, which is enough for me to believe they are revisions of the …

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Re: Dual gpu pci cards

Posted on 2021-12-17, 09:47

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Best solution I can think of if you want something period correct: Matrox G200 MMS. http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/ … matrox-g200-mms 8MB SGRAM per GPU, 2 or 4 GPU models. Makes for an excellent primary GPU to go along with a V2 setup if one wanted as well.

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Re: Asus PVI-486SP3 known revisions

Posted on 2021-12-17, 09:34

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This came with a 3.6V Cyrix 5x86-120GP in it. It runs at 133MHz without issue. Does it work in Windows 95? I've tested a few and the ones that work fine in DOS and DOS games, won't load Windows 95. Didn't use any special programs for tuning the CPU. Have not tried it yet. I'll toss the combo in a …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2021-12-17, 09:22

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If its going to be expensive retro it has to be new old stock. Refurbished is not just removing dust. Collectables are worthy expense in good tested working order. Untested crap is usually dead or dieing. Thes best is getting it elsewhere than online like at garage sales and opportunity shops they …

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Re: Asus PVI-486SP3 known revisions

Posted on 2021-12-17, 09:07

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Is that image 256 colour? The forums keep compressing things in weird ways, sometimes reducing the dimensions, sometimes reducing the colors. Here's a JPEG of it that the forums decided not to compress. ASUS_PVISP3_122.jpg I think he posterized it - basically reducing the numbers of colors, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-17, 08:53

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Wonder how the 440GX would fare against standard BX. 440GX is a sister chip to 440BX other than supporting 2GB RAM and slot 2 xeons. It is still AGP 2X with the same clock divider issue when running 133MHz FSB. However, I would question the overclocking potential of the board without a good BIOS. …

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Re: Slot 1 processors, voltages, bus speeds, and more.

Posted on 2021-12-17, 08:03

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yeah mine was a katmai P3, these will not support coppermine without a BIOS upgrade or mod, they're an industrial SBC so had narrow CPU support

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Re: Slot 1 processors, voltages, bus speeds, and more.

Posted on 2021-12-17, 06:46

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I have a similar finisar / dolch lunchbox here which was a P3 and used almost the same SBC. it had a 256MB viking registered ECC PC100 DIMM in it. It may, may require registered ECC memory for some kooky reason. Also I hate these things. mine was just DOA, no power. replacing the fuse in the power …

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Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2021-12-17, 06:35

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radiance32 wrote on 2021-12-17, 06:01: I'd go for the MIPS R8000 😀 Radiance nah, that was used in a pile of SGI systems in the 90s and is still commonly found, even if 98% of those systems have long since been sent to metal recyclers

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Re: Asus PVI-486SP3 known revisions

Posted on 2021-12-17, 05:33

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Here's a 1.22. It has the jumper being mentioned, which iirc is for disabling the entire onboard SMC SuperIO chip on these, useful for troubleshooting IRQ conflicts mostly. Later revisions switched to a different SuperIO which isn't able to be disabled. PVI486SP3_122.png This is also that desirable …

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Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2021-12-17, 05:08

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Filename FF0awbCXMAASYKx.jpg File size 450.28 KiB Views 1174 views Filename FF0ax3DWQAEj-xk.jpg File size 488.3 KiB Views 1174 views Weird cyrix Cx486DX2-V50QP on a PGA160 board I found, no idea what it fits. Probably some laptop. Never seen one of these before, haha.

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